Hello guys and gals! Welcome to the first Tuesday of the new
year! The Twinsies took a break over the holidays, but we are back for our
weekly themed posts. And we even have new members! Welcome Amanda (from Fashion Footing), Beckie (from Polished by Beckie ) and
Savannah (from Addicted to Polish)! I am super excited to get to know you girls and see your
awesome posts every week!
This week’s theme is a pond mani - a design layered in
between jelly polish so that it appears to be floating. This is a fairly new technique in the nail world
and I was super excited to try it out!
Used:
O.P.I. - Funky Dunky
Digital Nails -
Serenity
O.P.I. - Don’t Violet
Me Down
O.P.I. - MBSW
MoYou London Sailor Collection - Plate # 03
I decided to do a stampwich, a variation on the pond mani
using stamped designs instead of hand painted. I started with Funky Dunky as a
base color and then began a traditional jelly sandwich layering with Serentiy
and Don’t Violet Me Down. Once those were completely dry, I stamped the design
on top and then added a final layer of Don’t Violet Me Down. As with any mani
using multiple layers and especially jelly polishes, it is always best to wait
for everything to dry completely before going to the next step, otherwise you
will get bubbles!
I am so thrilled with the outcome! I haven’t really felt up
to doing more complicated designs lately, so this was a good challenge for me.
And I am happy to knock off a “to-do” mani from my list!
Have you ever tried a pond mani? What do you think of them?
Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Twinsies and their
ponds mani! And say "hi" to the new members!
Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amanda at Fashion Footing
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Erin at Paint Those Piggies
Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Savannah at Addicted to Polish
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
So cool, Bridget!!
ReplyDeleteThis is really pretty!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! It's like a double pond mani with the floating design and the ripples!
ReplyDeleteLove the look of this! I totally did mine wrong, lol.
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I love the hint of shimmer.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love this! the hint of shimmer really adds to it!
ReplyDeleteThis looks beautiful Bridget. It's something I would love to recreate. I haven't tried a pond manicure in this sense (I only learned what it really meant after reading your post!)
ReplyDeletethis looks really cool Bridget!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteAwesome design! Your stamping came out perfectly too. I thought about using stamps for mine, but I'm so new to stamping that I figured I'd just screw it up, haha.
ReplyDeleteYour colors look ethereal together!
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