Hello there my
beauts! Happy first of the month to you!
So there appears to be a recurring
theme when it comes to finding inspiration for nail art
lately....FOOD. Maybe not THAT surprising considering
my devotion to sweet foodstuffs;) With those rare glimpses of sunshine that we've been graced with of late, so comes the
inevitable temptation of consuming a yummy ice cream treat. Remember the Raspberry Ripple Marble nails from a few posts ago? Well this time it was whilst I was indulging in a decadent Magnum delight, that I
thought the combination of rich dark tones & gold in the
packaging would look equally pretty on the nails. So this is what I
came up with...
For my base colour I used the vampy I
Sing In Colour by OPI which was one of the shades from Gwen Stefani's
collection. This is an intensely rich, almost black red shade, so
hot & vampy, I absolutely love it! And I thought it would be perfect to
embody smooth velvety dark chocolate tones. This is two coats applied to a gorgeously glossy finish.
For the gold touch I decided to use
China Glaze Cracked Medallion crackle polish. Aaah good old crackle
polishes, remember those? China Glaze's offerings were particularly
awesome, with the polish formula crackling extremely well, leaving a
really pretty effect.
I still wanted plenty of that vampy
base on show, far too pretty it is to hide, so I just swiped the gold
crackle across the tip in a quarter moon.
For a final bit of golden decadence I
simply added a row of gold glitter dots along the curve of the
crackle before sealing it all with my trusty CND Air Dry topcoat!
Mmmm...Magnum anyone? I can predict the
chances of me speedy gonzalez-ing it down to the freezer after this
post is up are quite high & I suggest you all do the same so I
feel less guilty mwahaha! ;) Maybe I should do a food nail art
series? Any requests? ;)
Thanks as always for reading dolls!
Lotsa love to ya
