It has been a very tiring weekend because I had to work till 12am on Friday night! To make matters worse, it's extremely hot as well. Next Saturday is going to be pretty much the same with the mercury hitting 37 deg.C.
I was lazing around the house feeling very lethargic the whole weekend not wanting to move or go out. I feel like a sloth! Luckily, by Sunday afternoon we had heaps of cooling sea breeze and I was finally motivated to redo my nails.
I don't even want to think how long it took for me to create this set. It's by far the longest time spent ever. Reason being, it's the first time I've ever tried using acrylic to create a full cover overlay. It's also the first time I've tried using glitter powder to create a gradient effect and it's the first time I'm making these gel cherry blossoms.
I was lazing around the house feeling very lethargic the whole weekend not wanting to move or go out. I feel like a sloth! Luckily, by Sunday afternoon we had heaps of cooling sea breeze and I was finally motivated to redo my nails.
I don't even want to think how long it took for me to create this set. It's by far the longest time spent ever. Reason being, it's the first time I've ever tried using acrylic to create a full cover overlay. It's also the first time I've tried using glitter powder to create a gradient effect and it's the first time I'm making these gel cherry blossoms.
These are all the nail art materials I've used to create this look. I really love this glitter pot. If you look closely, you'll see that it's not just purple glitters. There's a mixture of a lighter shade of purple and some silver bits.
To get the gradient effect, I mixed 2 batches of glitter with clear acrylic powder, each with different concentration of glitters. I've never done this before and my hands were so busy with the mixing I've totally forgotten to take photos of the process!
Anyway this is the final result. I think in total it took me 6 hours or more, because I had a dinner break inbetween!
I Really Love This Glitter!
Under Warm Light
Comments (28)
Oh they looks so sweet and pretty~ ^^
i like it in blue and white,
and the cherry blossom,
it's like once you touch them they will fly around you,
little bit of gold added more impact to the design.
great job and worth to take so long haha..
Thank you Rachel! The gold is my dad's idea! He loves to come into my nail room to check out the profess of my nail design. He told me that the purple looks quite dark and it would look better matched with yellow or gold rinestones.
Oh that's so pretty! I love the cherry blossoms on the gradient, I wish I could do something as pretty as that :D Great job!
Divine nails Jin, the colours are superb, your father has excellent taste! I agree with Rachel, they definitely have a "take flight" effect!
On a side note, I know what you mean about sloth weather. As you know I am not a big fan. When I heard on the news last night that the long range forecast for Boxing Day is 45 degrees, I amost fainted. Ughhhh - I'll melt like chocolate ;) Surely they are joking! xx
Hi Violet thank you for visiting and for the sweet comments. I am sure with practise you can also do this. I would love to spend more time practising acrylic overlays and extensions, however the smell of monomer really gives me a headache! hehe
Thank you Danielle! I'll let my dad know that his suggestion have been highly praised on my blog hehe. He'll be delighted. ;)
I did not hear of that boxing day weather report! Oh no, I will most certainly melt too. I hope it's not humid as well!
wow!! honestly im so envy everytime im seeing a nail with
glitter gradient like this.. how did u do that?? i dont
have any glitters like urs...can i use the ordinary
glitter? oh i really want to try this out...btw..
about my konading skills.. i dont think i have special
technique on stamping.. i just do the ordinary way of
stamping..my tip that i can share to u is that: put a top
coat after u put ur base polish before stamping this base
polish will be a protection to ur base polish if ever u
made a mistake in ur stamping.. when ur polish is totally
dry..start stamping and if ever u made a mistake u can
sightly wipe out the design with polish remover (the top
coat u put after the base polish will protect ur base
polish) so on this way u're not goin to start over again..
i hope this will help.. ohhh.. i just notice now that i
havent put u on my fab blog roll list..damn me!! i always
forgot..now i put u on my blog roll list... im so envy
with ur acrylic skills...u're awesome!! one of my ultimate
wishlist is to have a starter acrylic kit...so sad i cant
find any here in Abu Dhabi...where do u buy ur acrylic
kit? i love ur pearl beads and ur gold beads...oh girl..im
really envy with ur nail art stuffs...
Hi Thriszha thank you so much for adding me to your blog roll! Really appreciate your nice comments. This is the first time I'm doing this glitter gradient effect. I think you can use regular craft glitter as well. Just make sure they are fine if not the gradient effect will not be as nice. I mix the glitters in clear acrylic powder and apply them on the end of my nails. I use less glitters as I move up the nails. Between the glitter and clear sections, I simply push little bits of glitter across to get the gradient effect. You can layer more glitter acrylic at the tips to make it darker. I get all my acrylic supplies from a small local shop. I'm sure you can source these online too.
Hey thank you so much for the Konading tips! I shall try Konading again next time. Hope it'll be successful this time round.
ohhh so sad i cant purchase online... i dont use credit cards..nor i have paypal..btw where u from? can u make a blog post on how to put acrylic nails?thanks
Hi Thriszha I am in Perth, Australia. Ok next time when I do another full cover acrylic overlay, I will do a step by step tutorial. I am actually thinking of doing a give away on my blog's 1 year birthday! I may do a acrylic starter set give away. So stay tuned!
Nice...I like it....back at work now...:) counting down ...
Hey Yvette, thanks for dropping by! I am glad you like this design. Maybe I can do a set for you someday. Yes you are counting down to 12 months leave! I am so envious of you! Come visit me often on the blog ok.
Very pretty!! :)
Thank You Ena!
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
Thank you so much for the encouragement! I will do my best! ;)
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nice article. I would love to follow you on twitter.
Thank you very much! I am still trying to fit in blogging and nail art amidst my busy work schedule. I've been thinking of joining Twitter and Facebook. That will definitely be the next thing I'll look into once I have more time at hand.
Wow wow wow. You and your dad must share some artistic genes there. THis mani is absolutely fab!
Hehe thank you sooo much jo.frougal! I think my dad is way more artistic than me. He is my go to person when I get stuck with anything that's gotta do with matching colours.
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I love your 3d designs! I've been trying to work with nsi's 3d gels and I find it so hard to work with. I can't even mold a simple bow. How do u mold the 3d gels so perfectly?
Hi Diana, 3D gels are quite easy to work with. However I do find some a bit too runny to mould. For those that have harden, just work some clear gel into it to soften it up a bit. I don't really have a trick. Just mould to your liking and quickily cure it before it starts running.