Sunday, December 2, 2012

Take Two Day 2: Flag nails

Yarr! Greetings land lubbers. Ye've likely found that I be a wee bit silly. Uh. Urghh. Uh hem. Yes.. so, I am a bit silly. I don't take things too seriously. I wasn't overly inspired by any world flags, so instead I picked my favourite flag. The PIRATE FLAG!

Polish Rainbow nail art: Pirate flag nails.

I really like how this turned out. For my pointer, middle and pinkie I used a scratch technique by Lindsey from Neverland Nail Blog. Here's her tutorial!

Basically, I painted those fingers with China Glaze White On White, top coated, and let them dry completely. I then did each nail one by one: a medium coat of China Glaze Adventure Red-y, wait 30 seconds, a coat of A England Camelot. Then I took a piece of card with an edge I'd cut into "teeth" and scraped the red and black off. I let it dry for about 10 minutes to prevent smudging and then topped with two coats of Seche Vite to smooth it out.

I really like the effect. I had in my mind that it's a bit like ripped black fabric, but really it's just cool. And I love the red peaking through! It makes the whole thing just touch more sinister.

Polish Rainbow nail art: Pirate flag nails.

For my pirate logo I painted the design on using white fluid acrylic paint and a tiny brush. Topped with Seche for the awesome. Very happy! I would totally wear this for a few days if I could.

I drank bubbly and decorated my tree today. I really love tree decorating day. We always have drinks, snacks, christmas music and yelling at cats. Good times.

Make sure you check out all the other great flag nails below!

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15 comments:

  1. gin shiversDecember 2, 2012 at 2:41 AM

    Waw best one of the bunch :)

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  2. ChopSueyDecember 2, 2012 at 3:45 AM

    Ha ha ha that is so awesome!! :) xox

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  3. MoanaDecember 2, 2012 at 7:03 AM

    Arrr! Hehe, cool idea. You should wear an eyepatch all day. And have a pirate christmas tree day.

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    1. MoanaDecember 2, 2012 at 12:49 PM

      P.S. Guess who just picked up a bottle of Grey-T To Be Here for a certain NZer :)

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    2. ShannonDecember 2, 2012 at 6:43 PM

      ZOMG

      WHO!? The suspense is killing me!

      Heh heh.. I'm excited. I'll have to get something for you! Do you have some favourite colours or any colour holes in your collection? Finishes? Something?

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  4. Asma - AdorablypatheticDecember 2, 2012 at 2:32 PM

    Hehe I love the pirate-flag idea! You did an awesome job on the logo and the scratch technique =)

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    1. ShannonDecember 2, 2012 at 6:43 PM

      Thank you! I really like how the scratch technique turned out. I'll totally use it again.

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  5. Whitney at Dressed Up NailsDecember 3, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    girrrl y u always gotta be so creative all the time? these are awesome, i love this take on flag day!

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    1. ShannonDecember 3, 2012 at 9:17 PM

      WHITNEY! <3 thanks. I just really like pirates

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  6. Jessie - Nailed it NZDecember 3, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    So freakin' cool! I just don't think the same way as you, how do you get these awesome ideas?!

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    1. ShannonDecember 3, 2012 at 9:20 PM

      I like to do unique and challenging things. It's probably a side effect of being a bit weird, haha.

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  7. Patricia VDecember 4, 2012 at 4:13 AM

    Hello, I've nominated for an award. look at my blog. kisses

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    1. ShannonDecember 4, 2012 at 4:31 AM

      Thank you! And that's a very nice idea for sharing blogs. I'll have to think about some blogs and questions.

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