Hello lovelies,
Happy Monday! I hope you had a fabulous weekend. I know I did!
Every second person seem to be loving owls at the moment. I am not a huge lover of owls but when I saw some owl inspired nail art I thought it was super cute and knew I had to recreate it. This is what I came up with.
As you can imagine I used a ton of colours for this so I will show you all the colours individually after I’ve signed off. I started with a base colour of Zoya – Cho. Once that was completely dry I used those ring reinforcement stickers to create my half moons. I did each finger and pulled off the sticker as soon as I painted the nail. Then I went in with the lighter shade and freehanded the bottom shape. It was quite easy to do it with the bottle brush as it was just a few strokes. I used a small dotting tool with orange polish to do the beak and a bigger dotting tool to do the eyes and the dots on the ‘body’. Here are the colours I used:
- Dark purple – Sinful Colors – Amethyst
- Light purple – Essence – Hello Marshmallow
- Dark yellow – Sinful Colors – Pull Over
- Light yellow – Tip Top – Lemon Fuel
- Dark pink – Sinful Colors – Daredevil
- Ligh pink – Essence – Free Hugs
- Dark blue – Sinful Colors – Why Not?
- Light blue – Tip Top – Beach Babe
- Dark green – Catrice – I’m not a greenager
- Light green – Essence – Upper Green Side
- Orange – Essence – Flashy Pumpkin
I really liked how this came out. I think it looks so cute. I can imagine this will look good in one colour family or even in a brown / nude colour scheme. So many possibilities. In other words, you don’t need a ton of colours in a dark and light shade to do this. It is also so much easier than it looks! Why don’t you give it a try?
What do you think of these cute little owls? Are you going to give them a try? Please let me know if you do. You can share it with me on twitter, on facebook or on instagram (you can find links to me on the sidebar). I would love to see your recreations.
Thanks for reading!
Sinful Colors – Amethyst
Essence – Hello Marshmallow
Sinful Colors – Pull Over
Tip Top – Lemon Fuel
Sinful Color – Daredevil
Essence – Free Hugs
Sinful Colors – Why Not?
Tip Top – Beach Babe
Catrice – I’m not a Greenager
Essence – Upper Green Side
I loooooovvvveeee owls. This is sooo cute.
Lynette recently posted…Breast Cancer Support Mani
Thanks so much Lynette. xx
So cute!!
Tarryn B recently posted…October motivation
Thanks so much Tarryn.
Ohmygoodness CUUUUUUUTE! These are freaking ADORABLE! And YES, I am going to try it too 😀
Kerry recently posted…Tape Mani Monday
Thanks so much Kerry! Hahaha Yay! I can’t wait to see!
How do you know what I already prepared for 33DC Day 15? *thinks it is some kind of witchcraft and winks*. I love them!
Brethil Ebontree recently posted…33DC2013 Day 10 – Flowers
Hahahahaha!! That is so funny. Mostly because it happens to me all the time. I can’t wait to see your Day 15!! Thank you!
Wow! You’ve got a seriously steady hand there!! I could never do those, ESPECIALLY not using my right hand!
Well done! 🙂
Thank you so much Luzanne. It is actually so much easier than it looks. I know this because I don’t have a steady hand at all 😉 My non-dominant hand didn’t look quite as nice as the other but I was able to do it. Which, again, goes to show how do-able it is. 🙂
ROCKING
Thanks V!
OMG, the mani is adorable!! I love the way your owls turned out and how colorful they are! 🙂
~ Yun
Yun, The Polish Hideout recently posted…Zoya Dream
Oh my gosh. Thank you so much!!! 😀
This is adorable! I love it,
Thank you so much Imka! xx
OOOMMMGGG, SSSOOO CCCUUUTTTEEE!!!
Yay!! Thanks so much!
Oh my gosh those owls!!! <3
Catherine Dream recently posted…Can’t Stop Staring at Them Greens
haha thanks Catherine! xx
It is a bit weird how suddenly so many people love owls. I think owls are cute and would definitely give this nail art a try!
acidicice recently posted…Untried Polish Challenge – Most Expensive
Hahaha yeah I have to agree with you. Even though I like these little owl I am not an owl lover in general.
Ooooh! Oooh! Me! Me me me me! I love owls! Totally going to steal your idea within the next week or 2! Love it M! They are freaking adorable!
Thanks T. Yay I can’t wait to see you do them! love!
Oh, and that Sinful a Colors yellow is awesome, I’ve been going through my polishes today trying to find a good yellow for a design and of course, this ones perfect 😛 My yellows are too buttery, not enough lemony ; )
Do you find that some Sinfuls stain like nobody’s business too?
Catherine Dream recently posted…If You Ain’t Blanc You Ain’t Right
Thank you so much. I think this is one of my favourite yellows (that isn’t pastel or neon)
I have a few that stain like crazy but not more so than other brands. I find Sally Hansen to be the worst stainers ever 😉