miércoles, 14 de agosto de 2013

Mish Mash Challenge - Metallic. Foil nails.

Hey there!

For today's theme, Metallic, I decided to give a second chance to Foil. My previous try was so lousy that I didn't even take a picture of it. I was nervous and felt like I needed it to come out nicely, just for the life of me. Well guess what? It didn't. At all. See, for me nail art is like cooking; I have to feel good to achieve something nice. And self-imposed pressure makes me look like a mix between E.T. and a kraken. Like so: 
Whatever. I tried to nail-art with foil again, after taking some kind of psychotropic drug like pure holidays, and here's what came out:
What I like about this is that the pink seems to have chipped in a way that lets the gold underneath peek out, when it's actually the other way around. My brains are known to make weird associations, and when I look at manicures like this all I see is Terminator's face, half ripped off with his true machine self saying hi. Am I a weirdo? Just... don't answer that.

I bought the foil off eBay for almost nothing (five foils for less than Eur. 2, shipping included), and this one was the gold holographic one. The base color is from Kiko's new collection, Quick Dry nº 808 Pearly Watermelon Pink. Now let me say this: I was darn scared to put it on after reading some negative reviews of its siblings, but this is just ONE coat of Pearly Watermelon Pink! Colour me impressed!

If you want to try this method, here's a useful tutorial by ChrissyAi. It's really as simple as that :)

Take care!

M.

54 comentarios:

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  2. Haha, that picture made my day!
    Really like the mani as well Pink and gold are my kinda colours!

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    1. I am glad it did! I can only laugh when I see it..! :D Thank you!

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  3. That picture is hilarious! Your mani looks amazing!

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  4. That pink is so pretty...and only 1 coat? Nice! I really like the way the foil turned out.

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  5. Beautiful. And such a lovely pink.

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  6. It looks great, and the combination of pink and gold looks amazing :)

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  7. Terminator's face - damn right, alright! :D This looks like a piece of an antique work of art! :)
    And I know the feeling - foil and I don't work well together. Foil rips my patience apart and I rip it in pieces that look like bollocks on my nails - psshhh!
    I've used this same tutorial by ChrissyAi (even the same 'colours') and I gotta say it's the only way I can do it without going totally mental!

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    1. hahaha :p You made me laugh with that comment! I do exactly the same... rip it off 'cuz it just won't stick like it should! It gets on my nerves..!

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  8. Definitely just LOL'd out loud at that picture at the top haha!! But your nails came out really beautifully!! I've never tried foil before but I definitely want to now you nails look fantastic!! :)

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  9. hahahaha - you are too funny, and that first photo ROFL - if you hadn't mentioned anything - I would have thought: pretty mani, - and guess what, I still do LOL

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  10. Ha, hard to imagine you like that first photo! :P I really like this mani... yes it looks like the pink has been chipped away to reveal the gold underneath. :)

    ~ Yun

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  11. DAY-UMMM, the manis tonight are rocking! You have just killed it, girl! Wow.

    I can see all sorts of images in that mani. Kinda like a Rorschach test?!?! LOL. Right?

    This is absolutely beautiful, M! Magnificently wearable, and just Thank Gawd that it turned out great, so you didn't have to go all E.T. and kraken on us. Cause, hon...that's never a good look. <3 :)

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    1. hahahaha, I wonder what the Rorschach test would say! I am glad you like it!

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  12. and....and...

    I'm loving the blog-lift.

    Just putting that out there...

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  13. YAY for nail art foils. They can indeed be tricky but I love them ^^ hehe your Terminator comparisson made me laugh so hard xD

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  14. LOL! Love your video clip and the Terminator imageC!! I love this, reminds me of some antique French furniture Lovely!

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  15. That video clip is freakin' me out lol This is beautiful...much prettier than Arnold, with or without half his face ;)

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    1. :p I know she's freakin' ugly in here! I am glad I am nicer than Shwartzy, yaaaaY!

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  16. Wow - so pretty! I've never used foil but you make me want to get some and give it a go :)

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  17. So So pretty! hahaha! It felt like gold peeking out from underneath for me too =P I reallly need to get on foiling sometime! Loving the effects I see poeple pulling off! :)

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    1. Thank you! You should give it a go! It gives a mani an antique look that's so interesting..!

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  18. You're right about the chipping effect it looks awesome! I really like this manicure :) You did a wondeful job so I guess third time's a charm ^^

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  19. Bahaha, love that Gif!
    Your mani turned out great :)

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  20. You can never go wrong with gold foil! Looks great girl!!!!!

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  21. LOL loved your story ;-)
    As for the foil - it's a tricky one. I think you need to try it some more. Did you use foil glue or just the nail polish?

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    1. Thanks! I used just clear polish, but maybe I am wrong thinking foil glue is rubbish?

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  22. "And self-imposed pressure makes me look like a mix between E.T. and a kraken." ROTFL.
    I know how you feel. I have a similar reaction, but I also curse. A lot. :D
    Anyway, the final result here it's stunning! I have to try my foils, I bought them a lot of time ago but never used them yet.

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    1. :p I do curse too! hahaha but I can't help it, it just feels right at that moment! Thank you, Cristina!

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  23. I love the comparison to Terminator! It looks great!

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  24. You're too hard on yourself! I think it turned out more than just quite alright, and I love your reference to Terminator! I can see it too now. ;D

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  25. This came out awesome! The Terminator would be proud! ;)

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    1. Kimber! I hope he would... I loved him when I was a child. Yup, a weird child. Meh..

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  26. I'm glad the Kiko was a good one and at this point I hope my Tiffany one was a fail bottle!

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    1. Simona! I bought the blue too so I'll let you know if it's the color or just the bottle you have! Hopefully it's the latter, because it was such a nice color!

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  27. Your mani is absolutely gorgeous and your post just made my day LOL

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