Hi!
It's my second week in the Twinsie Tuesday group, and this week our prompt was "a hobby other than polish". I thought about Cross Stitch and was going to do something along those lines until my notebook grabbed my attention - collecting stationery is a huge hobby of mine. I'm obsessed with nice notebooks, pens, sticky notes, highlighters - I want it all! So, I went with a mani inspired by my favourite Gorjuss notebook.
First, here's the notebook - I use it to keep track of books I read and quotes I want to use for reviews.
Here's what I came up with:
I did the main nails based on the spine of the book, I used Essie Frock n' Roll and sponged Essie In The Lobby on top. Then I freehanded stripes using Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Coat of Arms.
For the accent nail, I used Essie Petal Pushers as a base, sponged on some Essie Cashmere Matte Wrap Me Up, and used Petal Pushers again to do a wonky star based on the stars on the front of the girl's dress.
I like how it turned out, If I did it again I'd probably try and do a few smaller stars rather than one big star but I did it with a cocktail stick and it turned out bigger than I expected (that's what she said).
Please do check out the other Twinsies at the links below, and welcome Claire to the group!
Tiffany at Polished To Precision
Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer
Savannah at Addicted to Polish
Sara at The Call of Beauty
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Megan at A Beauty in the Business
Marisa at Polish Those Nails
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Lisa at The Polish Playground
Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer
Claire at Kerruticles
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Amanda at Fashion Footing
Amanda at Amandalandish
Sharon, ok firstly those nails are freaking fabulous! I love the star oh and now let us talk about the notebook, it's (deep breath) verrrry nice! I really love starionary too. Remember fancy paper? Siobhan xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Siobhan! Oh I definitely remember fancy paper, my favourite was the ones that I can't remember the name of - but the girls had bonnets and paisley dresses with aprons? Can't think of the name! But there was loads of fancy paper of them. I used to keep mine in a big envelope :D
DeleteSuch a cool nail art idea - there is inspiration everywhere :) x
ReplyDeleteThere really is, one of my favourite nail art things that I did a few years ago was inspired by a sock :D x
DeleteI really love your notebook!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sara! It's one of my favourites, Gorjuss are such a pretty brand x
DeleteLove this recreation!
ReplyDeleteThank you Amanda x
DeleteYou're an actual genius - love both the cover and the nail look!
ReplyDeleteAh thanks Emma! x
DeleteThanks for the welcome, Sharon. I need to learn from you - I love how you've taken elements and turned them into a manicure. I always think too literally.
ReplyDeleteI think I took it too literally last week! Your mani this week was amazing. x
DeleteThanks :)
DeleteReally nice nails inspired by the book!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa x
DeleteCute mani! I love the double stripes!
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic!! I collect notebooks too!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. I wish I 1. Had nails and 2. Was able to paint them like you can paint yours.
ReplyDeleteAh I have a notebook very similar to that but I use it for books I want to read so I don't forget when they are being released! Your nails look amazing. Really well done.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way this came out! The notebook is very pretty and it's a Great way to translate a hobby into a mani :)
ReplyDeleteLove your notebook! Your nails came out fabulously!
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