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So while browsing through my blog and looking for a design that I wanted to recreate for this day, I stumbled upon a few designs that I wasn't too happy with. At first I was pretty sure it was going to be one from the early days of this blog, but then I saw the Turquoise Stone Nails that I did at the end of January this year. It was after cutepolish made her awesome Water Spotted tutorial and I then decided to use her tutorial to create my design.
But even if I liked the result, I wasn't completely happy with them. I think they looked too constant or smooth and not very realistic. So I tried again, this time with a different base: I used China Glaze - For Audrey, China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint and Essie - In The Cab-Ana to create Watercolor Nails. Then I did the Water Spotted technique with Essie - Licorice and filled in some of the spots with Catrice - Shanghai. I think I made my design better, but there's still a lot of room for improvement! I think next time I might try a freehand version of these, because I still think the black pattern is almost a bit too strong. We'll see!
I love this one and the original design :)
AntwortenLöschenVery beautiful!
AntwortenLöschenWow these are so cool!
AntwortenLöschenWow, these really look like turquoise stones! Very well done!
AntwortenLöschenFantastic! A really great job.
AntwortenLöschenThis is so cool, it looks just like turquoise :)
AntwortenLöschenOMG so pretty :)
AntwortenLöschenIt is gougers!
AntwortenLöschenIt really makes me think about a turquoise stone.
:-O Incredible. It really looks like a turquoise gem.
AntwortenLöschenTo lessen the black/make it less regular, I'd suggest trying this:
AntwortenLöschenAfter you're done with the watercolored blue and green base, seal it with at least one coat of a clear top coat.
Then do the waterspotting in black, then take a small brush and use remover to soften the lines/erase the parts you don't want.
Finish with touches of gold and seal with topcoat.
To lessen the black/make it less regular, I'd suggest trying this:
AntwortenLöschenAfter you're done with the watercolored blue and green base, seal it with at least one coat of a clear top coat.
Then do the waterspotting in black, then take a small brush and use remover to soften the lines/erase the parts you don't want.
Finish with touches of gold and seal with topcoat.