One of my favourite pendants is my Laguna Beach necklace (see it here). Personally, I wear it almost exclusively and always gets heaps of compliments. I never tire of making it for new customers. So I decided to draw inspiration from that. This is the mani I was wearing (and still was till today) on Saturday at the Queenstown Art Market. Decided I needed something to draw attention to my stall and my jewellery and nail art.
I started with a coat of a-england Dragon - a beautiful olive green holo. Then I gradient applied a-england Avalon from just below the middle to the tips. I went over twice towards the tips to make it darker. Avalon is a vibrant purple with a bit of shimmer. The tips I first gradiented in OPI Don't talk Bach to Me (a mustard greeny yellow - pretty ick-looking in the bottle but I tell you, I use this a lot!). The tippy tips were sponged in OPI Need Sunglasses.
After letting this sit-dry for about 15 minutes I drew my hill lines in black. Just random dunes and slopes. I used an Ozotic duochrome (910) to highlight parts of the dunes. Then I brought it all together with top coat, twice.
The purple-yellow is a vibrant combo and looks really good together. All the colours flow – but at the same time pop. A lot of people noticed it on Saturday, and that they matched my pendant. Proof that everything is hand drawn! I would like to do more of this type of nail art for clients, but that is still slow going. I think I will get there in the end, though!
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