Thursday, 21 November 2013

Polar Bear

Nothing to Disclose

Hello lovelies!

Let me start this post by apologizing for my cuticles. Holy whoa are they awful in these shots. It looks like I went up to the Arctic to paint these nails plein air by watching an actual polar bear. (I did not; it was inspired by this photo.)


In fact, he is something of a poor specimen of a polar bear, isn't he? But he was fun to paint, if a bit frustrating to position on two nails.


Water, ice floes, and bear are all acrylic paint. All painted on a base of two coats of White On so I had something opaque to work with.


POLAR BEAR IS GLARING AT YOU (don't take it personally, he's just kind of a grump):


On my thumb, I layered a whack of blue polishes, including Passport Blue, Jungfrau, 204 (a purplish flakie), and Pitaraq:


Polishes used:
Sally Hansen - White On
American Apparel - Passport Blue
Elevation Polish - Jungfrau, Pitaraq
Inglot - 204
Duri - Rejuvacote (base coat)
acrylic paints
tiny detail brush

I have received so many beautiful polishes over the last week, and no idea what to do with them. I'll try to think of something before the weekend, when I have my O for Outrageous prompt for my ABC Challenge and not the foggiest clue what to do about it. Will try to get something tasteful in before I take a leap into the great void of outrageousness!

xo,

J.

13 comments:

  1. This is absolutely amazing, like wow! Haha, the bear looks fantastic and all of the colors are gorgeous together! All of your nail art is terrific (:

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  2. Aw, thank you so much for the sweet words, Marisa! I really appreciate it!

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  3. Wow, it is really realistic!
    I can feel the cold and I can nearly hear the roar of the bear... :-)

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  4. Wow! You blew me away with your bear!!)) He is so real and cute!!!

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  5. So... where should I begin my praising from? hahaha
    Seriously, I love everything about your work and that includes the way you write your blog :D Your words always manage a smile from me, which considering the dull office environment around me is not little to say ;)
    And your polar bear, grump or no grump, is adorable! And how you managed to position it in two nails and make it look as one...one word: Wow!
    With all this awesomeness going on, I only but vaguely noticed your cuticles, so don't worry much about it. Just give them some TLC throughout the weekend and they'll be nice and cuddly all over again :)

    ps. sorry about the already long comment but had to say just this one more thing: your cocktail combo on your thumb def paid off - can you speel gorgeous?! :D

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  6. That bear!! He is awesome! But, even moreso, I love your ice rock dealio. That thing is RAD! <3

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  7. Thank you so much!

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  8. Thank you Anastasia!

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  9. Aaahh, I'm so happy you like him, sweet Mina! Your message is, as they always are, super adorable and very much appreciated! xx

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  10. Thank you so much Josephine!

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  11. Thank you dear!

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  12. Yay! My "what the heck do I do with this nail" nail! I'm super glad you like it. I might do a full mani like that one day. Thanks sweetie!

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  13. This is stunning! Excellent job!!!

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