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I attempted to use a dotting tool to make Olympic rings (one big dot of color, and a smaller white dot in the middle to make the ring). Then, I had to make it worse by free-handing french tips onto this shizz. I would like them better if I hadn't chosen to do them on a diagonal. At first I thought the angle would look cool but now I'm thinking it just looks like they're lopsided.
OK, permit me a little rant, if you please...Ugh I am SO bad at free-handing stuff! When I first started playing around with polish, I thought maybe I'd have a leg up on nail art since I've done ART art forever and love it and have been told all my life that I'm talented but nail art is a whole other world! It's not just the tiny scale that poses a challenge, it's the nature of lacquer that really makes it difficult--the consistency, stuff drying on you while you're working on it and then balding & pulling, work-smearing top coats...and don't even get me started about trying to work with your non-dominant hand! Oh how I wish for ambidexterity or at least the ability to do SOMETHING with my left hand without it shaking!!
OK, rant over. Seriously, though. I have SO much respect for all the nail bloggers who do such beautiful free-hand nail art. It is truly one of the most challenging forms of art I've ever tried (and I've just about tried 'em ALL)...
Anyway, this mani consists of Wet N Wild French White creme, a bunch of LA Colors Art Deco striper polishes and Seche Vite top coat.
Hopefully, by posting my fail art, I will encourage others out there to keep trying along with me. No one is instantly amazing at nail art. For every beautifully executed manicure, there are a zillion that look just like the one featured above. So let's all get our brushes and polishes back out and remember the old adage: "If at first we don't succeed, try try again"...
LOL! Ok sorry to laugh. I'm more laughing at the situation, not at the actual job you did. I don't think it's that bad but I completely hear you about the freehanding stuff. GAH.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking I needed to do an Olympics tribute look or something. I just can't think of anything I could actually pull off. LOL
(I love the Olympics too) ;)
lol i'm glad you can relate! i dont really understand why i love the olympics so much. I'm not a huge sports person usually (except for football--i live for football)...i think it is the whole 'watching history in the making' aspect of the olympics that pulls me in all the time. plus, it's nice to see a ton of countries come together for something other than a crisis or a war...
DeleteIt's not a fail! ( you should see my cracked out Big Ben looks like a pepper shaker)I think it looks great. I have a horrible time with nail art myself. It's so frustrating. And yes, I hate trying to draw with my left hand. I just usually art up my nails on the left and the leave the right hand a base color lol. But we shall never be discouraged and solider on.
ReplyDeletelol well thank you. at least you attempted a big ben...i know for a fact that is lightyears beyond my capabilities! i was like 'well i guess i can make dots on other dots' so that's what i went with. here's to never being discouraged!
DeleteI had to look twice at the title of your post because this doesn't look like a fail to me! I too have the hardest time with freehand nail art, so I stick with dots for the most part, lol!
ReplyDeleteand you are QUEEN of dotticures, too. I always love the ones you come up with!
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