Anti-Winter 80's throwback Nail Design

Hi you lovely Creepers you!!!!

I'm so happy to be back, and with a happy and bright manicure too.

I don't know about any of you, but with the late start to our winter weather here in Chicago I was finding myself craving something fun and happy after Christmas. Something to combat the after-Christmas depression I usually go through.

It turned out very neon-y...I wasn't planning on that. My co-workers also said it reminded them of mint chocolate chip ice cream....I don't know about that. But, I'll admit my subconscious must be wanting summer time cause that's what this mani screams to me!


So, Let me tell ya how I did this bad boy!

The base of this design is done with Fresh Paint's Honeydew. A neon pastel green. This polish is quickly becoming famous in the stamping world for it's ability to stamp over black almost as well as a Mundo De Unas polish. But, I've become a lover of using them as polish too because they are a one-coater!

The last touch I gave my base color is adding a bit of Fresh Paint's SugarCrush (Thank you Judith!!!!) on the tips. This is a flaky glitter and I love using it to give a base color some dimension or sparkle.

 

 For the stamping I used two different shades and textures of blue. Since the base is more subtle with not a lot going on like a gradient or sponging, I wanted a slight gradient in the stamping.
I used SinfulShine's Set the Mood for a darker creamy blue. And, KleanColor's Metallic Aqua for a lighter and sparkly blue.
When stamping: instead of applying a single line of one color of polish I applied half the KC and half the STM. When scraping the extra polish I scraped multiple times moving the scraper slightly each time to give the transition between colors more of a flow.

For my thumb, pointer and pinky fingers I used this image from W204. Both plates I used are from the Wistonia 2nd generation set.

To me these images had kind of an 80's vibe and went well with the blue and neon green.

The other image I used on my ring and middle fingers. This image is from W203.

I think this image could be quite versatile with a little creativity and I've already been thinking of odd ways I could incorporate it into some new
designs.







And, that's it!! A bright, slightly retro and very fun manicure to pull you out of your winter blues!      Hope this inspires some more bright winter manis :)