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Ghostbusters!

Predictable development right here. I really enjoyed doing this nail art though it was painfully difficult to photograph and do justice to the real life thing, so this post may be a little image-heavy.

It's been a while since I did some proper nail art! I think this Ghostbusters logo may have been the most complex cartoony thing I've done so far. Possibly tied with the Clockwork Orange one, I'm not sure. Anyway, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.
More pictures!

Left hand

Right hand

I'll just admit right off the bat - I don't really like the drip nail art thing. Sometimes when executed very well I can enjoy them, but generally it's just not my cup of tea. However, I wanted to give them a go since I felt they suited the theme and I'd never done them before. I think they do well within the context here but.. eh. On their own they don't really wow me.

The yellow-black striped thing going on is based on the ghost traps they use, and was done with the aide of tape. Unfortunately application of top coat made them streak out a bit but I don't have it in me to touch it up to be honest.

Materials used:

- H&M 'Summer Sunrise', Say No To Racism set.

- 2True's 'Shade 4'

- A YSL metallic black I don't know the number of

- Koh's 'Black!' for the ghost-trap stripes.

- Acrylic paints

Merry Christmas/Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas!

Wasn't really in the mood for Christmas nail art this year to be honest. I watched Ghostbusters recently and I wanted them green. So green it is. Which is still sort of a Christmassy colour.

The green in question is 2True, 'Shade 4'. What a catchy name.

Anyway, enjoy the holidays everyone and have a great 2014~!

Complementary, my dear Watson.

Okay, I'm semi-sorrry for this post title.
Anyway, a good complementary contrast always stands out so I wanted to apply that in a nice sponge gradient mani.

Polishes used:
2true, 'Shade no. 25' (orange)
2true, 'Shade no. 15' (blue)
Essence, '01 - Wonderlicious Green' (it's blue, damnit)
Golden Rose, 'Scale Effect 12' (flakies)

2true's shade of blue works very poorly as a polish on itself, so I layered it over the ever misnamed Wonderlicious Green, to have a good blue base. The 2true blue is a very sparkly polish, and so is its orange, so those work together very well. The orange is pretty well pigmented, and though a bit coppery now, is really a very bright orange when used on its own.

And finally, I feel the largely orange flakies tie the whole together quite nicely

I'm Blue...

...Da ba dee.. sorry. I'm a child of the 90's. This Eiffel 65 song is so deeply ingrained into my subconscious I am never, ever going to be able to rid myself of it. I've tried avoiding it as a title until now, but what the hey.

Here we have a layering experiment that looks like a lighter shade, budget version of Midnight Blue. If you think that's somehow a good thing, I would actually recommend just handing out the money for Midnight Blue.
This 2True polish was an untried, and I have a few polishes from this budget brand that I'm really very pleased with, but this isn't one of them. It would have taken a gajillion layers to get even the slightest hint of opaqueness, so I grabbed the Miss Sporty polish to give it a foundation to build on. It's not that clear in the pictures, but you can still see a lot of nail shining through. Ah well, can't win 'em all.

So shiny, though!