Hey
lovely readers!
I
finally watched the new Huntsman Winters War film recently which went
down a treat! I thoroughly enjoyed the first film, Kristen Stewart's
awful performance aside, the combination of Chris Hemsworth &
Charlize Theron's fantastically crazy Evil Queen was divine &
knowing that Emily Blunt was present portraying Freya the Snow Queen
in this film, I simply I couldn't miss it & it didn't disappoint
:)
I
knew when looking at the promos prior to release that I had to
attempt a mani inspired by each of the queens, Ravenna with her dark
gothic gold and Freya with her icy silver was just screaming nail
inspiration to me! So lets start things off with the Evil Queen
Ravenna...
Unfortunately
I did this mani in the evening by which time all decent lighting was
lost therefore I had to wait the next morning to snap pics! Because
of this it wasn't as neat as the day before, having lost a few shards
& a bit of lifting! But I'm rolling with it anyhoos ;)
I
started with two coats of this Revlon polish Enthrall, quite fitting
actually, which I actually only picked up last week after spotting it
in Poundland! The dark olive/black with a stunning golden shimmer
running through immediately made me think of Ravenna. So gothic-ly
pretty!
Its
a bit difficult to see but I added a few sharp downwards streaks of
black polish from the cuticles using a thin nail art brush &
black polish.
I
then used some pretty gold flakes I picked up from Born Pretty Store,
using a wet brush to help pick up the shards of gold, I just placed a
few pieces on top of the black streaks by the cuticle edge of the
nail also.
Whilst
doing a recent Born Pretty Haul (FYI you can use my code TRUW10 for
10% off your order) I couldn't resist picking up a few spike nail art
charms too! This I added on to my ring finger as an accent using a
bit of topcoat to help secure it down.
Finish
with a thick coat of topcoat & thats it! A dark gothic gold (&
perhaps slightly dangerous) manicure suitable for any Evil Queen! You
may need to add a good few topcoats to keep those gold flakes in
place!
Thanks
as always for reading! Stay tuned for a frosty themed mani for
Freya...
Lotsa love to ya!
