Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Day 28: Inspired by a Flag

Inspired by a flag? WTH? Someone was running low on ideas when they were making up this challenge... Anyway, I'll give you one guess about what I did.

If you guessed, "googled 'flags' and scrolled through them all until she found one that had colors she wanted to use," you'd be correct. So I chose the flag of Ukraine.


I started with Sinful Colors Unicorn

And then I tried to freehand half of my nail with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Blue Away although the SH brush is curved at the bottom so that was pretty hard to do.

And then because that wasn't enough, I dotted down the middle with Wet n Wild Black Creme

sun

sun

shade

shade

lamp

lamp

Not very fancy, but I really like these colors together! It kind of reminds me of pop art. I like it. But, if all goes as planned, tomorrow's nails should really knock you on your butt so throw down some pillows and get ready!
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11 comments:

  1. SoniaSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    THIS IS FANTASTIC it reminds me of the time I did my nails like the Swedish flag in 8th grade because I loved your nails lmao. Also yayyy unicorn is of good use :D

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  2. LarieSeptember 28, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    Sinful Colors Unicorn is lovely! I need a yellow like that...though it looks like it could have a troublesome formula, being yellow and pale and creamy and all.

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  3. Olivia C.September 29, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    I love the blue & yellow together! And the dots you added are super cute. :)

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  4. fingersSeptember 29, 2011 at 7:19 AM

    I really love how you added the dots to liven up this flag look! So awesome!

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  5. SandraSeptember 29, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Love the colors, they're so pretty!

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  6. KarenDSeptember 29, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Love the dots you added to the inspiration! I'm impressed you managed to freehand with that SH ID brush. :)

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  7. Makeup and MuttsSeptember 29, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    I love the light blue shade! <3

    I NEED A BABY BLUE NAIL POLISH! :-p haha

    I'll get one sometime.

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  8. LauraSeptember 29, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    @Sonia: If you think this unicorn looks good wait till today's nails...

    @Larie: It's actually not too bad. In two coats it is opaque enough for me and the formula definitely isn't award-winning but it's not too hard to work with. I like it.

    @KarenD: It was hard! I hate those brushes, not to mention it's getting a little stringy so it was definitely a challenge!

    @Vintage: Yes, you do! They're so flattering!

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  9. UnknownSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Very nice :)

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  10. LimitedAddictionNailsSeptember 29, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Even though it's simple, it is pretty and looking gorgeous! :)

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  11. AnnaSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Ahaha Laura you totally inadvertently gave away today's post in that comment.

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