So, armed with my nail polish, 2 plastic spoons, and a ballpoint pen, I set to work! Honestly, I do better work when I have a smaller canvas to work with, but oh well, the spoons did their job. I feel a little less angst-y, so perhaps I'll survive the trip without too much damage from nail withdrawal.
The nail...eeer... spoon on the left I started out by making a black french tip with Orly Androgynie, 2 coats, though it probably could have used a 3rd... but seriously, who wants to waste 3 coats on a spoon? Next I lined the black with my neon orange striper. I'm not going to lie, it took 2 coats to get even that much color out of it. Wish it would be a little more solid. Finally I lined that with my silver sparkle liner... just for fun. Silver is my go to striper for everything, so I had to use it at some point. I "painted" the orange pumpkin using my ballpoint pen dipped in the orange striper, topped with my sparkly orange polish (which i have no idea the name of because the sticker is MIA). I then added in gold lines over the pumpkin to give it some sort of depth, and plopped a silver stem on the top because I didnt have green... What an oversight... I actually had the green striper in my hand while packing and opted not to bring it due to our bag weight limit. Anyway, I added in a moon with the gold striper and 3 bats... or birds with my black stiper/ballpoint pen. I think it would look pretty spiffy shrunk down a bit and put on an actual real nail. Use your imaginations people!
The nail... errr um.. spoon on the right was even easier. I painted an orange tip using my neon orange sally girl polish (one of those $99 grab-me's at the counter of Sally's Beauty Supply), topped off with my mystery sparkly orange. I lined it with 2 coats of my gold striper. Then i outlined my black swirl with a combination of using the black striping brush and my ballpoint pen. I then filled it in with Orly's Androgynie. Finally I added a few black dots and gold stripes to the right hand side. So here they are:
Nothing spectacular or ground-breaking. Incredibly easy so that any beginner could do. And most importantly, it took up a good 15 minutes of my time. Now what to do with the other 1425 minutes of the day?The nail...eeer... spoon on the left I started out by making a black french tip with Orly Androgynie, 2 coats, though it probably could have used a 3rd... but seriously, who wants to waste 3 coats on a spoon? Next I lined the black with my neon orange striper. I'm not going to lie, it took 2 coats to get even that much color out of it. Wish it would be a little more solid. Finally I lined that with my silver sparkle liner... just for fun. Silver is my go to striper for everything, so I had to use it at some point. I "painted" the orange pumpkin using my ballpoint pen dipped in the orange striper, topped with my sparkly orange polish (which i have no idea the name of because the sticker is MIA). I then added in gold lines over the pumpkin to give it some sort of depth, and plopped a silver stem on the top because I didnt have green... What an oversight... I actually had the green striper in my hand while packing and opted not to bring it due to our bag weight limit. Anyway, I added in a moon with the gold striper and 3 bats... or birds with my black stiper/ballpoint pen. I think it would look pretty spiffy shrunk down a bit and put on an actual real nail. Use your imaginations people!
The nail... errr um.. spoon on the right was even easier. I painted an orange tip using my neon orange sally girl polish (one of those $99 grab-me's at the counter of Sally's Beauty Supply), topped off with my mystery sparkly orange. I lined it with 2 coats of my gold striper. Then i outlined my black swirl with a combination of using the black striping brush and my ballpoint pen. I then filled it in with Orly's Androgynie. Finally I added a few black dots and gold stripes to the right hand side. So here they are:
Be prepared, you may see more of these later on in this trip. Hope you don't think I'm too crazy!
Megan this is too cute and funny! I would probably go crazy if I was on a boat without my nail art supplies! But you did a great job McGyver! Lol
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