I have been calling this "One Million Kisses" in my head all night, although I can obviously see that there are nowhere near that many. HUMOR ME!
This was a tough manicure, I'm not gonna lie to you guys! I think I redid these at least three times. Most of my problems were due to my base color choices being too thick though, and then due to that, my lips wouldn't draw on correctly.
After trying a few colors as bases and watching them flop spectacularly, I gave OPI Rumple's Wiggin' a shot. It went on gorgeously and easily in two coats, and wasn't thick at all. I was so glad that I was able to get it to work. I was really excited about this idea and was getting frustrated when it kept going wrong! I then freehanded on the lips with the small end of a dotting tool. The colors I used were: OPI Manicurist of Seville, OPI Sparrow Me the Drama, China Glaze Heli-yum, and American Apparel Dynasty.
I want to take a quick second to mention that I have worn Dynasty as a full manicure before but didn't make a post about it. The formula is AMAZING and I highly recommend it.
The lips in this manicure aren't perfect -- drawing with a dotting tool is hard! -- but I think that makes it look more realistic, like they are actually tiny little lipstick kisses. Not every kiss would turn out exactly the same.
I just love full nail designs, especially with nail art. This one could be a sister manicure to my Halloween Eyeball Nails, don't you think? Maybe someday I will do a nose manicure and then I will have done eyes, nose, and mouth manicures. Just kidding... or am I?
I know I haven't done a ton of nail art lately, so I hope this makes up for it a little bit. :)
Don't forget ear manicures. XP
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this lips manicure, it looks great!
This is soo cute <3 How did you draw those lips? It looks so original!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteI love the freehand designs :)
I also do designs on nails, I'd love if you visit my blog:)
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This is so well done that I thought you were wearing nail strips!!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this is freehand! It looks so so gorgeous!
ReplyDeletevery beatiful♥
ReplyDeletecute! This looks great
ReplyDeleteThis is super pretty. Cute...
ReplyDeleteHow stinkin' much do I love this? :D
ReplyDeleteThis look really cute :)
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These are awesome :)
these are adorable :)
ReplyDeletethis beyond super cute. I love it. I don't think I have anywhere near the patience to do this lol
ReplyDeleteit looks super pretty tho. And, my, i wish i was perfectionist enough to do a mani 3 times - i guess thats why you never have fails lol xxxx
ReplyDeletethis is absolutely beautiful!
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SO CUTE! I love this!
ReplyDeletethe look so lovely !!
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Love this upturned out ereally well!
ReplyDeleteHiya hot lips!
ReplyDeleteI luv it a million times! Pure cuteness..
ReplyDeletelove the pattern! and the colors... the purple is perfect, makes the mani not overwhelming with pink and red vday colors.
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This is super cute Sarah!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!
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beautiful nail art!
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OMG I thought this was stamping! Awesome job in doing it freehanded! Love the mani
ReplyDeleteLove this! I can't believe you free handed the lips, they are so good!
ReplyDeleteooohhhh! They're pretty. and they look like real kiss marks. :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty :) You did a great job! (And pity that you didn't show AA Dynasty, I love this polish!)
ReplyDeleteawwwwww sarah this is soooo cute!
ReplyDeleteso cute! I like to draw with dotting tools too, I'm going to have to try out some lips! :)
ReplyDeletesooo sweet! I think I might try this out (and not only on valentine's day!)
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DeleteGreat start! I just recently started a nail blog! check it out here http://vintagevarnish.wordpress.com/
DeleteI love this! But darn it, I would only be able to do this on my left hand! Did you do this as a full mani?
ReplyDeleteI did do it on both hands, but the right hand never looks as nice as the left. :)
DeleteGood to know! I been wanting to ask you... what's the best way to photograph nails? I just recently started my nail blog and have dabbled in photography but nails are just so hard to photograph! It probably would help if I had a macro lens too! here's my blog if you are interested http://vintagevarnish.wordpress.com/
DeleteIf you take a look at my tutorial page, I have a few beginner nail photography tutorials you can take a look at! http://www.chalkboardnails.com/p/tutorials.html
DeleteThat definitely helps! thanks!
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