Saturday 1 September 2012

First day of 3 Nail Challenge

Today being the 1st of September (ALREADY?!?) marks the first challenge of the 3 Nail Challenge with the theme of antique.
When I read the themes I had a little idea of what I would want to do for today 

This brooch is usually found on the collar of my blazer. As much as I'd like to call it antique it isn't really.
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 So I started with a base coat and then 2 coats of ELF Black. I knew that the lady of the cameo would be for my thumb so I went with lace for the remainder of my nails. I used the silver from my Fearne Cotton for Boots with a small paintbrush (I'm waiting for some proper nail art brushes to arrive), a dotting tool and a black striper and a silver glitter striper.


For the cameo I used a white striper. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be BUT I am aiming with this challenge to stretch myself into trying looks that I've not yet done. 

So what do you think of the finished look?

Even though it was tough I enjoyed having to think through and work out how this look would fit my nails and look forward to the rest of the themes.

If you've enjoyed this look and want to see how I work with the rest of the challenge then I'd love it if you subscribed. 

If you want to check out the rest of the ladies taking part here is the list again 
Participants:



17 comments:

  1. it´s really beautifull!!
    im also joining this challenge and i think it would be fun if everybody who joins this challenge would follow eachother so we can check up on eachothers designs so im following you xx

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    1. Thank you! I'm excited to see what everyone does, following you too x

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  2. Wow this is awesome! Looks so complicated to do, but it's really well done! Feel free to stop by my blog and check out my mani! :)

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  3. You did it very well, I love it, you put so much work in it! :)

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    1. Thank you, this challenge is going to be such fun

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  4. i'm amazed, this looks so great, love it :-D

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  5. This looks really pretty =). Your nail art is really great! I love how it turned out =)

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  6. Looks amazing,you did such a great job with this!Amazing!

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  7. One of the best in my humble opinion - really like how you added the texture))

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  8. Such a detailed mani <3 Beautiful :)

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  9. You did an AMAZNING job sweetie :) I love this and that brooch is so pretty :) It reminds me of my grandma.. she always wears that kind of jewelries :)
    Im a new subscriber btw :)

    hugs

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