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December 10, 2009

Icy Nails

I was inspired by Boston’s first snowfall and my inability to walk on ice. So I did a little tutorial.

These are the items you will need:

1 Dark Nail Polish, I used Big Smoke by Butter London. It’s a super sheer and shimmery midnight blue and I love it.

1 to 2 Silver polishes, (I like the texture of using 2, but it isn’t really necessary). I used Silver Screen by Revlon (a chromey/foily silver) and Diamond Geezer by Butter London (a thick foil full of micro glitter. It’s a bit globby but good for this kind of sponge painting.) This picture shows the differences in my silver polishes:

1 glitter polish. I like a silver or a pale blue, but you could use any color. I used NYX Silver Blue which is a mainly silver glitter with little blue dashes.

1 sponge. This is a dish sponge (sorry, Brandon).

Top Coat, of your choice.

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Step One: After filing and shaping your nails, paint two thin coats of your dark color and concentrate on distributing the color on your tips. It doesn’t have to be perfect because the sponge painting will camouflage most mistakes. I also skipped the base coat. We are going for a textured look, plus this look requires several coats of paint. Give your nails a few solid minutes to dry. You want the base fully dry before moving on to the sponge painting. Your nails should look something like this:

Step Two: Using your silver polish, paint the corner of your sponge and dab it on your nail near the base.

A little bit goes a long way here. Repeat on each of your nails. they should look a little something like this:

From here, you could move on to the next step, but if you want a little more depth and texture, use the rougher part of the sponge and paint on a different silver.