Oh Mondays, I think everyone struggles on Mondays. I hope yours is going well though. I have a bright and cheery look for you today! I attended the wedding of one of my best and oldest friends this weekend. I wanted to make sure to create something extra special. She loves strawberries and her parents have a strawberry farm, so I created a sort of bridal-like look with strawberry and flower accents. I used all Sally Hansen polishes and there were quite a few! I first created dots with Xtreme Wear White On, I then waited for that to dry completely and added three coats of a sheer white Complete Salon Manicure in Polar Bear. I love the effect of this sheer white! I then painted on strawberries with Xtreme Wear Coral Reef. I painted leaves with both Xtreme Wear Green with Envy and Perfect Pear-ing and added dots for seeds and flowers with Mellow Yellow. I then topped everything off with a matte top coat and called it good. I did the strawberry design on my thumb, middle and ring fingers and left the others pain.
I loved this design. I wanted to make the strawberries have a pastel effect rather than true colors. The wedding was a beautiful country wedding! It was such a nice day and a wonderful setting. I was so happy to be part of it! Did you all do anything fun this weekend? I hope you liked this post, thanks for reading!
I love it! Its such a cool effect when you do an opaque polish under a sheer like that. And your strawberries turned out really cute. Glad to hear you had a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I love it matte too, looks like ceramic, gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love this so much! I agree with Sarah, it looks like a beautiful ceramic piece!
ReplyDeleteAhh so cute! So much win in this mani. Love it.
ReplyDeleteHaha, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I liked the lightness of it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think ceramic, but now that you say that, it definitely looks like that. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to do something like this for quite a while, I'm glad it turned out nicely!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Hope you had a good weekend too! I love the sheer effect, I might play with this a little more in the future!
ReplyDeleteVery delicate and cute. Well done! :-)
ReplyDeleteHow awesome of you to think of all these details for the wedding! And the nail art really turned out great!
ReplyDeletePretty!
ReplyDeleteIt is perfect! This cheered me up instantly! The weather is dreadful here and you just made it better with this summer manicure :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I love the strawberries!
ReplyDeleteShe loves them, so I knew I had to do something with the strawberry theme :) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAw, I'm glad it cheered you up! The season is turning soon and I'm not ready to give up summer!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adore the polka dots over the sheer base, and then the strawberries just make it summery and bright and fun! Lovely!
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