Thursday, 10 October 2013

Turquoise and Ocean Coloured Ikat Nail Art

Yay! So today I'm very excited as I have a manicure to share with you that I think is one of the best I've ever done! (Get ready for an excessive amount of images). I'm calling it an Ikat design.... but I'm actually not 100% sure what Ikat means.... I've just seen other similar designs called that.

Oh well....I won't keep ranting on about it..... so here's some pictures =D

But please scroll down for the polishes used and inspiration :)


 

Ok the polishes
The lovely lovely blue background is China Glaze "For Audrey" (can you guess how much I love it?)

And for the ikat design in my best attempt at lightest to darkest:
1. (Yellow) China glaze "Lemon Fizz"
2.  (Turquoise) OPI "fly"
3. Sally Hansen Xtreme wear "Pacific blue"
4. (Metalic turquoise) Revlon "Ocean Breeze"
5. (Greeny dusky turquoise) China Glaze "exotic encounters"
6. (Royal bright blue) OPI "Eurso Euro"
7. (Darker blue) OPI "Road house blues"









I didn't think up the idea all by myself- I was inspired by this lovely image on Pinterest. Unfortunately I can't find a reference for it, so please let me know if you know who painted it originally.

I used a small Loew-Cornell 6/0 liner brush to paint the design- which was just lots of little dashes in the same direction.



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10 comments:

  1. Upbeat Nails11 October 2013 at 16:55

    wow. love the color combo (: I never done Ikat design. This look gorgeous (:

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    1. Unknown15 October 2013 at 08:23

      Thanks you :)
      It's surprisingly easy to do actually- just lots of little lines. You should give it a try =D

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  2. Brethil Ebontree15 October 2013 at 04:21

    I nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award! Please check: http://druidnails.blogspot.nl/2013/10/versatile-blogger-award-yay.html :)

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    1. Unknown15 October 2013 at 08:19

      Thanks for the nomination! I will get to work on it as soon as I have some free time <3

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  3. Yadi NightSwatcher15 October 2013 at 08:17

    I love your explanation of the name, I would call it ikat because that's what everyone else does too lol. It's a very pretty design, I think you one-upped your inspiration. I also love your watermark!

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    1. Unknown15 October 2013 at 08:22

      Awe!! Thanks- your very sweet. I just googled Ikat (perhaps I should have done that before I wrote the post). It appears to be sort of tie-die technique!
      I recently redid my watermark to include the whole blogspot address because I got worried no body would ever be able to find me. I'm regretting choosing such a lengthy name for my blog now, but oh well :)

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  4. Laura17 October 2013 at 18:44

    I have nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award! Please check: http://luckyluckylacquer.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/versatile-blogger-award.html

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    1. Unknown18 October 2013 at 08:50

      Thanks very much Laura!!!
      I plan to get to work on this on the weekend!
      xx

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  5. Becky B.30 October 2013 at 13:10

    Beautiful! I have had your reddit post saved for a while now; gonna finally give them a try tonight :)

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    1. Unknown30 October 2013 at 13:13

      Yay how exciting! Which colours will you use? I really want to try them again with purples!

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