It’s Day 2 of the February Digit-al Dozen. The Digital Dozen is a small group of highly skilled bloggers and nail artists who do 5 themed manis each month. The theme for February is ‘Mythical Creatures’ and for today’s mani I went with Mermaids. I went a little.. erm a lot.. over-the-top with this mani, full of sparkle, stamping, bling, and all sorts of charms. Not my normal style, but I loved doing it!Let’s take a look…
As I’ve mentioned before joining The Digit-al Dozen was a great way to bring more nail art back to my blog, but the other part is pushing myself to step outside my box. I can always throw something together quickly, but that doesn’t further my skills. So that’s the biggest reason I went over-the-top with this mani. 🙂
Polishes Used (It’s a long list!):
- Painted Polish Midnight Mischief
- Painted Polish Tide Pool Teal
- Painted Polish Mermaid Melody
- China Glaze Intelligence, Integrity & Courage
- Dreamland Lacquer Lazy River
- Colors by Llarowe Sparkles are a Girls Best Friend
- Girly Bits Pirate Booty
- Sally Hansen Go For Gold
- Chick Lacquer Baby Cakes
- Polish my Life Vail
So for the base color for this mani I immediately reached for Dreamland Lacquer Lazy River, as I’ve used it before for mermaid nails. But then I saw Painted Polish Mermaid Melody and thought it would be perfect (and I love using appropriately named polishes based on the nail art.) I applied 2 coats of Mermaid Melody and just wasn’t really feeling it, so on a whim I topped it with one coat of Lazy River. I really liked it that way, the mix of both gave me just the look I was imagining.
What do you think of my over-the-top mermaid nails? As a longtime nail girl I’ve done lots of mermaid nails, but I wanted these to stand apart and I believe they do.You can follow The Digital Dozen here on Instagram. My social media links are below. And definitely check out the inlinkz, this is a group of very talented ladies! It’s so much fun and very inspiring to be a part of such an amazing group.
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Until next time, stay polished!
Simply stunning and that mermaid charm is so cute ♡
I love it. Beach manis should always be over the top, in my opinion!
You are so talented. The amount of time that you all must spend on these blows my mind. I love what you did here.
Love this Tiffany! I had to crack up, I tried the full size mermaid charm on my nails and the tail was hanging off….small nail problems. LOL
You can get those to fit, woo! I can rarely get charms to fit! I love these nails tho!! I want to live the mermaid Life!
I love love love the three-dimensional art you did! Gorgeous. 🙂
Stunning! That dreamland polish…wow!
Wow!!! This whole mani is just amazing!!!
This is so, so, so gorgeous! I love how much detail there is!
What an outstanding manicure. I love your sexy mermaid. She really stands out. Gorgeous colors.
Wow, these are stunning!! The base you created is beautiful!
I loved this at first thumbnail, but now at closer look – I’m stoked about Lazy River here, I’ve got a bottle too! I’ll have to bring it out to play soon 😀 And I think mermaids are over the top as is, so this fits in!
I would be sad if these start to chip or get loose on my nails, you did an amazing job
That’s so cute! Wait…what….mermaids aren’t real??
This is so detailed. You are so creative!
OMG these turned out amazing – So talented!
Whoa, that mani is awesome! Every nail is a work of art!
Your mermaid nails turned out so cute! You really went all in!
This manicure made me smile. I love the painted mermaid. <3
Such a piece of art, stunning!