Good morning, Dear Reader!
After a few days of no polish change, I was up for a more involved mani this morning, so I did a nail art interpretation of a T.U.K. high-heeled neon creeper. Why yes, that is incredibly random and out of the blue, but when you see the shoe, you'll see why it inspired a manicure.
The backstory, to mitigate some of the randomness, is that I need a new pair of all-purpose, running out the door shoes. I've mentioned my taste in clothing is pretty plain, but my taste in shoes is far from it, with the current worn-out pair being red/purple/pink mosaic flats. I've always loved heels, and being kind of short I wore them just about all the time for years (I'm still a normal height for a woman wearing them, and if there's no good reason not to...). That era ended when I completely tore an ankle ligament (I was pledging a sorority and fell on the first step of the house's spiral staircase, smashing my ankle on every step on the way down, while everybody was waiting for me at the bottom - my grandest entrance ever), until I just recently discovered shoes with a platform. They look impossible to walk in, but they're totally comfortable and nothing at all to walk in, so heels are back on the table for me, and they've been included in the hunt.
That brings us to the inspiration picture,which I mentioned was a pair of T.U.K. neon creeper heels.
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| My Manicure Inspiration |
To make the manicure, I started with three coats of China Glaze Kiwi Cool-ada, stamping plate H9 for the leopard print, which is a larger pattern and let me cover each nail with only one stamp. I used that XL stamper I tried once before and hated because I've read reviews from a few bloggers with whom I normally have a similar experience who loved it. That made me think I needed practice, and that proved to be the case. There is a trick to using it, which is absolutely no pressure picking up or placing the stamp, and then it does a really beautiful job. Having stamped, I filled in the dots on the leopard print with Misa Dreamy Purple, painted the tip one nail with Dreamy Purple to make it like the top of the shoe, then sealed with top coat. Here's how it turned out.
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| My Neon Creeper Heel Manicure |
There's not fabulous light today, so Dreamy Purple looks darker in the picture than in real life, although I think I should have hunted down Nubar Pasadena Purple for this one - it would have been more clearly purple. I'm still really happy with the manicure because it's ridiculously fun.
That's my new weekend manicure and just about all I have to yap about this morning Dear Reader, so until next time, love and nail polish to you!
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