30 Days of Colour: nail art with Femme Fatale Mirror, mirror on the wall and peacock Chez Delaney stamping "Silver peacocks"

Introduction

It's a new month and I continue to follow 30 Days of Colour challenge, feel free to join us and use tag #30daysofcolourchallenge. You can find list of prompts for June at the end of my post. For the first day we  supposed to do Silver/negative space mani and I chose to show silver nails with peacock stamping. My base polish is gorgeous silver/holo glitter  Mirror, mirror on the wall, but pictures below are not very color accurate. You can take a look at my swatches to see how it looks indoor and outdoor, in reality it's less blue and more silver. If you look carefully you also will notice that two peacocks have different thickness of lines, this is because I had to use different stampers in order to flip image. It's a first time I notice that stamper affected line thickness. I loved how this mani looked in real life, but my photos are not perfectly focused, I guess due to extreme shine. At the same time macros are really good, so keep scrolling until you see them.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Silver peacocks"

Mani swap: Green yellow and orange gradient with MdU stamping "Golden lotus"

Introduction

Something different today - my very first mani swap with awesome Sumeet from Tales of coffee lacquer and beauty. If you follow her blog (and if not, what are you waiting for?) you know that she does outstanding water marbles and gradients. For this swap we decided to do stamping mani, but I new right away that it will be one of her stampings over gradient, because they are so beautiful. It was hard, we do not have too many similar plates and I love so many of her designs. Finally, when I saw this gorgeous green to orange gradient I could not resist, even though my lotus and leaves are pretty different. But this color combo is divine, it glows on my nails. I love everything about this mani, thank you Summet for this opportunity to swap with you.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Golden lotus".

June macro challenge: Enchanted polish Kids swatch.

Introduction

New month - new challenge - June macro challenge!!! Enchanted polish Kids is one of my favorite enchanteds and I swatched in April before doing Mermaid nails. Since our macro challenges starts with Holo, I decided that it will be a perfect beginning for  summer. it's holo and duochrome, maybe even multichrome, so below you will see many pictures where I try to capture different looks of this wonderful polish. take a look at last picture with polish brush, it's a gorgeous macro showing holo sparkle very well.

Results

Figure 1. Enchanted polish Kids swatch.

30 Days of Colour: Gradient stamping nail art with Picture polish Moscow, Pirouette and Grace "Chrysanthemums"

Introduction

It's a last day of spring and my last entry for May 30 Days of Colour challenge. I chose nail design with gradient and stamping using my second favorite brand picture polish. I have to admit that gradient part was a fail. I attempted vertical gradient, but difference between Grace and Pirouette was too subtle, while Moscow was much darker, so I changed it to random gradient, by adding a bit of Moscow on each finger. Stamping part was really easy, but I also added some extra leaves by hand. This combo of sparkling Picture polishes and Cream stamping looked wonderful, unfortunately my photos do not show it in full beauty. This definitely was one of my  favorite May manis and I absolutely love how it looks on super close macros.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Chrysanthemums".

Emily de Molly Third edition and stamping nail art "Silver and black splatter" BM416

Introduction

Today I want to show simple splatter stamping on top of the gorgeous Emily de Molly polish called Third edition, which I swatched some time ago. Stamping images comes from Bundle Monster plate BM - 416 and since my nails were small compare to image I tried to rotate and shift it to get different splatters on all nails. Silver flaky background makes this nails look interesting even on super close macro pictures, it's really nice to see tiny flakes, glitters and sparkles mixed with stamping.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Silver and black splatter"

June Macro challenge !!!

Introduction

Extra special post today about Facebook group which me and wonderful Sumeet from Tales of coffee lacquer and beauty started together some time ago. This is not just another nail related group, because it's dedicated to our mutual passion, which fueled our friendship - macro photography. The group is called Macro nails and polish and we created it so that any macro lover can browse and share beautiful macros of nails, nail polish and nail art supplies. We have a wonderful group of ladies there, who can answer different question about macro photography. Also starting from June there will be a macro challenge and you are more than welcome to join it. Use tags #macronails #junemacrochallenge‬ and spread the word !!! We all are looking forward to new members, as our desire for new macros is not so easy to satisfy ;)

30 Days of Colour: Emily de Molly Ariel's realm nail art with Hehe stamping "Green neurons"

Introduction

May 30 days of Colour challenge is almost over and for today's entry we are supposed to show nail art done with favorite brand/technique. I chose both. My favorite brand is Australian indie polish Emily de Molly. And my favorite nail art technique is definitely stamping, which I love to combine with other techniques to achieve desired look. This particular nail art is inspired by my profession. I'm a neuroscientist and I always though that neurons are incredibly beautiful, and unavoidably they have huge potential for interesting nail art. This simple look actually has combination of stamping (green neurons), dotting (red spines) and a bit of free hand (neuronal bodies). You can find original picture of a neuron at the end of my post. I love how this turned out and want to make more designs inspired by neuroscience. Let me know what you think about it and if you do nails inspired by your profession how do they look?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Green neurons"