Rainbow Week

My attempt at rainbow nails for this week

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They are proper lush. I haven't even started on mine yet. It might have to be a project for tomorrow night

Lovely idea.

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Is that a crackle/shatter you used on top? If so which one as the one i use results in much finer lines

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Is that a crackle/shatter you used on top? If so which one as the one i use results in much finer lines

Yup it's a Barry M one. The reason it crackled so thickly is because it's gone really horrible thick. Not sure if thinner will work as its a crackle polish....

I do like crackles because i find if the colour underneath isnt perfect, the crackle sort of hides imperfections

And if a bit chips off i just patch it up with the base colour then the crackle on top and it looks good as new again

It saves removing the whole lot and starting again, is that cheating? lol

Ok so heres my attempt at rainbow!!!!! Tried to do something different and try splatter. Not sure it has worked as well as I wanted it to but I had a go!!

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Note to self: Tape fingers up before blowing, Have enough remover in the house to clean table, floor, walls, sofa etc etc etc. Its a messy one!!!! lol

I like the splatter, its an interesting technique i've not tried yet.

Is it ok to cheat and post a couple of pics from a few weeks ago that would fit into the 'Rainbow' category?

Oh I love that, how did you do it?

With a lot of mess. lol

I did a base coat of white. The spatter colours are blue, orange, green and pink. Dab some polish of the bottle onto a paper plate or something. I tried dabbing a straw in but it didn't work so used an empty bic biro. Dab the small end into the polish, position over the nail and blow through the big end (oh errr Mrs!!!). Have to say my best spatters ended up on the kitchen towel but it was fun to do as you dont have to be precise.

That splatter is really quite nice! Reminds me of the giant gobstoppers that looked like that.

backhoe71 wrote:Ok so heres my attempt at rainbow!!!!! Tried to do something different and try splatter. Not sure it has worked as well as I wanted it to but I had a go!!

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Note to self: Tape fingers up before blowing, Have enough remover in the house to clean table, floor, walls, sofa etc etc etc. Its a messy one!!!! lol

Ooh taht's fab. Is it really bad to just copy? I really want to try that!
I used to paint pictures like that as a kid in the back garden, I'm thinking the back garden might be the place to do this!

Can I suggest a kids craft/painting plastic sheet on the table first?

To be fair I did have some kitchen towel down and the best spatters seemed to miss my nails and end up on that. Its not that messy really just make sure your fingers are taped up.

As for copying - go for it. Was really fun to do.

I've found vaseline easier than taping up for 'messy' nail art if any one else finds the tape fiddly/restricting x

I did do this in time but I'm more than a little late posting. this is the first photos I've posted so I'm not sure how it will work either!

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So that didn't work but hopefully this will - then you can all snigger at my spots

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My rainbows, embarassingly late, but very pretty in my opinion

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They're gorgeous

Very pretty.

Nice. Well worth the wait!