I had a brain meltdown when I was painting my Flag inspired nails and ended up doing two manicures so you get a bonus 31 Day Challenge post today! I'd had this idea written down for ages and was really looking forward to doing it. I got so excited that I kind of forgot it was part of the challenge since the challenge has started becoming more of a chore than a pleasure at this point. So anyway, I decided on the Jamaican Flag nail art and then remembered that I actually wanted to do this so I did it anyway! By the way, it's inspired by a pirate flag!
I didn't want to go for the traditional black background so I took out one of my many 'near black' shades, Deborah Lippmann Dark Side of the Moon* and used two coats as my base. I painted on the skull and crossbones and sword detail with white and black acrylic paint using a small nail art brush.
I added one coat of Revlon Facets of Fuschia to my thumb and pinky which I picked up for £1 in Discount UK and I'm pretty sure it's exactly, EXACTLY the same polish as Scandalous which is part of the current range and is retailing for £6.49! That is scandalous!
Finally, I used two coats of NYC Top Coat to finish it all off.
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WOW! This is so pretty Sammy! Oh and Facets of Fuschia and Scandalous are the same polish, FOF was limited edition, so they re-named it Scandalous :)
ReplyDeleteWow! I love this! Great detail on the skull and swords :D
ReplyDeleteHi Sammy, I just think your mani is awesome! The skull, crossed bones and swords look so realistic! and they are so sharply painted! I never tried to do details with acrylic paint, would love to see a tutorial about it.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!
ReplyDeleteAw, I do love this! The Jamaican flag was good too but I love this.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! Really well done!
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! I love the glitter you used on your thumb and pinkie!
ReplyDeletePerfect pirate nail art! I love this so, so much :) I would totally love to recreate this, but don't have the skills :D ♥
ReplyDeleteI wonder why they changed the name of the Revlon polish?
ReplyDeletePirates are ALWAYS okay with me! Love this.
Facets of fuchsia was a limited edition, Revlon brought it back in to the permanent range but renamed it scandalous. Really like the pirate flag :)
ReplyDeleteRevlon also changed the name of Starry Pink to Popular.
Deletewow great job it looks perfect!
ReplyDeletei love this!!!
ReplyDeleteThe swords and the skull looks really good :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd the Deborah Lippmann is quit nice :-)
I love seeing your challenge manis, you always manage to think outside the box when it comes to inspiration and this is friggin' awesome! I love the base too, such a beautiful polish!
ReplyDeleteI love this, it's really cute!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome! When you do hand painting like this are you able to do both hands? People who are ambidextrous just astound me haha!
ReplyDeleteSi much more original than the Jamaica flag! Awesome drawing!!! You rock! :D
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you decided to post this! I LOVE it - that freehand is so good it looks like a stamp!
ReplyDeleteWow lovely!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the slickest manicures. You're so good!! Perfect colors with the theme and beautiful art job :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing nail art, awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteI love pirates and I love this mani! I wish I was better at freehand painting stuff on my nails but my hands just aren't steady enough... I think the pressure gets to me lol
ReplyDeleteThis nail polish is beyond gorgeous! And i also like the design!:D
ReplyDeleteLove this manicure - I like that you didn't use a black background as well. The skull and crossbones reminds me of "The Goonies" LOL :)
ReplyDeleteYou always come up with super cool manis!!
ReplyDeleteGood idea, pirate flag!
ReplyDeleteawesome!
ReplyDeleteLove it!!
ReplyDeleteLove the combo of all these!
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ReplyDeleteIt has been quite a while since I didn't love a blog so much! I really feel connected with your style and love your "nerdy" tastes about movies ect. I didn't even know where to comment since I adore too many of your manis. They are so neat and well painted, unique and amzing! Since I am thinking of a pirate themed nail art for my carnival belated party next weekend, I have decided to let myself be indspired by that and commented here. I subbed immediately and will come back and let you inspire me. I would be so happy and honoured if you'd check and maybe follow my friendly blog where I am moving my first steps in the nail art world. You rock!
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