Copycat Claws: The Digit-al Dozen does Nature: Day 3 Fan Brush Ocean Nail Art

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The Digit-al Dozen does Nature: Day 3 Fan Brush Ocean Nail Art

Hey there! For Day 3 of The Digit-al Dozen's Nature Week, I went with another water theme. If you know anything about me, you know I LOVE being in and around water with all my heart, despite the fact that I can't swim. But water, even rough waters, has a calming effect on me and that's sort of what I wanted to portray here. The water doesn't look particularly peaceful but I know I'd feel super relaxed being around it. This mani was supposed to be a fan brush gradient but my fan brush technique never turns into the gradient that I expect it to but I tend to really like how they turn out.

To start, I used a white base of OPI Alpine Snow. Then for the fan brush I used Cult Nails Time Traveller, OPI Can't Find My Czechbook, Sally Hansen Set Sail and Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow. It seems I also went back and added a few more swipes with white into the darker parts which is what makes it look like rough sails. All that was topped with HK Girl top coat.

I also added some stamping that kind of wrecked it. It does fit with the nautical theme since there's sea shells involved but I liked it better without the stamping. I used MoYou London Sailor -04 and Mundo de Unas Aqua (#24) here.