Wednesday, January 9, 2013

New31DC: Day 9 - Saran Wrap


Hi there!! Today marks the beginning of the actual art themed days of the challenge... I know I've been overachieving by having so much art on days when it wasn't necessary, but I am doing my best to be committed to more nail art on the blog.  (I will tell you that this will be continuing after the 31DC is over, and leave you with that cryptic little tidbit!)

Today's theme is Saran Wrap.  I have so much trouble with this technique for whatever reason.  I think it is my color choices.  I actually did another version of saran wrap nails 2 weeks ago, but I decided to redo them last night because, well.... the other ones sucked!


In an effort to make these stand out a bit among a sea of other saran wrap manis, I have used a glitter base, which I haven't seen done yet.  (Maybe someone has done this, but I don't know about it!)  I used two coats of China Glaze I Herd That, and then used OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys for my second color.  I did the technique where you remove some of the second color with the plastic wrap... I know some other people add the color with the wrap.


In the end, I was quite happy with how these turned out.  They remind me of Tortoiseshell, which was completely unintentional but cool!

Have you tried this technique?

12 comments:

  1. January 9, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    Oh great colour, I really love it. :-)

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  2. January 9, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    This looks so cool!!

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  3. January 9, 2013 at 12:33 PM

    This is so gorgeous!!! I totally love your color choice and the way this turned out!!!

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  4. January 9, 2013 at 12:43 PM

    This looks great!
    x

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  5. January 9, 2013 at 1:17 PM

    Really cool! I like this technique!

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  6. January 9, 2013 at 1:32 PM

    wow! just wow! this is gorgeous!

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  7. January 9, 2013 at 4:09 PM

    The color combo on this is just gorgeous!

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  8. January 9, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    I love this to bits!

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  9. January 9, 2013 at 9:53 PM

    love this xx

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  10. January 9, 2013 at 10:42 PM

    Wow !
    Amazing manicure <3 !

    xxx

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  11. January 9, 2013 at 11:44 PM

    Beautiful! First thing that came to mind when I saw it was tortoise shell! x

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  12. EmmyJanuary 10, 2013 at 4:28 AM

    Awww...this is so pretty. Love what you did here with your mani. Love the color combos and the design. Great job!

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