If you didn't know, today was the Cherry Blossom Festival at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. I had cherry blossoms on the brain after seeing that on the news, so I decided to embrace it. Embrace it I did.
I remembered a video Robin Moses did on white which gave me some great tips (just search for robin moses cherry blossoms) - like fanning an opalescent pink under the stamping and using dots to represent the flowers. Great stuff!
There are several pictures I have to share with you today.
The first was my first attempt at this manicure (from the video):
Manicure:
1 coat Perfect Formula Gel Coat
2 coats Butter London Yummy Mummy - swiped with Dazzle Dry Warm Affection
Stamped with Wet'n'Wild Black Creme using Mash-37
Dotted with Dazzle Dry Raspberry Rush, Julep Melissa, and Zoya Shelby
1 coat Sally Hansen Hard as Wraps Hard as Nails
1 coat Julep Freedom Polymer Top Coat
This was lovely, but I felt like I was overloading my branches (they'd never hold up), so I took a q-tip to it until the stamps and dots were gone. Time to try again with a little more control.
Manicure:
Same colors, but this time for stamping I added Nails Inc Floral Street (white) and didn't use Julep Melissa since I was toning it down.
Here's another angle.
I am really happy with the simple, but feminine look. And finally, the video...
Wishing you amazing manicures,
Bevy of Nails
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