Today was kind of a fun day for me when it came to deciding what to do for this challenge. I am a huge lover of art in general–painting, sculpture, architecture. I have a soft spot for the Renaissance which explains why Florence is probably my favorite city in the world–it’s like a love song to the Renaissance. One of my favorite paintings resides at the Uffizi Galleries: La Nascita di Venere by Botticelli.
I wish I had more time today because I might have attempted to recreate parts of this painting…that would have been awesome. Anyway, I was searching some of my favorite painters such as Picasso, Magritte, Dali, Renoir and Da Vinci for some inspiration. I don’t know how I ended up settling on Jackson Pollock, but I’m glad I did because I do like how my nails turned out.
Read below to see how I created this manicure.
I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Let me tell you that I love this polish because it’s just such an interesting color. It’s obviously not a pure white which I really like. I had heard so many positive things about this polish so I am glad that it did not disappoint. I had to apply 3 thin coats, but I think it would be ok with 2 thickish coats.
I really wanted to try the traditional splatter technique with a straw or brush, but I just didn’t have enough time this morning so I went ahead and used the splatter design from Konad plate M70.
I used all the different colors and stamped them all over each other on my nails. Doesn’t this remind you of a Jackson Pollock painting?
Well, there are only 2 more challenges left so thanks for sticking with us through this loooooonnnnngggg process. 🙂 Don’t forget to check out Nicole’s nails over at Polish Me, Please!
Aaaaaaannnnndddd…don’t forget to check out my blog sale. I am going to add more polishes tonight so take advantage of the 20% off sale. 🙂 Talk to you later!
I am so jealous of your Konad polish stash! And these are so cute. Great idea!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Now, this is AMAZING! I think this one is my favorite one!
Thanks so much! I’m pretty happy with how these turned out.
Holy crap. These are so so pretty. I love this
Thank you! 🙂
I love this! These are gorgeous!
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Thank you. 🙂
Wow, you did an awesome job…Pollock would be proud….maybe, I dunno how artists feel about stamps lol. I had no idea you used a stamp until you mentioned it. I thought you did the splatter technique or maybe even the “spun sugar” technique. I really love this…It’s one of my faves you’ve done.
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I haven’t done the splatter technique and I really wanted to but I didn’t have enough time this morning. It usually takes me 4 tries to get something “right” whenever I try something new so I knew it was just going to be a big old mess if I didn’t stamp. And yeah…Pollock would probably hit me in the face with a can of paint if he saw these. lol
You are so smart using that stamp. My splatter nails were a disasticure. I love these nails!!! I didn’t get the email about this post tho so I almost missed it!! Near miss! This looks so cool. Good job! And I would have LOVED seeing you recreate those naked people on your nails. Maybe next time? 😉 Grrrrreat job!!
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haha…yeah, naked peeps. Maybe I should have just done vitruvian man or the david…you know what appendage I would have focused on….:P
I wonder if my blog is ever gonna act normal again. lol I actually do like how these turned out and thanks for getting me to try MBSC…it’s awesome.
I’m sooooooooo in awe of your stamping skills. That is one area of nail-dom that I have not conquered AT ALL. Second, they make a splatter stamp!?! This is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard (ok, well at least *today*) I LOVE the final product. (PS My Boyfriend Scales Walls is such an amaaaaazing base! Love it so much!) Fabulous job <3
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I feel that they now make a stamp for everything! lol I’ve had this one for a while now but never thought to use it this way. I freaking love MBSW–it’s so beautiful and so different looking. I pretty much passed on the whole Spiderman collection except for this one–and Spotted…just cause it’s so weird.
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I had no idea that they made a stamp like that, that’s awesome!!! I wouldnt know how to do a drippy thing like that anyways, i imagine the polish would have to be kinda sticky and goopy… Great colors, good look! Bet you got a bunch of compliments on that!
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Stamping has really gotten big, I think. Pretty soon there will be a stamp for everything out there. 🙂 I really do like this stamp–it’s fun. I doubt that I would be able to recreate this with the other straw splatter method without making a huge mess so this was great.
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Cynthia, I COMMAND you to recognize that you have really been killing it at the end of this challenge! Look how many compliments you’ve received! And deservedly….these ARE super-sweet (Cartman voice). It looks to me like they were legitmately scribbled on with fine-point pens…very cool!
I bought MBSW, too, through a random eBay snafu (the polish I had ordered was unavailable and I picked out this one, instead). I used it once for a mani that turned out to be a disasticure, so I need to give it a fair shot. It seemed a bit thick to me, so maybe I need to thin it, or maybe I was just having some issues with that pro-wide brush dealio. That actually wasn’t the main problem…the glitter I was using over it was just needing too many coats to look how I wanted it to look and I just got frustrated. Anway, it is super-clean looking…I just haven’t decided what I want to pair it with…SO many options!!!
Next challenge: the Venus, baby. I can see that being AH-MAZE-ING.
LOL…this comment cracked me up. You command me! Ha! 😛 You really do have to give this polish a second shot because it’s great. It’s just so different from the typical white polish because of that slight grey tinge. I could seriously wear this polish on its own.
I really want to try to do the venus painting on my nails cause it’s seriously one of my favorite paintings. The first time I saw it, I sat down in front of it and it was like time ceased to exist–that’s how mesmerized I was by it. I think when I realized I’d been staring at it, like 45 minutes had gone by. haha
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