Negative space meets handdrawn lace
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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5 comments
There's something super cool about negative space in a manicure. Long championed by LA nail art supremo Madeline Poole it looks fresh and edgy in a world gone nail art crazy, and allowing the naked nail to peep through au natural does away with the need for a base colour. What's not to love?
It's usually worn with a central unpainted portion of nail silhouetted by a polish around its edges, but of course I like to do things a little differently. Since I have such an awful time trying to find nude polishes that flatter my peculiar pale-but-sallow-but-pink skintone, I like think of my natural nail standing in for the perfect neutral base instead and use it as the background for all-over designs. (It's a trick that worked really well for the neon-tipped tribal talons I did on my holidays last year.)
Here's how things played out when I fancied some negative space black lace on mah nails:
Though I say it myself, I think these are definitely worthy of a "BOOM."
BOOM!
Products used
CND Stickey base coat
Black nail art pen
Seche Vite top coat
It's usually worn with a central unpainted portion of nail silhouetted by a polish around its edges, but of course I like to do things a little differently. Since I have such an awful time trying to find nude polishes that flatter my peculiar pale-but-sallow-but-pink skintone, I like think of my natural nail standing in for the perfect neutral base instead and use it as the background for all-over designs. (It's a trick that worked really well for the neon-tipped tribal talons I did on my holidays last year.)
Here's how things played out when I fancied some negative space black lace on mah nails:
Though I say it myself, I think these are definitely worthy of a "BOOM."
BOOM!
Products used
CND Stickey base coat
Black nail art pen
Seche Vite top coat
Labels: Beauty, Talon-tastic Thursday
5 Comments:
At 2:40 pm, September 17, 2013,
Unknown said…
Thats all hand drawn?? HOLY MOSES AMAZING :)
At 2:55 pm, September 17, 2013,
Unknown said…
Thanks Cólleen! Yep, all done freehand. It seemed like a good idea when I started; a leeettle bit less so by the end of nail 10 ;)
At 4:16 pm, September 17, 2013,
Sabrina said…
Absolutely divine. x
At 4:53 pm, September 17, 2013,
S said…
Ah Lynnie you're unreal, that's some of the best freehand I've ever, ever seen. Absolutely amazing.
At 8:48 am, April 05, 2016,
Nailfame said…
Hi Lynda! I accidentally found your blog and I am glad I found it! I have recreated this mani of yours! Ofcourse it's not at all perfect like yours, but I thought to share it with you, if you like to see my version,here is a link to my blogpost.http://nailfame.blogspot.in/2016/04/lace-nailart.html. Thank you. :-) Following you now. :-)
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