Hello!! I had this really nice image of lantern nails in my head and my actual design didn't turn out the way I wanted at all. I combined my image with one on Google images and I'm really not happy with this design, I prefer as an abstract thing rather than lanterns. I want to do lantern nails again and actually do something nice haha.
I liked the gradient but then it went wrong. It was just meant to be much prettier and while right now I can't pinpoint what exactly went wrong, it's just a bit flat and clumsy. The sad thing it took ages and looks meh. There were little colourful flowers on the lanterns but it's just a mess. Not the worst thing I've ever done but it's bad.
I did the gradient with a sponge then did blobs of white. I did the petals one colour at a time with toothpicks then added the black and silver. Took so long and was so unsuccessful.
Base:
Kiko - 265,
Barry M - Guava and
OPI - Last Friday Night
Black:
Lovely Me:Ex - Black
White:
Barry M - Cotton
Silver:
w7 - Silver Mirror
Petal colours (from the beginning of the rainbow):
M&S - Poppy,
Models Own - Beach Party,
American Apparel - Neon Yellow,
China Glaze - I'm With The Lifeguard,
Essie - Bikini So Teeny,
H&M - Blue My Mind,
Barry M - Prickly Pear,
Orly - Frolic,
Barry M - Dragon Fruit and
OPI - Charged Up Cherry
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a very nice day!! :)
