Nails on Fire!

So last week my good friend Jamie posted an awesome tutorial on her blog, Nails Adored.

The tutorial was intended to achieve a "grunge effect" on the nail, and the nails she did with it are just incredible.  You have to go see them:  http://www.nailsadored.com/2012/03/23/grunge-effect-tutorial/.

So anyway, I thought this tutorial could be used also to get a fire-like effect on the nail too, so that is what I used it for...since this past weekend was Hunger Games release weekend and all, it seemed fitting!

Nails, BEFORE the last step, and before adding accent nail.

Up there you'll see what my nails looked like after I had done all steps of the tutorial except for the last, most important, step of using a brush dipped in acetone and carefully making strokes across the nail to remove some of the layers of polish to reveal the black underneath in certain spots.

And here is the end result!...

close up of thumb

In the sun

I absolutely love how this came out!  I am soooo happy I decided to use the tutorial, it wasn't even hard at all, even for someone like me who rarely does nail art other than stamping or splattering.

After I did the tutorial nails, I added the accent nails.  Those are done with the same black base as the rest of the nails started off with, and then I mixed together Nerd Lacquer's Regeneration and China Glaze Riveting, and then sponged that mixture onto the two accent nails.

List of Products used:
Wet N Wild - Black Creme (base color, 2 coats)
Color Club - Polish for All, P Is for Pride, I always get my Man-darin, Dress for the Parade
China Glaze - Riveting
Nerd Lacquer - Regeneration
Seche Vite Top coat



So once again, for the tutorial on how to get this awesome effect visit Jamie's Tutorial:
http://www.nailsadored.com/2012/03/23/grunge-effect-tutorial/

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