patternpolooza

After my flamingo fiasco, I was still determined to do something fabulous. Unfortunately this mani was wrought with issues from the beginning just like the last (I need my mojo back). I stumbled across this design on Pinterest accredited to Flight of Whimsey and rather liked how it looked. First mistake was starting this at 3AM. Anyway... it was a pretty complex paint job, but here's the basics of how I did it. 

I started as I always do with one coat of butter LONDON's Horse Power Nail Fertilizer and one coat of their Nail Foundation Flawless Basecoat. Next I painted each nail with their respective base color: Keks on the thumb, Union Jack Black on the pointer and ring finger, and Pillar Box Red on my middle finger and pinky.

After that had set I began the rather laborious process of replicating the design on each finger. I used a variety of brushes and dotting tools from my Bundle Monster nail set and the additional polish shades of Cotton Buds (white), PIMMS (bright yellow), and Silly Billy (a peppy orange). Once I had painted everything I finished it with a coat of SV Topcoat. 

Shown completed with butter LONDON's Silly Billy

Most likely because i was painting in the early hours of the morning after a full day of work (WHHYYYYY???) I kept messing up one nail and wasn't entirely satisfied with the overall product. To add insult to injury, a few days after completion I slammed my hand in a door and it ripped off a nail from the bed and I'm pretty sure something is broken because a few fingers are still numb. Like I said this mani was cursed from the get go. So you know I'm not satisfied with it, but I would still love to know your thoughts!