Sunday, August 24, 2014

Flamingo Themed Mani - 2nd Attempt

Since I wasn't fully satisfied with the execution of my last flamingo manicure, I decided to try again. This time, I had the idea to use the cover of the Moyou London Tropical Collection image plates as the inspiration for the mani. Here's a picture of the cover:

Moyou London Tropical Collection Sleeve
Moyou London Tropical Collection Sleeve
And here's the finished manicure:

Flamingo Themed Nail Stamping Manicure Version 2 - Left Hand. Polishes Used: Essie 'Turquoise and Caicos', Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 'Mint Sorbet', DRK nails Metallic Brown stamping polish, China Glaze's 'Flip Flop Fantasy', and a dark green nail polish. Plates Used: Moyou London Plates:  Sailor Collection 04, Tropical collection 02 and 06, Time Traveller Collection: Back to the 80's 04; and Winstonia plate W210.
Flamingo Themed Mani Version 2 - Left Hand

Flamingo Themed Nail Stamping Manicure Version 2 - Right Hand. Polishes Used: Essie 'Turquoise and Caicos', Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 'Mint Sorbet', DRK nails Metallic Brown stamping polish, China Glaze's 'Flip Flop Fantasy', and a dark green nail polish. Plates Used: Moyou London Plates:  Sailor Collection 04, Tropical collection 02 and 06, Time Traveller Collection: Back to the 80's 04; and Winstonia plate W210.
Flamingo Themed Manicure Version 2 - Right Hand

I used a lot of materials for this mani - a total of 5 image plates, and 5 nail polishes (not including base and top coat). For the base colour, I used Essie's 'Turquoise and Caicos'. All fingers except for my middle fingers were stamped with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in 'Mint Sorbet', using a wave image from Moyou London's Sailor Collection plate 04. I stamped my middle fingers with the flamingo pattern image from Moyou London's Tropical collection plate 06, using China Glaze's 'Flip Flop Fantasy'.

On my thumbs, I used the flamingo decal image from Winstonia plate W210, as well as one of the palm trees from Moyou London's Time Traveller Collection: Back to the 80's plate 04. On my ring fingers, I used the same flamingo decal from W210, but this time paired it with a tropical leaf image which was a part of one of the full nail images from Moyou London's Tropical collection - 02. I used DRK nails Metallic Brown stamping polish to colour the palm tree trunk, and coconut details on my thumbs and ring fingers.

***Edit: I realized well after publishing this post, that I forgot to include the name of the dark green polish I used for the palm leaves.  Unfortunately, I no longer remember which polish I used.***

Here are some images of the final result paired with the original piece it was inspired from:

Moyou London Tropical Collection Sleeve and the Manicured Thumbs they inspired

Moyou London Tropical Collection Sleeve and Manicured Thumb it inspired

I'm finally satisfied with my flamingo manicure! It took me a couple tries, but I'm glad I persevered.

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