Starting with a base of two coats of Illamasqua Noble, I used a bright but not distracting base for the nail art. I could have stopped at one coat, but went with two out of habit. Using a variety of neon nail polishes, I took my biggest dotting tool and created random dots, some overlapping each other and some going over the tip of my nails. There is no rhyme or reason to this; anyone can do these bubbles. The more random they look, the better. Then with a plain white creme and my thinnest striping brush, I did an outline of the bubble.
Then I created my unicorn using a white, black, and grey creme. I used China Glaze Pink Plumeria mixed with white for the ears and nose. Her horn and mane match the neon bubbles on the surrounding fingers. She reminds me of the colors and unicorns Lisa Frank used to create. Make sure to enlarge the pictures to see more of the detail.
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| Unicorn Rainbow Nail Art |
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| Unicorn Rainbow Nail Art |
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| Unicorn Rainbow Nail Art |
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| Unicorn Rainbow Nail Art |
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| Unicorn Rainbow Nail Art |
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These are so awesome! My kiddo will love these when I show her in the morning!
ReplyDeleteI felt like a kid wearing them; I love the bubbles so much!
DeleteSO AMAZING!!! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the inspiration Jen :)
DeleteLOOOOOVEEEE THISSS SOOO HARDDDDD!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! I had so much fun creating them
DeleteDo you mind linking me to the dotting tool you use? I can't find any locally that are big enough to even see! I would love to have one that made dots that size. This is possibly my favorite mani EVER. I'm an 80s baby too. So I am a huge Lisa Frank fan. My daughter still is.
ReplyDeleteWould love to see you tackle Rainbow Bright or Smurfs or Fraggle Rock. I think you could totally do it!
April, I got my set off Amazon. One like this:
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Super cheap and came pretty quickly. I also dip my dotting tools into polish that I put on foil instead of dip from the bottle. I will TOTALLY do your suggestions. I think Rainbow Bright has to be next :)
Oooh so cute!
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