One of my favorite discoveries of the winter was scrapbooking pearl embellishments. I ran across them at Michaels and immediately fell in love with the off-white/rose gold colored ones, knowing I could come up with some good nail designs centered around them. I ended up buying a sheet of both the white and off-white pearls.
For the above look I painted a coat of butter LONDON's Nail Foundation Flawless Basecoat and two coats of the gorgeous olive green-grey Sloane Ranger. I painted a coat of SV topcoat on each nail, and on the accent finger placed the bright white pearls on the nail while the topcoat was still wet. The pearls lasted a surprisingly long time--I think it took three days and a few showers before one fell off, but they could be easily reapplied with nail glue.
Next week I tried another design centered around the pearl embellishments. For this design I used the off-white colored pearls. One coat of Nail Foundation to start, then I painted one coat of my absolute favorite butter LONDON shade: Abso-bloody-lutely. Using Teetotal, I painted the half-moon shape on each nail at the nail bed. Next I painted one coat of Seche Vite topcoat on each nail then placed an off-white pearl in the center of each half-moon while the polish was still wet to finish the look.
What do you think about using pearls as an embellishment for nail designs? Do you like one look better than another?
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