Monday, July 28, 2014

The Disney Diva - Ursula Nail Art


The Lacquer Legion's theme this month is "Fandom." Where do you even start with that one? There are SO MANY POSSIBILITIES! I've actually done quite a few fanicures in my day. Mythbusters, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Adventure Time...the list goes on. This time, I chose to do more Disney villain nail art. You may recall the Queen of Hearts mani I did recently, and here's another powerful baddie: Ursula from The Little Mermaid!


Here's a fun fact: did you know that Ursula's design was inspired by the drag queen Divine? Makes sense to me. Ursula is a pretty fabulous diva, despite being evil and all. There are some pretty diva-licious Disney characters, but for me, she takes the cake.

For my nail art, I've painted her tentacles on my four fingers and her *ahem* bust and necklace on my thumb.


Polishes used in this nail art include:
Floss Gloss Moon Baby (grey base)
LVX Aster (light purple)
OPI Do You Have This Color In Stock-holm? (dark purple)
Nicole by OPI Hit the Lights (yellow)
American Apparel Hassid (black)


I started each tentacle by painting a dark purple spiral and outlining it with black. Then, I filled the spirals with light purple dots, and stacked a smaller dark purple dot inside it.

Though the process for Ursula's tentacles seems simple enough, they took a while to complete. The hypnotizing spirals really demanded a lot of precision, so I tried to take it slow.


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25 comments

  1. These look so good! Just love the design.

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  2. Oh wow! These are amazing! You've recreated her perfectly! Love it!

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  3. This is awesome! I love the tentacle nails :)

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  4. Such an amazing mani! Think this is my all time favourite you've done Sarah <3

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  5. You personified Ursula on your nails. This is fantastic. I love Disney. I love title, Disney Diva. I would have used that for my user name if I had thought of it. That is me. ha ha. Not Ursula, though just a diva who loves Disney more than anything, gasp* yes, even more than polish.

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  6. Haha, feel free to use it if an opportunity comes up! Thanks!

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  7. I had no idea that Ursula was based on Divine! I can totally see that now. Plus I'm sure my dad would be proud I know who that is. Haha.

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  8. They looks really good. Well done :)

    cavasava.blogspot.com

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  9. Your nails are amazing, you captured her perfectly. Personally I love Ursula, quite frankly I think she was misunderstood, she was an entrepreneur with two awesome eel pets. How can you hate on her for that?

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  10. You are so wonderful and talented Sarah...I admire you!!And follow you regularly:)

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  11. Awesome! Though, considering who it is, I'mma have to pretend to not like it >.> xD

    -Ariel

    mermaidsnails.blogspot.com

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  12. Amazing! They are so perfect they look like stickers. Perfect choice of colors!

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  13. Great interpretation! I would never have thought about doing Ursula on my nails! I didn't realise she was based on Divine! The tentacles have turned out so well! :)

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  14. That looks stunning! Makes me actually like Ursula :D

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  15. wow.. amazing mani. I love all the details! incredible!
    xoxo
    Emy

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  16. It's funny how this is SUCH good way to represent Ursula, without using an actual face or something :). You captured her essence!

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  17. The Dalai Lama's NailsAugust 2, 2014 at 7:07 PM

    This is so fun. Ursula is fab. I kind of love her!

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  18. Hmmm I thought for sure I commented on this! what the heck. Anyway these are AMAZING. literally perfection. I pinned them to hope that someday I can recreate. However I will have to figure out a stamp for the swirl :P

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  19. Thank you! Please let me know if you give them a go!

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  20. These are gorgeous, and represent Ursula perfectly! She's such an interesting character, even though the movie makes you really hate her!

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  21. Awww loove this mani! Just watched The little mermaid two days ago and totally agree, Ursula is such a diva! But I like her a lot! One of my fav Disney villains (the others are Hardes & Cruella De Vile hehe) <3

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  22. Hades is awesome! I also love Jafar from Aladdin.

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