The Digit-al Dozen Does Nature Week: Flowers

Final day of The Digit-al Dozen Does Nature and I have thrown you all for a curve ball! This doesn't really follow my previous days. No science here. No, I really wanted to do some flowers. And I really really wanted to do some Splash Floral nail art inspired by Emily from The Lacquerologist! 

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I recently bought this amazing book from Amazon that Emily created and I love it! Her photos are amazing, the tutorials easy to follow, and it's just such an awesome book! I highly recommend it!

So one of my favorite styles that Emily creates are her Splash Florals. I have always loved them but had never attempted them. I decided to do it for this theme! I used a stamp for my flowers where she free-hands them with her mad skillz! :)

I used BarryM Chai (possibly my favorite grey!) and BarryM Green Berry as my main colors. My ring finger is an accent with Green Berry as the base and Chai as the splash of color. I stamped using Born Pretty BP-54 and Konad Black. And of course sealed it all with HK Girl Top Coat. 

I seriously don't want to take this mani off! It's one of my favorites that I have done in a really long time! Thank you Emily for your awesomeness! :)

Don't forget to check out the other final nature manis!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Floral Week: Gift Wrap Flowers

Final day of Floral Week and I bring you yet another mani based on a print I found on Print & Pattern (seriously need to check out this site!). This is based on a gift bag found at Marks & Spencer.

I think I could have made my flowers a bit more flower shaped but I still like how it turned out and love the colors together!

I used China Glaze Pelican Gray as my base. The flowers are: China Glaze Def Defying, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, BarryM Plum, and BarryM Pomegranate. I used NYC Top Coat, as is smeared the flowers a bit. Sad day!

I hope you have enjoyed floral week!

Don't forget to check out the other ladies and their final floral manis!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Floral Week: Wallpaper Flowers

Day four of Floral Week and we have some pointillism/abstract flowers based on a wallpaper design by Jane Bridges found here. I was drawn to the colors and the flow of this pattern.

I used Barielle My City Apartment as my base and acrylic paints for the flowers. Above is before I added a matte top coat. I had a lot of fun with these dots! I think this is the most dots I've ever done in a mani! You really need to check out the original print, it's gorgeous!

This is with Essie Matte About You, look how it made the grey dots turn a khaki color. I like the matte of it but not the color change. Oh well! :)

Don't forget to check out the other floral manis today!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Floral Week: Stationary Flowers

Day three of Floral Week and I bring you another floral pattern I found on Print & Pattern. This is based on some stationary found in a British Department store called John Lewis.

This is my attempt of creating more detail in my nail art. I had a lot of fun creating this mani even though it's not perfect. :)

I used Wet n Wild Black Creme as my base. For the flowers I used: Barielle My City Apartment, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, China Glaze Def Defying, BarryM Grapefruit, BarryM Pomegranate, and OPI Mermaid's Tears. I used Essie Matte About You to finish off the look.

Don't forget to check out the other floral manis the ladies created!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Floral Week: Fabric Flowers

Day two of Floral Week and I bring you some flowers based on fabric by MissPrint which I found on Print & Pattern (love this site for inspiration!).

Is it a perfect recreation? Nah, I think I need yet a smaller brush and bigger nail beds! But I still find this pattern interesting, even though my index finger looks a little anatomical. >_<

I used China Glaze Def Defying as my base with OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Nail Art Black. I used Essie Matte About You to make it have a more fabric feel.

Don't forget to check out what floral manis the other ladies created!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Floral Week: Polka Dot, Polka Dot, Polka Dot Flowers!

 

Another month = another Digit-al Dozen week! This week's theme is floral! A lot of us were talking about really pushing ourselves to not do just the normal standard floral manis. And I can tell you that I was so tempted to stamp this week, but I resisted! All my manis this week are freehand! (maybe not perfect, but I'm happy!)

Today I have some drag marble flowers! I used So Nailicious' Rainbow Drops Drag Marble Nail Art Tutorial to create my flowers. I haven't done that much drag marbling/needle marbling, but I had a lot of fun and love how they turned out! So happy and cheery!

I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls as my base. The other colors I used: China Glaze Def Defying, BarryM Plum, BarryM Grapefruit, BarryM Guava, Sinful Colors Pragmatic, and Sally Hansen Man-go Team. Sealed with HK Girl Top Coat this mani lasted a whole week on my nails!

I was going to leave them all with just the flowers but thought they needed something else so polka dot polka dot polka dot flowers was born!

Muwahahahahaha! It's all in your heads now! You're welcome! :)

Don't forget to check out the other ladies and their florals!

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