Copycat Claws: The Digit-al Dozen does Fandom: Day 4 The XX Nail Art

Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Digit-al Dozen does Fandom: Day 4 The XX Nail Art

Hey there! Today is Day 4 of The Digit-al Dozen's Fandom and today I have a mani inspired by a band that I am a huge fan of. I hadn't heard of The XX until a couple of years ago but, once I did, I bought every song I could find by them and have since been (impatiently) waiting for a new album. So, while there are bands I've been aware of longer, I love this group so much that I wanted to do a mani inspired by a couple of their covers.

The XX has delightfully simple album covers. The first album's artwork was a simple white X on a black background. But that wouldn't have made the most exciting nail art so instead I choose the artwork for one of the album's singles, VCR. I just sponged a bunch of pastel coloured Picture Polish shades (Mellow Yellow, Wisteria, Fairy Floss, Twinkle, Sky and Swagger) over a white base, cut a bit of tape (actually the edge of a sheet of Nail Vinyls) and went over it with KBShimmer Eclipse.

Their sophomore album (Coexist) has artwork that looked like an oil slick on a white background. For this one I started with a black base and then added some streaks of a variety of holographic and duochrome polishes (Ozotic Sugar 902, Ozotic 506, A England Fated Prince and ILNP Undenied, Reminisce, Peace, Masquerade and Birefringence). Originally I wanted to water marble it but my polish was having none of that so I went the easy route. Then, as above, I taped off an X and went over it with KBShimmer Eyes White Open. And, of course, I made it shiny (and dry) with HK Girl top coat.