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Blue Distressed Nails (52 Week Challenge)

I’ve cheated a little here. These nails are for last week’s “distressed and/or grey” prompt in the 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge. The challenge finished last Sunday, and although each prompt lasts a week, I aim to post mine on the Sunday each time. But I had flu, so couldn’t do anything much more than rest in bed. The cheat comes because I created the Inlinkz for the last few prompts of 2014, so I went in and extended the closing date to allow me to post – naughty me!

This is an easy set of prompts to be able to combine the two, and I did in fact pull out a few greys with just that aim in mind. But at the last minute I switched to a blue theme.

The base I’ve used is LA Colors Beach Babe, a mint green. My local pharmacy sells these polishes for a pound and I can’t resist buying one whenever I go in. It wasn’t the best brush; it was a little scratchy and so I had to paint quickly, but apart from that, you can’t fault these polishes for a pound.

The other colours are also one pound polishes: two Revlons from Poundworld, namely Coastal Surf, a mid blue, and Indigo Night, a darker, near navy.

Blue distressed nails using LA Colors Beach Babe, Revlon Coastal and Revlon Indigo Night
Blue distressed nails using LA Colors Beach Babe, Revlon Coastal and Revlon Indigo Night

I’ve not done distressed nails before, but found it very easy to do. It gives a nice effect in return for very little skill or patience. I’ll definitely do them again.

After the feedback from my last post about doing a second photo, with a different hand pose, I’ve done it again. Who knows, I may even carry on 😉

Blue distressed nails using LA Colors Beach Babe, Revlon Coastal and Revlon Indigo Night
Blue distressed nails using LA Colors Beach Babe, Revlon Coastal and Revlon Indigo Night

 

 

52 week challenge

 

For this manicure I’ve used:
  • Base colour: two coats of LA Colors Beach Babe
  • Other colours: Revlon Coastal Surf, Revlon Indigo Night
  • Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri


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Comments

Jessica

Ooh, I love the colors you’ve used here. It reminds me of the ocean!