Sushi is Bae Nail Art

I love sushi and so does most of the rest of the world. It's fresh and delicious and actually gorgeous. Have you SEEN the color of raw tuna? I want to paint my LIFE in it!

Anyway, as with most things I love, I decided to try to put it on my nails. Because, naturally. I've seen a lot of gorgeous interpretations of sushi nails lately, but I did try to make mine "my own."

On my thumb, I put my bae tuna. My pointer is tamagoyaki, which honestly I chose more for it's color than anything -- I have only eaten it once! My middle finger is salmon, my ring finger is rice, and my pinkie is intended to look like avocado with sesame seeds.

Quick sidebar about the rice nail that might give you some insight into my brain: in hindsight, if I were to do this all over again, I would paint individual white grains of rice over a negative space clear nail. I think that would read more like rice and look cooler than what I attempted here. The grey patterning is hard to read.

I used gel polish for this, but won't be able to list out all of the materials I used. I did a lot of color mixing, layering, and blending, and beyond that, I wore this manicure a month or two ago and I don't remember the specifics. Oops! 😇

Are you a sushi fan? What's your favorite thing to order?

Paint All The Nails Presents Watercolour | Nail Vinyl & Sharpie Nail Art

Hello lovelies,

Another month has passed (incredibly fast I must say) and it's time for another Paint All The Nails nail art challenge. This month we voted for watercolour theme so I'm sure there will be A LOT of beautiful manicures :) If you'd like to see them all, check out the link-up below or check #paintallthenailswatercolor on social media.
I haven't prepared a watercolour mani this month because it completely slipped my mind but I've had one older one that I could use, hence the square nails ;) So let's have a look at what I did this time...

 

 

I've reached for beautiful Morrocan-style pattern nail vinyls from Whats Up Nails* because I wanted to try the Sharpie and nail vinyls art after watching Simply Nailogical's tutorial.

I must admit that the manicure didn't go to plan and the Sharpie watercolour leaked underneath the stencil in few places (I didn't press it down enough). So I just did some nails with the stencil and some just plain. To do that I draw few lines with chosen colour of Sharpie on a piece of foil and then loaded a brush with a bit of alcohol and wiped the Sharpie off the foil. Then I put it randomly on the nail, added different colours and kept going in with alcohol and colours until I created a nice effect.

The base colour is Color Club French Tip, an opaque white creme nail polish (15% discount code STASH15 - not affiliate, just saving you £££s).

 

I was gutted when I peeled off the stencil and the inked leaked underneath but funny enough, I now like the final result and I hope you do too!

Have a lovely day

Hand-Placed Glitter Flowers

Here's a bit of a throwback look for ya! I did these nails probably about a year ago, and while I posted about them on social media, they never made it to the blog here. Plus, with fall arriving, these neutral tones with a slight twinge of grey are right on schedule.

This look is done with Shellac. It is much easier to do this style with gel, though you could accomplish it with regular polish, too.

1. After prepping your nails properly, apply your base gel and cure.
2. Apply one coat of CND Shellac in Field Fox, and cure. Repeat with a second coat.
3. Use a dotting tool or Crystal Katana to individually place pieces of round glitter to form flowers and falling petals.
• Since the cured layer of Shellac is so sticky, I was able to pop them right on a cured nail and have them stay. If your gel isn't as tacky, you can also place the glitters into a layer of uncured gel and then cure them together.
4. Topcoat generously and cure. Add a second layer if necessary.

I purchased my round glitters from Presto via Nail Labo. Wildflower's Nails also has a huge selection of glitters that would be fun to build flowers or other shapes from!

No round glitters? No problem! You can use a dotting tool with a large and small side to accomplish this same look. Just go slowly and work carefully -- part of what makes this style so appealing is that the dots are all the same size.

What do you like to wear on your nails when fall comes around? Do you change your polish shades for the season, or keep on rocking brights and pastels?