Copycat Claws: The Digit-al Dozen does Whimsy: Fairy Nail Stamping

Hey there! To continue with my interpretation of our Digit-al Dozen Whimsy theme, I have another mythical creature. Fairies are mighty whimsical, in my opinion, so they were on my list of things to do for this week from the beginning. A couple of my DD friends have already done some ridiculously beautiful...and I do mean BEAUTIFUL fairy manis that I encourage you to check out. Cathy's are here and Cheyenne's are here and they both are breathtaking. I thought my shiny base was pretty but it pales in comparison. Luckily nail art isn't a competition so I'm not embarrassed to post these fairies on my attempt at an opal base.

I'm always on the hunt for a way to make nails looks like opals (my favourite stones) and Glitterfingersss has a good tutorial here that I kind of followed. I started with Essie Marshmallow and then did a non-linear gradient (meaning I put blobs of different colored polish randomly on the sponge and applied it like a gradient). For the colors I used Lime Crime Parfait Day, Lavendairy, Once In A Blue Mousse, Pastelchio, Crema de Limon and Peaches & Cream. Then I started with the glitters and flakies. I used Color Club Snow-Flakes, China Glaze Luxe and Lush, Cirque Magic Hour then one coat Girly Bits January Morning and another coat Snow-Flakes. It was probably sparkle overkill but I didn't want to fuss with individually applying pieces like Lexa did.