Hello my sweets! It's Friday and I'm spending the day with Tyler and Owen :D
Today I have for you some "scratchboard" nails :) The name for this was suggested by my friend Trixie from my SMYTC group :)
Remember when we were kids and we would colour a blank piece of paper with lots of different coloured crayons and then use a black crayon and colour over the entire sheet, then use a toothpick and draw images into the black to allow the colour behind to show through? This was the idea I got before I received my black crackle polish from Julep, Ursula. As soon as I got it, I tried it. (This was also supposed to be my Day 1 design for the November Nail Art Challenge but realized after I had already taken it off that I forgot my little sign, lol!)
So I started with dotting my entire nail with the 6 colours of the rainbow:
Julep Deluanay (red)
Julep Parker (orange)
Julep Mystery Yellow
Julep Deluanay (red)
Julep Parker (orange)
Julep Mystery Yellow
Avon Electric Green
Julep Gunta (blue)
Julep Morgan (purple)
It reminds me of a gumball machine :) Then I applied Julep Ursula over top, a black creme crackle polish.
TA DA!! I love the look of this, I will definitely be trying it out with neon colours as well :D As I've mentioned before, I am pretty new to the crackle polish train, but I really like the effect they have, it's different every time :D
So what do you guys think? Do you like this, or is it not quite your cup of tea?
I don't like crackles much, but this looks really nice! Good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks :) I'm new to them, that could be why they are so entertaining for me, hehe :)
DeleteI remember doing that with crayons when I was a kid and I think it looks great on you! Even without the crackle it looks neat :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely like it both ways :D I would love to try it with different crackle colours, I have white, silver and orange I could try, but I think the black would look the best over all the colours :)
DeleteThat's so cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kim! :D
DeleteThat's awesome. I totally remember doing that
ReplyDeleteThe last time I did it, I was probably in grade 3.. still one of the funnest art forms though :D
DeleteThat looks awesome! If I did that I would leave it on for a month!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! If I put that much work into a mani I would have to leave it on for a month! I don't understand how you girls do theses awesome man is and just take them off the next day for challenges!
ReplyDeleteThat's why I did the November Challenge so that it's every 3 days :) I have a hard time leaving well enough alone and end up changing my nails daily anyways :)
DeleteYou've actually changed my mind about the crackle colors. I had kinda written it off before seeing this post. Now I think I'll try it. I bet a nice crackle would look lovely over a bright water-marbled nail or any other bright rainbow-y base. Fantastic idea. I have been inspired by your nails yet again!
ReplyDeleteIf you have a chance to get a crackle, go with black, I think it's definitely more versatile, just like those black heels every woman has :)
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