I'm sure you guys may have seen some "watercolor" nails before. I saw a bunch of them last year and never got around to trying it, but I finally did and I really love how them came out!
So, you probably know that this wasn't really made using watercolor, but with nail polish that has been sort of diluted with acetone. Using a nail brush dipped in acetone makes the colors almost like watercolor paints!
I used this tutorial, and started with a white base and picked a few colors that I thought would look nice together. I was going for something that looked like stormy clouds at first, so I started with some gray, blue, and purple, colors. I started with the color that I wanted to show up the least, the gray. After waiting a few minutes for the white to dry, I put about two or three drops of gray onto the white and then, with a brush dipped (not dripping, wipe it off a bit) in acetone, I dabbed with brush onto the dots of color and dabbed it around the nail.
I did this to each nail with each color until I liked the results. At the last minute I added some neon yellow and green (and I'm super happy I did), because it looked really boring and bland with just purple, blue and gray. Then, I finished with one coat of Seche Vite!
I am so in love with how this turned out! You will probably be seeing more watercolors from me in the future. ;)
Here are the colors I used for these nails
- Essie - Blanc
- Zoya - Dove
- Ciaté - Headliner
- Essence - A Lovely Secret
- Color Club - (this one has no label)
- Funky Fingers - Tortuga
- Sinful Colors - Neon Melon
Omggg, this is so pretty! Love the color combo you used!
ReplyDeleteI love watercolour nails! Yours came out super pretty, I really like the colour combo you choose. The addition of the brighter shades was definitely a good choice :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I liked it a lot more after I'd added the neons too!
DeleteThese look great, love the colour combination, the neon green looks great! X
ReplyDeleteThank you! :D
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