Orient themed manicure

Today I’m sharing my Orient themed mani.

 

This is my first *themed* mani. I have a FB friend in Hong Kong right now so I drew my inspiration from that. 

I’m not very good at freehand art so it didn’t turn out as well as I hoped but I still love it. I’m more of an impressionist than a realist when it comes to my nail art.

What I used:

 

 

PURE ICE: “FREE SPIRIT”

CHINA GLAZE: “LIQUID LEATHER”

WET-N-WILD: “WET CEMENT”

PURE ICE: “BARE IT ALL”

PURE ICE: “PLATINUM”

RIMMEL: “STAN TO ATTENTION”

PURE ICE: “HOT TAMALE”

PURE ICE: “TWINKLE”

PURE ICE: “WATCH ME GO”

WATER BASED ACRYLIC PAINTS

INM: “OUT THE DOOR”

Let's start with my pinky shall we?

My pinky got a base of “STAN TO ATTENTION”. Used striping tape at the tip then covered the whole nail with “LIQUID LEATHER” then removed the striping tape right away.

Lastly I placed a red square gem at the cuticle.

On my ring finger I used my acrylic paint pots and a dotting tool to apply the bamboo stalks, and a toothpick to draw the leaves. Then I used “FREE SPIRIT” to add glitter to the leaves and “WATCH ME GO” to add glitter to the stalks.

 

My middle finder got a base of “STAN TO ATTENTION” too, and over it I painted one coat of “BARE IT ALL”.

 

 

My index finger got a tiny bit of “WET CEMENT” using the Saran Wrap method as my base. I used my smallest dotting tool to make the pagoda roofs and a toothpick for the walls of my pagoda. Last I added a moon shaped gem.

 

 

And finally my thumb got one coat of “FREE SPIRIT” as a base and I used "HOT TAMALE”

and “TWINKLE” for the koi bodies. I used “PLATINUM” for the scales and “LIQUID LEATHER” for the eyes.

I used a dotting tool to get the head shape, then a toothpick to help shape the tail and upper fins.

 

Whew! That was a lot of info! Hope you like it.

Thank you for viewing!