Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Sarah Waite vs Nessie

Ok, just to warn you, this is a VERY SILLY manicure. It may not make much sense to you. I was playing with my nail polish last night and tried a combo of a pretty shimmer green with a glittery topcoat, and I showed the base color to some of my polish friends. I asked them what I should paint on my nails as artwork. My friend Sarah Waite of Chalkboard Nails said, "my face" which of course is a very silly thing to paint on ones nails. I got a few other fun suggestions including one from Laurie Nievin to paint the Loch Ness Monster. So I decided to do both: I give you Sarah Waite vs. The Loch Ness Monster!

Bwahahahaah! So in case you couldn't tell, that is Sarah on my thumb and Nessie is swimming along the rest of my fingers. 

Here is the beautiful base polish. I will tell you which colors I used to make this base mani at the end of this post. Hint hint, one of the colors I used is up for grabs in my 100 follower giveaway! You still have time to enter. Just click here and scroll to the bottom to get your name in the drawing. 

I started by painting Nessie on my nails. I made her look kind of cartoony and fun. This was a fairly easy design to do. You could do it with acrylic paint like I did, or try it with nail polish. I think this design would be easy to do either way. 

Here is Nessie pretty much finished, and before topcoat. Also, no Sarah Waite yet. 

By the way, this is a pic of Laurie Nievin who suggested the Loch Ness Monster design. Thanks for the great idea, Laurie! :-)

This is my nail polish BFF, Sarah Waite. When I decided to paint her face after she pretty much begged me to do it, I chose this picture of her. It is black and white, and fairly stark, so I thought it would be easier to duplicate rather than a color photo. 

Here is how I started with acrylic paints. I used only black and white acrylic paint for Sarah's portrait. 

Here she is without her glasses on. I also made more adjustments to her hair before finishing the portrait. 

Before topcoat. I think I got pretty close!

Here are the nails together. I added some little bubbles to Nessie. Of course, when discussing this nail art with Sarah and Laurie, we knew that the two designs would have to duke it out, and thus the nail art on my right hand...

It's Sarah Waite vs. The Loch Ness Monster! (I was tired after that portrait of Sarah, so this was a lot easier design to paint using my non-dominant hand.) 

Polishes used in this manicure: Wet n Wild mini color icon in a shimmery aqua green, Sinful Colors Nail Junkie, Essie All In One Basecoat, and Seche Vite topcoat. 

This manicure demanded an epic video to showcase all of its awesomeness. I give you the Battle of the Ages!!! Sarah Waite vs. The Loch Ness Monster:




I am SUCH a nerd! And no, I am not going to paint your face on my nails. LOL

48 comments:

  1. bahahahahahhaha Laurie! I love this so much :)

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  2. Thanks destany! I hope Laurie likes this too. :)

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  3. brb, gunna go freak out about how amazing this looks!

    *freaks out*

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  4. Wow your skills are amazing! It looks just like Sarah!!!!

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  5. Ha ha Winnie! Come off the ledge! LOL

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  6. I love this more than I can even explain. You are just too talented! It's perfect!!!

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  7. Not only is the nail art great . . . the video! Priceless!

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  8. Thanks Sarah! You provide fun inspiration, I like silly things and (obviously) so do you!

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  9. Ahahaha! Thanks AllisonL! I would have posted this earlier, but it really needed the video.

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  10. Michelle you are very talented and very funny!!!!
    loved!
    Sam.

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  11. Thanks so much Sam! I am glad this made you laugh. :)

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  12. You are just awesome, just sayin'!

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  13. That's really funny and amazing!!! I'm not worthy!

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  14. Such a fun post! Love you polish girls to death!

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  15. OMG this is amazing!!! love it!! best mani of 2011 hands down!! and i also love lauries pic :)

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  16. Wow...so funny!!! lol
    I loved!!
    PErfect...

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  17. This is sooo freaking awesome!!! You are extremely talented! And the video was great too :)

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  18. Ha ha, thanks Taylor! That's high praise. There have been some epic manis this year, I mean Snooki alone... LOL

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  19. Oh thanks Amanda! My hubby just rolled his eyes at the video, but I thought it was sooo funny!

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  20. haha i love this!! the nail art is amazing but the video!! pretty awesome! :)
    xx

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  21. Thank you Helga! I'm so glad it made you laugh!

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  22. Oh thank you Charlie! I worked hard on that video to really make it fun. All kinds of sound effects, the Muhammed Ali clip, even Bruce Lee fighting sounds. I am so glad you like it!

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  23. You are one super talented nail artist!! I am in awe of everything you do! This is a bit silly-but who cares!! It's awesome!

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  24. Hee hee, thanks Fingers. It is actually INCREDIBLY silly, but that is cool, so am I. Thanks so much for your nice comment!

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  25. This is like the coolest mani I have ever seen.....

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  26. Thank you Pretty and Polished Lady! That is so nice of you to say!

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  27. omg, you did an EXCELLENT job! i really like the glittery backdrop, and the portrait is dead on! i totally suck at drawing people haha

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  28. Thank you so much, Sneakerette! I'm so glad you mentioned the glitter polish background. I think my nail art may have actually really detracted from it. And you should keep trying portraits! Practice makes perfect! :)

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  29. I'm totally in love with your blog!
    I found it in Sarah's blog and immediately have to follow!
    You're a great more than great, a wonderful designer nails!
    congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm following your blog, I LOVE ITTTTTT!
    maria clara x
    http://beijofosco.blogspot.com/

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  30. Thank you so much Maria! I am happy you found me through Sarah's blog. Thanks for following me!

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  31. awesomeee !
    http://myministyle.blogspot.com/

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    1. Gee, thanks lutana. I really appreciate that you took the time to say something negative instead of just look at someone else's blog.

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