Stars

Hey there!

This past week I started with one idea in my head and ended up with something else. I originally thought of doing small snowflakes with a white and purple color scheme. I started painted on the snowflakes and then it reminded me of stars, specifically the north star. For this manicure you will need a white nail polish, a light purple/mauve nail polish, a silver nail polish and a nail art brush.

I started with a base coat of OPI nail envy maintenance. I then did two coats of OPI Alpine Snow on my pinky, middle and index fingernails. I followed with two coats of Essie Nice is Nice on my ring and thumbnails. I then used my nail art brush to finely paint on two small stars, diagonally placed on the nail, with Essie Nice is Nice on the white nails. I then used Icing Heavy Metal to paint on top of the purple stars, so that the purple still showed as an outline. I then used OPI Alpine Snow to paint on one large star in the middle of the nail on my purple nails. I went over that white star with Icing Heavy Metal, again so as to leave a white outline around the star. Once everything was completely dry, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

OPI Alpine Snow & Essie Nice is Nice

Stars painted on with nail art brush with Essie Nice is Nice

Star painted on ring fingernail 

Finished!

Well, what do you think? I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It was a nice exercise to practice my hand painting skill set. I wonder if I would have liked it better with a different color other than this purple. Still, it's cute. It was a little time consuming hand painting these stars, but, like I said, it was needed practice. Hope you enjoyed this one and I will see you next time!