
First I painted a coat of Nails Inc Colville Mews, a pale whitish nude, as a base. Then I sponged (my first attempt at sponging!) what was intended to look like dead or bruised flesh all over them. I used Barry M Yellow (my bruises always have tonnes of yellow round the edges) and a blend of Barry M Dusky Mauve and Berry Ice Cream. This ended up being a lot more yellow than I had intended, but I decided to carry on anyway. I added a matte topcoat (Rimmel Pro Matte Topcoat) for the really dead look.

Then when this was really dry, I freehanded the blood dribbles using Barry M Raspberry, a dotting tool and the polish brush.

The blood dribbles took quite a while to dry, and it took a lot of strength not to cave and use Seche Vite on top. I'm glad I didn't, because I think the contrast between matte and shiny makes a difference to this look.

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out, especially with it being my first attempt at sponging. I'm a bit horrified at how dry and untidy my cuticles look AGAIN! I think I need to do something about the lighting and or my eyesight, because I couldn't see this until after I'd taken the photos.
Suitably disgusting. :)
ReplyDeleteI am disgusting.
DeleteSo gross! In a good way, of course!
ReplyDeleteLol! Thank you!
DeleteIt looks absolutely disgusting, and I mean that in the best way possible!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you! :D
DeleteOMG -- that is horrible and impressive in equal parts.
ReplyDeleteYay, success!
DeleteLooks vile = complete success. The yellow looks like subcutaneous fat
ReplyDeleteHaha! I have a LOT of subcutaneous fat too!
DeleteLooks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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