40 great nail art ideas: Zoya Darcy swatch with Tom & Jerry nail design

Introduction

Good day darlings. I had a one week break from anything nail-related, but now I'm back. And I have a sunny yellow cream to show you - Darcy by ZOYA. I'm super happy with this yellow, both color and application are fantastic. It was opaque already after two coats, but I did use nude colored base. The second part of this post is nail design inspired by kids TV, which I did for 40 great nail art ideas challenge. It was a perfect opportunity to use Tom & Jerry water decals form Born pretty store and try cheesy nail. On figure 1 you can see shiny version, while on figure 2 decals are mattified, not a big difference though. I love how bright and cheerful it looks, definitely brings some of my childhood memories  back. What is your favorite T&J episode? Mine is with frozen kitchen - Mice follies.

Results

Figure 1. Tom & Jerry nail design and Zoya Darcy.

Nail art with traditional Chinese Peach water decals and scaled gradient background "Oriental beauties"

Introduction

Good day darlings, what are you doing if you failed at scaled gradient? Right, cover it up with water decals. That's exactly how this nail art appeared, so it's not a complete failure and I use it as my entry for Russian challenge with water decals. I even like how two gorgeous flakies Heart's desire and Gilded grove complement these decals (check out macros at the end), but making scaled gradient with flakies was not a good idea. These water decals look really nice on the nails and were easy to apply, however they have low resolution, which is really visible on close up macro pictures, and is a bit annoying. Do you use water decals, what are your favorite once?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Oriental beauties"