The idea was to have this be a sort of 'behind the scenes' glimpse manicure, where you see a glitter mani and peek behind it to see the cogs and gears making it work. Meh, not really successful.
I started with a base of OPI San Tan-tonio and then taped off the upper half of my middle and ring fingers on a diagonal. Then I painted on my Sonoma Nail Art polish called 'Clockwork', added some cogs with acrylic paint, and then hand painted the black stripe following the tape line. That black stripe makes it look like I didn't use tape at all in this mani. Ug. But I did this last night at midnight, so dang it, it will have to do.
Here is a look at Clockwork, one of the 4 polishes in my Great Handcar Regatta themed set. I really love this glitter polish because it creates gorgeous instant artwork. No tape required (HALLELUJAH)!
holy look at the glitters!!! I love clockwork!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Winnie! I love it too, it is really fun.
DeleteOh I love this manicure!! :D SO cool! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashesela. It was cooler in my head, but I still like it. :)
DeleteWhat the french do you mean this is not successful???? It's cool as h e double hockey sticks!
ReplyDeleteYou are too kind, thanks Laurie.
DeleteThis is amazing. San tan-tonio is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Cuti-CLUE-les! I love this polish too, it is a dream to apply and it is so flattering to my skin tone. I love it so much, I actually LURVE it. :)
DeleteI love this! The glitter is amazing and the cogs are fantastic! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks A Girl and Her Polish! I forgot to mention that I learned how to do this cog mani from Robin Moses! She rules. :)
Deletethis is wonderful! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jodi!
Deleteyes, i love the gears and i LOVE clockwork!! what a great polish you made there!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Gnarly Gnails. I really like this one. I am still working on the final polish in the Great Handcar Regatta themed set. It is somewhat elusive, but I will master it! LOL
DeleteOoooooooooooooo clockwork is pretty! And I have trouble with tape too. :P
ReplyDeleteWow, I actually just gasped a little at Clockwork--perfect name for a gorgeous polish! The gears are a great accent for it, too (I can't even pretend to aspire to ever have hands that steady XD). Etsy shop bookmarked for later this month!
ReplyDeleteYou might not like your mani but I'm amazed by it! It looks fantastic on the photo, I really thought for a sec that you had cogs in your fingertops...
ReplyDeleteIt remind me steampunk style ;)
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