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When I was introduced to new Etsy shop on the block, Nail Doodles, I had a look around and quickly discovered that the creator behind the hand drawn, hand made water decals lives but 10 minutes away from me. Small world, huh?
One of my favourite things about being a blogger is having the opportunity to collaborate with small businesses and introduce them to a new bunch of people that share my hobbies and interests (that’s you guys!). Most Indie makers and Etsy sellers that I’ve worked with are US based so I always love it when I come across one that’s in the UK. Now to find an Etsian, by chance, who lives down the road… just amazeballs!
I snapped up The Sweetheart Collection v.2. Most of the designs come in colour or outline options and I went for the outlines because I wanted to get adventurous with my backgrounds! The instructions say to snip closely around each decal, place it on your nail (with the backing paper still attached) and submerge it in water to separate the decal.
Of course I thought I knew best, didn’t bother reading the instructions first, and went ahead with dunking the whole thing in water until the decal and paper separated, then placing the decal on my nail with tweezers. My way worked too but I’ll try it the ‘proper way’ next time!
I’m really impressed with the colour on these decals – it didn’t fade at all and has stayed jet black. I was left with a few bumps at the edge of each decal but it wasn’t anything a lick of top coat couldn’t sort out and may have been to do with my application. Overall, I love the decals and next on my wishlist is the Davy Jones Collection. Arrrr!
For the gradient underneath, I used W7 Baby Pink and piCture pOlish Totes with a thin coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust over the top. There’s a gradient tutorial here. The whole manicure is topped with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.
Where to Buy Nail Doodles
You can get Nail Doodles decals from Nail Doodles on Etsy and the seller ships worldwide. RRP £6.00.
What I Used
piCture pOlish Swagger
NYC Mint Macaroon
Nicole by OPI Be Awesome
Nail Vinyls in Chevron Mini
piCture pOlish Midnite Meteor
China Glaze Sunday Funday
Items Used
Base Colour: Delush Polish Make Me Blush
Galaxy Colours: Nicole by OPI Leapink for Joy, Collection 2000 Hot Purple, NYC Raindrop, piCture pOlish Tail Feather, China Glaze Fairy Dust
Details: Sweet Color White Liner Polish
Top coat: Glisten & Glow HK Girl
Pastel on pastel is never going to look bad but it’s so hard to find pastel shades that are pigmented enough to use with stamping. I mentioned in my post about piCture pOlish’s Urban Shades collection (see that here) that I thought Chillax would work well for stamping and I’m so glad that it does. While it is admittedly on the bright side for a pastel, I think it can pass as it does look a little more muted with the stamps!
I used Barry M Rose Hip as my base colour here. On the accent nails, I used Claire’s Shiver which is a glitter in a shimmery clear base with white and pastel green hexes.
For the stamping, I used piCture pOlish Chillax.
The designs are from MoYou’s Fairytale Collection Plate 02 and Pro Collection Plate 07 (which isn’t on the website anymore, but the same rose pattern is on XL Plate 07). To get 20% off your first order at moyou.co.uk, log in to your account and use the code SAMMY20.
It’s all topped with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.
For piCture pOlish’s Urban Shades collection, I wanted to create some nail art that was suitably urban and edgy and I came up with this geometric design. Get it? Because it has lots of edges. Sorry.
It took me a while to warm to these shades but now that we’ve transitioned right in to summer, I really love them. I used 3 thin coats of Totes (sunny orange) to smooth it out because I thought it looked a little streaky with just two. Chillax (bright minty green), Swagger (blue) and Bonkers (pink) were all perfect with just two thin coats. They’re all pigmented enough to use in freehand nail art, but I haven’t had a chance to try them with stamping yet. I think Chillax will actually be the best for stamping as it is so pigmented which is rare in a minty shade like that.
The base colours for this mani are the ones in the middle of the nail and I freehanded on the borders afterwards using nail art brush. See how each shade works over the other shades with just a thin coat and no clumpiness? I love it!
Where to buy piCture pOlish Urban Shades…
The Urban Shades collection is available from the Picture Polish website and their worldwide stockists
Here’s a video tutorial for the ‘Cobalt is the Colour‘ nail art I posted last week. After a few tries I’m really getting in to the swing of making videos and a few people requested a tutorial for this nail art so I thought I’d jump back in. It’s a simple look but use the right colours and it will be absolutely stunning!
I’ll have a tutorial for the watercolour/beachy gradient coming soon but if there are any other videos you’d like to see, do let me know!