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I can't even with my nail art today! I was ahead of grading this past Monday and decided to treat myself to some time to myself to do some nail art. And oh my, I did! My local Starbucks had this adorable polar bear on their chalkboard wall. It was so so cute. So I snapped a photo. My darling said you're going to do that polar bear, snow globe and all, on your nails?! OH YES, OH YES I WILL. And I did!
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
Here is the image that inspired my manicure! I took a photo of it at my local Starbucks. Have you spots this image in yours? It's soooo cute!
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
I love the idea of a black-based holiday nail art. So unconventional! I will admit, this is not as accessible as my other art. The polar bear nail alone took thirty minutes haha. But the other nails were fairly simple and that's the motif I have on my right hand as well!
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
Color Breakdown:
Black: KBShimmer Eclipse
White: Zoya Snow White
Red: Morgan Taylor A Kiss from Marilyn
Green: a mix of Zoya Jace and Zoya Wyatt
Orange: Lechat Felicity
Also, my sanity.
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
And then I wanted to matte it, since that's how it looks in the original image. It's like a chalkboard feel.
So I first drew everything with the white polish. Then I traced back over it with my chosen color. All those nails were fairly easy actually since the shapes are simple and whimsical.
The polar bear took so much time because I had to do the tiniest details. The snow globe was hard because it may look large, but it's super tiny! I just love how whimsical this is!
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
So today was Starbucks Happy Hour, we so trotted over to Starbucks to grab some Chestnut Praline lattes (our fave!!) and I attempted to take a photo with the drawing! Then I realized I forgot to matte my thumb hahaha. But oh my, I really love this mani!
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
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| Starbucks Bear Christmas Nail Art |
So I've decided to enter this nail art into the Nail Polish Canada nail art contest. I wasn't planning on entering, but this polar bear just took so long and I love the end result. Yes, I'm still wearing it! You can vote for my art here if you think it's worthy!
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That bear is so cute! You did a great job capturing it in your mani!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was hard to fit him since I just trimmed my nails!
DeleteOMG you are so talented! This is so cute!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! There was a lot of fixing in this haha but he came out cute!
DeleteThat bear is something else. I wouldn't have the talent or the patience for it. I bet it was a hit when people saw your nails!
ReplyDeleteI had my heart set on doing it. So I planned on sitting down and taking my time! I’ve had a lot of compliments!
DeleteYou are sooooooo talented! I can't believe you did this art freehand! Fabulous! Just curious, how long do you keep a special mani like this on your nails? It seems a shame to take it off!
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of trial and error but I had a great inspiration. I usually wear art for about 3 day if possible. I knew I would have a busy week so I put this on Monday and am taking it off today Sunday. So I got to wear it a week!
DeleteFabulous mani! That bear is so cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteWow!!! You nailed that 100% perfect!!! So stinking cute!
ReplyDeleteStarbucks is always full of inspiration! Love these! Too cute!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible! I also love that you went back to snap a photo with your inspiration- so sweet!
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented! Painting something that tiny is no easy task! So cute!
ReplyDeleteThis is soooo cute! I wish I could do nail art as good as you do!
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