Saturday, August 23, 2014

Mani swap with Becca

Hy lovlies!

Instagram is an endless source of inspiration and since I'm there, I discovered lots of new to me and talented artists. One of those is Becca (IG: becca.nails) from England, UK and she makes some awesome manis. Some days ago, she asked if someone wants to do a mani swap and I thought, well, why not?!
I chose a butterfly mani and she took my celebration mani from last week.
I felt so honored because I'm really proud of this one!
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Isn't her recreation just wonderful? At the moment you can find Becca on Instagram only, but she told me that she is thinking about starting her own blog! I think we should encourage her to do so! You can send her some words at becca.nails6@gmail.com and be sure to check out her Instagram profile!

And now a bit more about the design I chose!
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I wanted to do butterfly nails for a while now and I saw my chance, when Becca asked for a mani swap. You may have noticed that I did it in the reverse direction, but I think they turned out well though.
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Used polishes and tools:
A-England - Tristam
Kiko - 530 Pearly blue peacock
Essie - find me an oasis
Glisten & Glow - HK Girl top Coat
Black acrylic paint
Striping brush, make-up sponge and dotting tool

I can tell you, it wasn't as easy as it looked. I haven't done "real" nail art for a while now and my eyes burned after 2 hours of concentrating. And the clean up was hard to, because the black acrylic paint flodded my cuticles so much. So please excuse my cuticles, because I didn't manage to get rid of all that nasty stuff! But I really like the end result!

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Here are closeups of my thumbs!
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You can't see it on pics properly, but the Kiko polish is so sparkly!

The verdict: I love the butterfly pattern and my boyfriend and co-worker too, but I have to practice more to get even lines!

What do think? Yeah or nay? Have you ever tried a butterfly pattern?

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