Thursday 29 January 2015

31DC-D29 - Blue Base

Hey y'all!

Well, I finally saw the dentist yesterday, and prognosis: root canal.  Fun!  All I can say is that I'm happy that I'm not in the overwhelming pain that I've suffered the past 5 days waiting for that appointment!  Now we can return to regular broadcasting... whatever that means around here.  Today's prompt for the 31DC is Blue Base, so I decided to play around with another abstract technique to create this look.

Blue base marbled smoky nail art, evolving from glossy to matte to stamped with dinosaurs.

I decided I wanted to play around a bit more with that smoky watercolor effect, so this time I did it the "right" way, using a brush to dab the acetone around, and just kept building layers.  I began with two coats of OPI Russian Navy for my base.  My first smoked-out layer is George Blue Lagoon, a metallic light blue I bought hoping it was opaque enough for stamping (hint: it isn't).  To add contrast and depth, I then did a layer of China Glaze Life Preserver again with the smoke technique.  Finally, I added some streaks of Collection Aztec Gold to make veins running through what had become an interesting marble design for me.  Just a note: I added a layer of topcoat between each step to protect the under layers from the acetone, and then a final layer of SV on top to make it all glossy.

Blue base marbled smoky nail art, evolving from glossy to matte to stamped with dinosaurs.

As I'm wont to do, I had to add a coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy, "just to see!"

Blue base marbled smoky nail art, evolving from glossy to matte to stamped with dinosaurs.
Blue base marbled smoky nail art, evolving from glossy to matte to stamped with dinosaurs.

And finally... when hubby saw me using VL014 for my dragonfly look, he immediately insisted that I do dinosaur nails, so I obliged him as a final step with these, using Barry M Key Lime to stamp.

Blue base marbled smoky nail art, evolving from glossy to matte to stamped with dinosaurs.

For more Blue Based looks, check out the inlinkz below.




Have a great and safe weekend, and I'll see ya tomorrow!