I've been in love with feather nails ever since I saw them on Chloe's Nails over a year ago! I've tried many many times since then to recreate something similar but always failed miserably. Well when I was in the craft aisle at my favourite junk shop recently searching for anything I could stick to my nails, I spotted these purple feathers and knew I'd be attempting the 'feather nail' again.
This time I finally succeeded and now all I want is MORE FEATHERS! It is very tricky to get a feather stuck to your nail but once it's there you'll never want to take it off.
Erika has a great method for feather nails that involves glue which you can see here. It's kind of hard to explain how I did this myself. I painted on the base colour of No7 Lucky Lilac and let it dry completely, then I used one coat of clear polish and stuck the feather on to that. Once the clear polish was dry and the feather stuck quite well, I painted on another coat of clear polish following the flow of the fibres to smooth it down. I just kept adding layers of top coat and gently pressing down the feather with a toothpick until I was happy!
The rest of the nails are stamped with Bundle Monster Plate BM-212 and Cult Nails Vicious. I used a dotting tool to add accents of A-England Princess Tears and finished it off with a top coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails.
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One word: wow! So original, beautiful colors and fitting pattern on the other nails. Lovely mani.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Where are you're feathers from?
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Wow feathers! Such a unique idea hahah, gorgeous too <3
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done! Great combo of feathers and stamping :)
ReplyDeleteOMG I bought this big pack of feathers when I first saw these nails out but then every time I thought about doing them it seemed way too hard...I will have to try it out now, these look awesome!
ReplyDeleteLove this! I've been wanting to attempt this ever since I saw it on Chloe's Nails as well. You're turned out really well. Now I have to go feather shopping! lol.
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! I love the purple feathers:)
ReplyDeleteIt looks really pretty Sammy, especially paired with that "peacock" stamp.
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to do feather nails ever since seeing Chloe's post too! I love that you used a purple feather for this.
ReplyDeleteLooks great, the stamp goes perfectly with the stamp.
ReplyDeleteohhhh erika first saw the feather nails and how to at my site, and i love that the love has spread. your version is AMAZING! purple is my fav color! i miss erika :( wish she'd start blogging again soon.
ReplyDeletejennifer ~ Fab Fatale
ps - i also did a yellow version for summer about a month ago. so fun!
ReplyDeleteThat's an amazing idea! And you've done it beautifully!
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing a lot of feather mani's around lately I definitely want to try it too! This came out beautifully!
ReplyDeletewow one of the coolest manis ever!
ReplyDeletevery creative and pretty
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous. One of my favorites!
ReplyDeletethis is so stunning!!
ReplyDeleteLooks sooo cool and interesting!
ReplyDeleteOMG what a beautiful idea - I bet it took some practise
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pattern and you chose some awesome colors!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! It looks airbrushed on!
ReplyDeleteJust marvelous!! Gorgeous nails!! :-)
ReplyDeleteso pretty! i love feathers : )
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I tried this using feathers from our budgies :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love it. The colors and the feather *^*
ReplyDeleteG-G-Gorgeous!!! The Colours, the Stamping...adorable!! And once again, i reckognized that I HAVE TO BUY the Bundle Monster-Set <3
ReplyDeleteinteresting idea! i like it :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice!!! :D
ReplyDeleteI'v been wanting to try this out for a long time too but never really got around to it...
Seeing these pictures I feel an urge to try it! ;)
They look absolutely incredible! Sooo want to try this! xx
ReplyDeleteTruly stunning! Love your work ;)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Bet it would work well with the bottom bits of peacock feathers.
ReplyDeletehard to do but the result is awesome !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! how can you make it so perfect??
ReplyDeletebeautiful, the pics are awesome!
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty! You did such a nice job. :-D
ReplyDeleteGreat nail art, I like it :).
ReplyDeletelg Neru
I've never seen this before! It's gorgeous!! I almost mistook it for a stamp
ReplyDelete♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteFantastic how you get the work done so precise and perfect :)
ReplyDeleteHugs
Frida
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Holy fantastic! This is amazeballs! I didn't realise it was AN ACTUAL FEATHER! When I'm feeling a little more daring I might try this! Eep!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful :)
I love these designs. I wish they were acrylic nails.
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