Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Before & After: Stone Age

Hello!!

Today's prompt in my Llama Nails Time Periods challenge is the Neanderthal/Stone Age period. Whenever I think of this period, I think of cave paintings...so I googled some to get some inspiration. When I saw this one from a cave in Chitradurga, I jumped for joy, because it has the exact same skill level as my free-hand abilities!


Chitradurga cave painting


Because I've been playing around with my new China Glaze hologlams, I started with a base of Galactic Grey, a dark slate grey holo:



China Glaze Galactic Grey



China Glaze Galactic Grey

Next I saran-wrapped over the top with Wet n Wild Ebony Hates Chris, to create the mottled look of the background. Then I free-handed some of the figures from the painting with Wet n Wild White Creme:




Finally, I put some matte topcoat over the whole thing to give it more of a chalk-and-stone sort of look:



What do you think?! I think it came out really cool, and it actually looked good on, like an abstract-y black-and-white print. :)

Thanks for stopping by! For more Stone Age manis, check out the links below. :)

Xoxox,
M.



9 comments:

  1. i love it! It's so cute and matte really adds to it!

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    1. Thanks so much! I agree, the matte was a must, lol. :)

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    2. I love these! What a great idea. Very cute!

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    3. Thank you--and I love your avatar name! :)

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  2. Adding that black gave this mani such a great look!! What matte polish do you use??

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    1. Thanks so much! The matte polished I'd recommend is Orly's. That's not actually the one I used for this, but honestly I'm not a huge fan of the one I used for this, so I don't want to recommend it (I just can't bring myself to waste it by throwing it away, but I won't replace it once it's out). I've also heard China Glaze's matte coat is really good to, but I think it's a bit harder to find now. :)

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  3. Wow that came out so cute! Just like the pic too. I love the effect you got with the saran wrap technique.

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    1. Thank you so much! I'm not gonna lie, it hurt to put something on top of the holo, lol. But it was necessary! :)

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  4. I love the depth the matte effect give this manicure, so cool!

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