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Tuesday, 12 November 2013

DIGIT-AL DOZEN WEEK: Black & White X-Ray Nails

Nothing to Disclose

Hello lovelies! Here we are at day 2, and my mani today is a bit of a holdover from Hallowe'en.


Let's be honest here: did YOU have any idea what was going on if not for the title of this post?


DISTAL PHALANGES, Y'ALL. I started this with two coats of Camelot, then dabbed on the circles with watered-down White On and a cotton bud. I then painted on the main bone bits with White On, and used the watercolour technique to sort of moosh the polish around.


I should have gone to find some face paint and painted my whole fingers. That'd have been awesome! And would have contextualized these quite nicely.


Polishes used:
Sally Hansen - White On
butter LONDON - Nail Foundation (base coat)
pure acetone for the watercolour technique
one-stroke brush
cotton bud

I'm going to put this out there now: tomorrow's mani is my least favourite, by far. That's why it's going on Hump Day. So, uh, brace yourselves, I guess?

xo,

J.

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26 comments:

  1. WHATTTTT?! How cool are these?! I'm in awe. Also, I think I always post my least favorite mani on Wednesday... I thought I was the only weirdo who did that. ;)

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  2. Haha, I'm so glad you like them!! And no, you aren't alone, I notice that Wednesdays are really hit or miss for me!!

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  3. Oh my goodness! These are amazing! Such a genius idea!

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  4. these are too freakin cool!!! it's weird but I am like obsessed with bones, I should've been a chiropractor or something because I just love them! Lol

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  5. DISTAL PHALANGES, YA'LL! Loooooooove this so so hard!

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  6. Thank you so much Kirsten!

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  7. It's not too late! Chase that boney dream! I'm so glad you like these. :)

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  8. Hahhahahaa!!! Sometimes all-caps are a necessity! I'm super-happy you like them!!

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  9. This is spectacular! Great job!

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  10. Thank you Nory!

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  11. I just can't even. These are so amazing and creative, I am in awe. Probably my favorite nail art all year and possibly in all of time! I'm a wee bit envious I didn't think of this idea LOL

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  12. Dude! This is ridiculously awesome! Love love LOVE it!

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  13. WHAT. Really? Holy jeez, I am so bloody honoured. You have officially made my day, haha!! Thank you!!

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  14. Thank you so much Thea!! :D

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  15. this is ridiculously the coolest thing ever!

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  16. Peace, Love & Polish14 November 2013 at 07:44

    THIS IS THE COOLEST! I have no idea how you managed each one to look the same, but the uniformity is amazing!

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  17. I thought you might like these, and I'm very glad that you do. :) :)

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  18. I have no idea, either! It's probably because I wasn't trying. Murphy's Law. And thank you!!

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  19. Know what? I wouldn't have found out what this was hadn't there been a title to this post, but once you cleared that one away, can I just say: freakin' awesome idea!?!?!?
    How cool is this for a mani?! And I think you managed beautifully with the effect: spot on, darling! :D

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  20. Haha, thanks sweetheart! My boyfriend was Majorly Confused until I explained myself, so I figured that most people would be in the same boat.

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  21. I can't get over how fabulous this concept is! It's so freakin' cool!!! Holy cow. I love that it's abstract enough that it could be anything you wanted, but when you know what it is, it immediately clicks. So so good!

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  22. Thank you so much Lindsey!!

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  23. This is so awesome I still can't get over it. I'm inspired to try x-ray nails, and if I do I'll credit you of course. :)

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  24. I would love to see your rendition, you'll be awesome at them!

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