Today I have some totally not practical nail art to show you. I'm entering these in the Lindsey from Neverland Nail Blog's nail art contest. The theme is Do You Believe in Magic? When I first saw the theme I thought of princesses and mermaids, but then I started looking at some of the other entries and there were already some awesome magical nails using those themes for inspiration. Then I started thinking about Harry Potter and Fawkes the Phoenix. I knew that I wanted to recreate him on my nails.
I started with a coat of Wet n Wild's Black Creme on my middle and ring fingers. Then painted on the orange and yellow gradients using Essence's Wake Up and Essence's Wanna be Your Sunshine. I then painted on the head using Black Creme and did a reverse gradient with Wanna be Your Sunshine, Black Creme and Zoya's Kaufda on the head. On my index and pinky fingers I just started painting on how I wanted the wings to look. I used Black Creme, Wake Up, Wanna be Your Sunshine and Orly's Luxe. Then I grabbed some feathers and used NYC top coat to stick them into place. Then I placed 3 red rhinestones also using NYC top coat. Here is a close up.
I wanted the Phoenix to look like his wings were spread and there was fire behind his head. I wondered how this would look in some of my other hand positions.
So it looks completely ridiculous in any other hand position, but I love how it looks when it is all lined up :)
Do you like my completely not practical Phoenix nail art? Make sure you head to Lindsey's blog to check out all the other great entries!
Sincerely Stephanie
