Monday, August 24, 2015

Texas Flag - Memorial Nails

Hello again!

This is probably the fastest I've ever posted a bail art tutorial after finishing it, but ingt this needed to be posted right away. I'm posting from my phone again, so sorry for any formatting issues! 

As you see in the title, this is a memorial manicure. On Saturday, my grandparents best friend, Reuben, passed away. This is a hard post for me to write because he was like an uncle to me, but I feel like everyone should know what an amazing, kind-hearted person he was. Reuben always had a smile on his face and always had something to laugh about. He went everywhere with my grandparents and really was a huge part of my family. The last time I saw him was at my grandparents house. I had just pulled in with my sister and this was his first time seeing my new car. He asked whose car it was and when I told him it was mine he smiled and said, "ohhhh! Moving up in the world!" Now every time I get into that car I am able to remember him and that big smile of his.

I truly wish you all would have been able to meet him. He was the most kind and caring person I have ever met. This is a picture of Reuben and my little sister, Breana, just so you can all see that smile of his.


Now, on to the tutorial! 


What you need:
✔️Base Coat (Avon)
✔️White Polish (Avon - French Tip White)
✔️Red Polish (OPI - Red)
✔️Blue Polish (Sinful Colors - Endless Blue)
✔️Top Coat (Pure ICE - Girl on the Run)
✔️Detailing Brushes (EBay)


After your base coat dries, apply your white polish. I ended up needing 2 coats for an opaque look.

After your white polish dries, paint half of your thumb nail blue. I started using one of my detailing brushes but it was actually a lot easier to just use the actual polish brush with very little product on it. 

Next, go horizontally and paint half of the white half red. To do this, I drew my outlines with a detailing brush and then filled it in by using the polish brush.

Once your blue is dry, take a fine tipped striping brush and paint a star in the middle.

Once that dries, apply your top coat and you're done!


Let me know what you think!

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