I am so in love with these nails! The mottled look of the scales is stunning! On Messy Mansion's facebook page a fan posted dragonscale nails and I fell in love with them I just had to try them myself. I don't see a blog post from her but I will link to the facebook post here. I don't know what polishes Jae K used, but I painted my nails first with 2 coats of Sinful Colors "Clementine" I then sponged a little bit of Sally Hansen "Lighting" in patches. Where I didn't put "Lighting" is sponged just a teeny tiny amount of Essie "Fifth Avenue". Then I sponged all over it again with "Clementine" to blend all the edges. I went over the top of the red and yellow to make them not so bold. This way it all looked like shades of orange.
Satisfied with the base colors, I then stamped over it with MM21. Scales on all fingers, but a dragon for the accent nail. I used Cosmetic Arts "TGIF". To give you an idea of how big the stamps are, here is my nails before clean up:
More than satisfactory for my nail length.
Here is Jae's picture:
And mine again:
One of my better Monkey See, Monkey Do mani's if I do say so myself.
Wow! This manicure is gorgeous! The base colours look really great even on their own, with the sponging that you did. The stamping looks awesome, too!!!
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Thanks! I really enjoyed this one and might do it again soon, but in cooler colors. Jae's original picture has been removed and I can't seem to find another copy of it. Shame, her's were amazing too. Checking out your blog, I've never done your version of a watermarble decal. I really think I have to try that out! I've heard of putting in a stamper to pick up the decal, but letting it dry and pulling it out? I so have to try that.
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