Saturday, April 7, 2012

Easter Mix Up

I finally had a chance to do some nail art, and it seemed appropriate to do some Easter/springy nails for the holiday tomorrow.

I had quite a time getting these to photograph correctly... and even know they still leave a bit to be desired. But you get the idea and I hope you like these! :)


For this design, I used:

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Whirlwind White 

OPI Sparrow Me the Drama
OPI Do You Lilac It?
China Glaze Re-fresh Mint
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky
China Glaze Peachy Keen 

Emily helped me brainstorm and pick out the colors for these, and I love the way that they turned out! All of the designs are freehanded with a number of different brushes and dotters. 

I did a little half moon sun on my thumb: 



On my first go at this design, I did a woven basket nail on my ring finger using this tutorial. I liked it but ultimately decided to redo that one nail with the chick design you see in the other photos. Check out the basket nail below.


I even managed to do this design well on my non dominant hand (not pictured)! I love when nails are skittle designs (also known as a "mix up" I think).


What do you think? Have you done any Easter or spring nail art designs?
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40 comments

  1. Basket came out nice but the chick is so darn cute. Good choice.

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  2. Love it! The colors are so pretty!

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  3. I freakin' love how they turned out Sarah! I am so proud and excited I got to be part of the creative process muhuaha! I honestly couldn't pick a favourite, they are all so gorgeous (: <3

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  4. i love this, the bunny ears or my favorite!

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  5. I am obsessed with the little floppy bunny ear!! =)

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  6. I like it. They look like an Easter sampler. I've done 3 Easter themed manis so far. I'm working on pastels now for the "April Showers Bring May Flowers" nail art challenge.

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  7. The bunny ears are my favorite!! :)

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  8. lovely idea with the sun and bunny ears <3

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  9. This is great!! The basket was neat but the chick matches in with the theme better I think, so cute! :)

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  10. This is great!! The basket was neat but the chick matches in with the theme better I think, so cute! :)

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  11. These are precious and adorable! I love how these came out. And the color scheme is perfect. :)

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  12. Love the little bunny ears! So adorable!

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  13. the bunny ears are my favorites, they look awesome!

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  14. These are so easter! Great work, they turned out well, both looks :)

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  15. Too cute! Your nail art is flawless as always. I love the little chicky legs :)

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  16. Love the floppy bunny ear, and the chick feet are hysterical! The basket weave came out nice but the chick feet are adorable! Really like the flower pattern you did on your pinkie as well.

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  17. Love them all! I started out with bunnies and polka dots but after getting some pastel colors I redid them with chicks in eggs and some zigzag stripey/dotted easter egg looking things lol.

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  18. The chick really completes this manicure!!! Super adorable!

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  19. Very cute and might even be something I could do. I finally am collecting a file of ideas for nail art so when I need them I don't have a blank mind - me who is so non original. I can copy well but not an inventive artist!

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  20. This easter mani looks very cool! Love it!

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  21. so cute and creative, just lovely :)

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  22. It's very cute and lovely, great Easter nails :)

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  23. oh Sarah this is beyond cute :) love it x

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  24. This is my favorite Easter mani that I've seen so far. Excellent!

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  25. Adorable!!! I like both the basketweave design and the chick. So cool!

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  26. these are great! so much detail. i did some easter nail art too. check it out here http://pinkiepolish.blogspot.co.uk/

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  27. I absolutely love all of these, but especially the bunny ears!

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  28. Can you please do my nails for me?! :) Your nail art looks amazing! I bet this took forever...

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