Despicable Me 2: Minion Nail Art

Hi!

I know, there are minion nails everywhere. I was going to wait until they died down a bit, but when I saw this tutorial from Cutepolish and then this tweet from Kirstie of Beaut.ie fame and fab new website Frillseeker (there's a linky button thing over there on the sidebar, give it a click if you like to peruse all things fabulous), I had to do my own take on them.

Unfortunately, I only copped a particularly silly mistake as I was editing these photos, but I'll rectify that in a moment, for now - more pictures.

I used 2 coats of China Glaze Sunshine Pop on all nails, then left it to dry completely. I added a topcoat, then I had fun with striping tape and Essence Grumpy from the Snow White LE a while back. (Similar blues: Color Club Bright Night, Nails Inc. Baker Street, Essie Butler, Please). The minion was pretty easy to do, just tape off the parts you want blue and black, then fill in the colours, use a cotton bud dipped in grey and then fill in with white and add a pupil with a  dot of black. I topped everything off with a layer of Poshé and cleaned up with Acetone and a lip brush.

Now for the silly mistake - don't do what I did and forget to give your minion a mouth! I went back and added one with a small striping brush.

I still haven't seen the second movie, but it's on my to-watch list!