Friday, September 6, 2013

31DC2013 Day 06: Violet Hippie Mix

Peace, love, and polish. What more could any free-spirited lacquer lover ask for?

This nail art combines a few classic elements of hippie culture in shades of violet. I began with the simple tie-dye effect and then the rest of the manicure took off from there!



I've done a more realistic looking spiraled tie-dye before, but I like the simplicity of this one, too. Of course, it doesn't hurt that this one is much faster and easier to execute!

I added a feather to my pinky and a daisy pattern to my pointer. The manicure was finished with a lava lamp/peace sign hybrid on my thumb.



There are four shades of purple used in this manicure.

OPI You're Such a Budapest - light lilac base
China Glaze Crimson - deep red leaning grape shade
China Glaze Grape Pop - classic royal purple
China Glaze That's Shore Bright - medium pinky purple



I'm so happy that I had an easier time coming up with this nail art than I did on blue day! Two days in a row of that and I think I would have had a breakdown.


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24 comments

  1. Love this Purple Hippie Mani!

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  2. These are so fun! It is giving me some good inspiration for the future.

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  3. Love it - esp the peace sign...my generation!

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  4. Sonsoles Marazuela RosellòSeptember 6, 2013 at 3:45 PM

    Me ha encantado esta manicura, que bonitos todos los diseños que te has hecho. Me gustan muchisimo.

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  5. Very cute. I love the tie dye inspired nails =)

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  6. looks always so nice! I like your Top Coat!

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  7. beautiful. I would love to try make the feather and also the middle nail art

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  8. I had a breakdown yesterday. I ended up doing four different manicures, 'cause the three first ones sucked. Fortunately I was happy enough with my fourth mani to blog about it.

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  9. I'm sorry, that's really tough! Glad you ended up with something you liked though.

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  10. Very pretty, love purple.

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  11. Groovy! I love the feather the most!

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  12. So crisp! It looks like you used a Sharpie!

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  13. totally OBSESSED with this!

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  14. Excellent job! I love a little retro hippie throw back.

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  15. Love this, I don't know how you come up with so many good ideas!

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