I liked my orangey-pink blended alcohol ink nails so much that I decided to have another go with a blue colour scheme. I used two blue marker pens for these nails.
I started with a base of Barry M Cotton, a pure white creme. Then I doodled a bit with the two pens, and then dabbed with a fine brush dipped in surgical spirit to get this blended effect.
I really like how it came out! Although having said that, it was really tricky to clean up round the cuticles, even with a liquid latex barrier.
It's an interesting effect though, and I like the marbled, splodgy look to it.
I think I might try stamping over it, but I can't decide what to do! What would you stamp over this, and in what colour?
I didn't want to take off my marker pen orange-pink blended design from Friday, so I decided to stamp over it! I used this new plate from Born Pretty Store, BP-65.
As you can see, this plate has a variety of floral designs - four really pretty full-nail designs and four individual images. Aren't they pretty?
I stamped using Models Own Chrome Cerise, and the geometric flower design from the plate.
I LOVE how this looks! While the pattern is a flower, it also reminds me of citrus fruits, so I think it goes really well with the zingy, bright colours.
The plate itself is the usual Born Pretty standard - the stamping transfers cleanly and crisply, and the plate is solid and nicely backed with a BPS logo. The plate also comes in its own little card sleeve to protect it as well.
The plate is available here for $2.99, and you can also get 10% off and free shipping worldwide with my discount code.
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Recently I've seen quite a few people posting 'sharpie' nails, or 'alcohol ink' nails, and have really liked the blended, watercoloury look of them. The various posts I've seen have described a few different ways to achieve this, but the clearest set of instructions I've seen, and the ones I decided to try, was this tutorial by Chelsea: How To Sharpie Nails She makes it look so easy! I also referred to these gorgeous nails by Jema: Sharpie Watercolour Nails which is essentially the same technique, but blended in a dish instead of on the nail.
I started with a base of white (Barry M Pearl) and the doodled with some marker pens in orange, pink, red and yellow. I then used surgical spirit (it took me a while to realise that this is what the non-British blogs mean when they talk about 'rubbing alcohol'!) and a small brush to dab and blend the ink to a more marbled sort of finish.
I found this technique a bit easier to manage than Jema's method, as it wasn't as liquid or messy. It is still a bit messy though, and I'm glad I covered all my cuticles with liquid latex first as a barrier.
I really like how this came out - it's such a pretty effect. I enjoy the surgical spirit smell too, which made me feel all nostalgic for my childhood! It wears off when you wash your hands and add topcoat though thankfully, as I don't fancy spending a day smelling of surgical spirit!
I'd love to know what you think of these! I'm currently thinking they'd look good with a fine gold filigree/lace pattern stamped over the top too.
