Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

Press Sample

For those of you who like to dabble in nail art: do you ever have an idea in your head and then on the nail it just DOES NOT WORK? Oh yes, many times. But today, these came out EXACTLY how I wanted them to! I was so in love with this manicure, I wore it for a full week (which also attests to the Jessica formula!). When I saw the colors of the Jessica Autumn in New York collection, I immediately wanted to do paisley! You can check out my post of swatches of the colors alone HERE. And check out my first try ever at paisley nail art!


Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

I try to post accessible nail art usually, but I will mention this manicure takes a steady hand and time (about an hour to do both hands). This was all done with my smallest striping brush (and actually, I had bought a new one and totally forgot I had it. So I actually did this nail art with a cheapy set brush!). I had googled basic paisley patterns just to get an idea of what it looks like. Then, I actually did a loose drawing on a piece of paper of what I wanted on each nail (which way the big pattern pointed, etc.)


Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection


As always, I use a piece of tin foil (usually reuse from tin foiling my nails for tough glitters) for my palette. I dab dots of each color on the foil and then based on my loose drawing, I went with it! I randomly picked colors so they wouldn't overlap and started painting over Soho in Love, which was my base.


Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

Hand-painted Paisley Nail Art with Jessica Autumn in New York Collection

Do you love my autumn paisleys? I cannot tell you how many people freaked over them and didn't believe I hand-painted them. If you want to try this, I suggest doing it on an accent nail first. As I kept painting, it did get easier as I got into a flow!

Products in the post were provided for honest review.     

Ehmkay Nails on Facebook
Ehmkay Nails on Instagram
Ehmkay Nails on Pinterest.
Follow Ehmkay Nails with Bloglovin.

4 comments:

  1. Your artwork is magnificent! What a fantastic job!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you! Not as easy to achieve as other looks, but it was fun playing with my brushes

      Delete
  2. Replies
    1. Glad you enjoy it! Took a lot of time (and you know!)

      Delete

Thank you for your comment! But please do not post any links in your comment as it will be automatically deleted. If you would like me to look at your site, please E-MAIL me. Thank you!!