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Gold & Purple Bling Nail Art

Hello!

 So this time I have decided not to go almost a month between posts (honestly I didn't even realise it had been that long between my last two).

 Today I have this gold & purple bling ('cause there are gems) mani. This is pretty out there for me but I was experimenting as I had purchased some nail art supplies (this one to be exact). As you can see it came with gems (I mainly wanted the brushes), so I figured lets put them to the test!

To create this nail art I used the following:


I started off with Bronze Bae (I still maintain that this looks gold but that could just be me). I posted the above to my Instagram a few weeks ago. 

Purple and gold go together really well in my opinion and I felt super inspired by the BP-L049 plate. I stamped my chosen design over every finger except my ring, and then I stuck a gem to the middle of the design using my top coat. To finish I added a very generous layer of the top coat to seal everything in.

For my ring finger I decided to try a full nail of gems. My nail wasn't quite long enough to fit the gems on nicely but it still looked okay. One thing I would definitely do differently though is to place the gems on a black or purple base as the gold does show through the gaps.


Would I do a full nail of gems again? No - it made my nail feel really tight and uncomfortable. Would I use a single gem on my nail again? Hell yes. Overall do I like the design? I do (lol). Like I said it's something different and whilst I don't think it's my best work I am happy I experimented. It also didn't take me very long to do which is a bonus!


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Be sure to check back soon for more nail art!


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