Friday, 20 July 2012

NOTD - Vintage Roses

My Mum's latest obsession is watching nail art tutorials on Youtube - guess who gets to be her guinea pig first client? Me! I asked for the vintage rose pattern which was oh so popular with nail bloggers last year...

First, we tried the tutorial from Cute Polish, but it went a bit wrong and ended up looking...odd. So we looked around for a few more and settled on this technique by Emerald Sparkled.

 First a pale mint shade (Stargazer 'Mint Creme') was applied over a base coat, then hot pink splodges (Beauty UK 'Strength') were added with a dotting tool, highlights were painted on with a pale peachy pink (Beauty UK 'Hope'), leaves with a green (OPI 'Jade is the New Black'), gems were added and then a topcoat...

Don't you think she did a great job?! They remind me of fancy tea cups, '50s housewife dresses, vintage cars...All those things you marvel at in old, happy films.

What design do you think she should try next? What are your favourites?

20 comments:

Catherine said...

so pretty

Tereza said...

ah thats so cute!:) xx

Phyrra said...

This is so lovely!

BostonPrincess said...

Those nails are so pretty and cute <3

Boston Princess

Crissy said...

I love this one. It does remind me of those fancy tea cups :D

AshleyRose said...

They are so lovely, Your mam did an amazing job! Jealous.x

Sue said...

Aw! super cute, love it.

Katy said...

She did a fantastic job, they look amazing! x
Sirens and Bells

DawnieP said...

Your nails are amazing! They look so pretty. I love nail stickers.

dp
x

www.inanityandthegirl.com

Nic Tokyo said...

Lovely!! I love it!

http://nicoleintokyo.blogspot.jp/

Robyn said...

Nice one, Mummy Bad Habit!

LucyyLou said...

Your nails look great! :)

Lucy
http://lucyywrites01.blogspot.com
x

Jodie-Winyan said...

they're so pretty! :) xx

Aisling said...

Wow that design is so cute! :D x

Mandy said...

I think it looks beautiful!

Miss Sultana said...

love this! very cute :)

www.sultanassanctuary.blogspot.com

Lizzie~ said...

I'm really interested in nail art, this design looks lovely - it looks very Cath Kidston :)

Halima said...

Your mum did that?! It looks stunning, Lily! Looks super professional! x

Makeup Zombie said...

How cute and delicate looking!

Natasha-Rose said...

oh these are lovely! Your mum did an amazing job :)
I know its been done lots already, but i cannot get enough of aztec nails. xx

p.s thank you for following my new blog too! :)

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