A few weeks ago I was in the mood for some Eton Mess. Yes, that lovely, simple dessert comprising of meringue, strawberries and whipped cream was on my brain for days. When I'd made up my mind to go and buy the ingredients, there was not a strawberry to be found at my local Sainsbury's! It was when I was staring at my lonesome double cream in the fridge, that I had an idea...strawberries and cream!!
You'll see that I found my strawberries in the end! I went for pouring cream...made out of acrylic. The white acrylic powder was sent to me along with 17 of it's colourful friends, courtesy of Born Pretty Store. If you've never visited before, please do - and use the 10% discount code in the sidebar for any purchases.
Out of the 18 tiny pots of acrylic contained in the package, I used the one pot of white powder with a monomer, or acrylic liquid. Because the powder is specifically for creating art structures, it was 'slow setting' and I was able to mold and shape the acrylic without it drying out too quickly. This acrylic is a different consistency (in my opinion) to that which you would use to create a french tip on a sculpted acrylic nail extension. Unfortunately I spilt the little pot of powder after doing these nails, hence why I left the two fingers 'creamless'. Honestly, I could've kicked myself.
The 'seeds' are plastic yellow bullion. No glue was used - they stuck quite well in a clear top coat which was covered in a further two coats of Seche Vite.
Another gratuitous shot of the highly sought-after strawberry.
I loved them so much that I decided to make some false nails...using some white molding acrylic powder (for extensions) which has a different consistency to the previous powder. It wasn't the same, but I had to improvise because having this idea bouncing around in my head would cause me to have sleepless nights. Really.
I'm not usually one for wearing fruit on my fingers (it's not quite office appropriate, is it?), but I thought these were cute.
Would YOU wear food on your fingers??
xx
Out of the 18 tiny pots of acrylic contained in the package, I used the one pot of white powder with a monomer, or acrylic liquid. Because the powder is specifically for creating art structures, it was 'slow setting' and I was able to mold and shape the acrylic without it drying out too quickly. This acrylic is a different consistency (in my opinion) to that which you would use to create a french tip on a sculpted acrylic nail extension. Unfortunately I spilt the little pot of powder after doing these nails, hence why I left the two fingers 'creamless'. Honestly, I could've kicked myself.
I'm not usually one for wearing fruit on my fingers (it's not quite office appropriate, is it?), but I thought these were cute.
Would YOU wear food on your fingers??
xx
Bloody gorgeous!!
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Deleteoh these are so nicely done..I love the bobbley little seeds so glam.. I have worn fruity nails in the past I must admit but yeah I agree it's not for everyday haha you'd start getting a crazy reputation! ..these look great though I like the mix and match effect too!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Yeah...I decided against wearing this one in the office, lol!
DeleteTOO CUTE!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pretty!
Deleteso pretty! i would wear these nails :D
ReplyDeleteThank you Nunnu :)
DeleteThese are the cutest!! Love the idea of having 3D cream...yummy :)
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you Abbienail :)
DeleteThis is too cute <3 I have to try this design too *___*
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