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September 20, 2011

What?  :D

I’ve seen a lot of the stained glass manis lately — either freehand or using the stamp and then going in and coloring the spaces — so wanted to do my own little spin on the idea using circles instead.  Really simple honestly, just started with a white base coat, used black to add some circles, then went in with Color Club Factory Girl, Kleancolor Neon Aqua, China Glaze Beauty And The Beach and Color Club Trippie Hippie to fill the circles (‘cept for the middle nail, I liked that there was one little bubble creeping away from the rest so left some white space on that one).  A more patient woman may go back in afterwards to re-line the circles, but I’ll be honest with you: by the time I finished with the dark blue there was so much coffee pumping through my veins I couldn’t walk a straight line (I get a little T-i-double-guh-er bouncy on the french press) let alone draw one.

blue balls

blue nail polish

Color Club Factory Girl

China Glaze Beauty And The Beach

14 Responses

  1. Elizedge says:

    love the bubbles! Did you use an art brush to make the circles or dip a small tip into polish? thanks

  2. the nerd says:

    Thanks! It’s actually this little pointed tool that came with one of my sets, sort of looks like a pen tip — if you load it with just enough polish, and are really good about cleaning it off as you’re using it (so the polish doesn’t build up and make the tip wider), it ends up working a lot like a pen would.

  3. Nail Stories says:

    Love the bubbles. I think it’s very clever the way you did it :)

  4. Kelly says:

    These are so cute!! :)

  5. rock-or-not says:

    So cool!!
    I really love this mani!

  6. Debbie says:

    i <3 this sooooo much. YOu are my Number 1 nail crush by the way – your designs are all amazing xxxx

  7. This is so nice! You did a great job!

  8. Olivia C. says:

    Love the stained glass look on nails, but this is my favorite! I love the little bubbles, and the colors you used. :)

  9. Love these, great design.

  10. Liz says:

    I love your post titles! LOL
    This mani is too cute, I wanna give it a try!

  11. These nails are my favorites list —out of all your manicures so far!

  12. Kejal says:

    This is an awesome one!! Actually looks like stained glass

  13. Quixii says:

    Very cool! This is a great way to showcase a lot of different shades of one colour! I might borrow this. :)

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