31DC 2.0 - Paisley & 52WPNMC - '60s & matte/texture

Hi all!

Another combination post because these prompts were perfect together! I mean... Paisley and '60s... I have done a Paisley mani before, but this time it's in more autumn colours.

Today's pretties:

• China Glaze - 1077 Call of the Wild
• Barry M - Matte - MNP3 Caramel
• Essence - 166 Mister Rusty

First you get the glossy photos *winks*. My base is two coats of Call of the Wild, I love this deep dark chocolate brown! On my index, middle and little finger I added a few simple dots in contrast to my super busy accent nails. I used the same dotting tool for each colour, just used less pressure to get the dots smaller, I did use a different sized tool for the Rusty dots than for the Caramel ones. Then with a small nail art brush (cheap one that I cut to a few bristles) I painted the paisley curves and used a small dotting tool for the dots and flowers. When it dried I sealed it in with G&G HK Girl top coat.

I did like it glossy as well, but the second prompt for our pick and mix was matte or texture. So I added a coat of matte top coat as well, which gives it an aged look I think.

I happily wore these last weekend and was sad to have to take them off on Monday.

More '60s or matte and textures down here!

FingerFood's Theme Buffet - Retro

Hi all!

As you've noticed, I didn't manage to get this post up earlier in the week... and today's the last day of this Theme Buffet week. But better late than never! It took a while to find proper inspiration and I settled on something that took a bit more work than I planned... but I love it! What's more retro than paisley? When I saw this top during my google search I knew I had to use these colours and try paisley.

I used these lovelies today:

• Sinful Colors - 101 Snow Me White
• China Glaze - 1299 At Vase Value
• China Glaze - 1152 Sunday Funday
• OPI - NL N34 You Are So Outta Lime!

My base is a saran wrap of Snow Me White and At Vase Value to make it less stark white. I added a layer of G&G HK Girl top coat to get a smooth surface to do the detail work. Using a few brushes and a small dotting tool I painted the paisleys on my nails. I tried to make them all a bit different. My thumb and ring finger were done with the base shape in Sunday Funday and the other nails with the base in You Are So Outta Lime! (the OPI was a giveaway prize I won from The Polished Polyglot). Thank you again Nati! I topped everything with another coat of HK Girl.

I did my thumb first, and changed to a smaller nail art brush after doing that one. But I don't think they look so bad for my first try at paisley!

I'm pretty happy with this mani, I love these colours together, it just works! Have you tried to do paisley nail art?

Check down the gallery for more retro manis!