Oh man. I'll admit it. I was completely stumped as to what I would do for today's challenge. Inspired by a pattern? There are so many ways to interpret the challenge, and so many different patterns that I lack the talent to create. After hours of indecision, I decided that I would try something new today.
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| Colors used: butter LONDON - Sprog, essie - Butler Please, Cult Nails - Time Traveler |
Today's offering is a blue on blue on blue spin on the popular "fishtail braid" manicure. This is the first time that I have ever tried this style, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. Because this is my first time, please don't judge me too hard. It's very uneven, and I could have done a better job with getting all the layers opaque... but I still really like how this came out. It's blue. What's not to love?!
What do you think about the whole "fishtail braid" look? Is this something you would wear out on the town? I'm afraid that my left hand doesn't look nearly as nice as my right. If only I was ambidextrous! Curse my limited nature!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope that you'll follow my lead and check out what the other participants are up to! :)
-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Mari at Nailista
-Gini at Sassy Paints
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish
I love this I love the fishtail/braid pattern. This is good!
ReplyDeleteThanks Patty! I can't wait to try it again with different color combos. :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's a lot of fun, and a great look. I've been intimidated by the technique, though. Looks like it requires a level of precision that I'm not known for. Will give it a shot, though.
ReplyDelete<3 You should try it for sure! It looks intimidating, but I found it fairly fool-proof.
DeleteI've only attempted this once, but I tried with two colors and it just didn't make sense to me!! This turned out great, I love that Essie blue but heard it's a dupe for Sally Hansen Pacific Blue (or whatever it's called) so I haven't bought it yet - I might just do it now though, it's gorge!!
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't know about any dupes (I don't have any in my collection) but I wouldn't be shocked. It isn't the most original color, but I love it regardless. Such a happy color!!
DeleteLooks great! I'm horrible with stripes, so I have yet to try this technique.
ReplyDeleteThanks :) I'm not fantastic at straight lines, but I found this to be fairly foolproof. Let the brush do the work for you! (It's my new mantra)
DeleteI LOVE it girl! The fish tail braid mani is one of my favorite things to do and believe me you deff nailed it!
ReplyDelete:) thanks Diana! I feel like this will be something I recreate all the time. So much fun!
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