Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Twinsie Tuesday - Odd Inspiration


For today's nails, our inspiration needed to be something unusual.

Nail artists are inspired by fabric, art, prints, etc. all the time. This week the Twinsies are finding something off-the-wall instead!

I just so happen to be obsessed with making polish dragon eggs, and ended up loving the polish I put on one so much, that I wanted to wear it on my nails too!



The egg and my nails do look a little different because I only used one coat of glitter on my egg over a yellow base, but did two coats and a matte topcoat on my nails. I think I like the look better on the egg. I absolutely love the polish, but there's a bit too much glitter on my nails to show that beautiful yellow base as well as it shines through on the egg!


I've been crafting my little fingers away on these pretties for months now. The picture below is actually only about 1/3 of what my dragon egg collection is currently! This picture is from a few months ago, I just haven't gotten a chance to get another good, full collection pic. Plus two of the lovlies have been shipped away as gifts to others, so they are all due for another photo shoot!



I am excited to see what everyone else did for their manis today!

Alaina at The Little Canvas
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber at Nails Like Lace
Bridget at A Painted Nail
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer
Kelly at Tuxarina
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Stephanie at A Little Polish

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Oh wow I LOVE this :-D Coolest nail art I've seen in weeks.
1 reply · active 542 weeks ago
Thank you!! :) It was a lot of fun!
That is SOOO cool - I love the inspiration and the nails :D
1 reply · active 542 weeks ago
Thank you!! :) They're so much fun to make too!!
Awesome inspiration for the nails! Your eggs look so cool!
1 reply · active 542 weeks ago
Thank you!! :) They're so much fun to make!!
Wow, so perfectly done!
1 reply · active 542 weeks ago
Aww thank you!! :)
ooh! i effin love this. I have been searching far and wide for styrofoam eggs. I got a couple- but they may be too small. I might have to buy some online. Where'd you get yours?
5 replies · active 542 weeks ago
I buy the 4-pack 3 inch eggs and 6-pack 2 inch eggs from Michael's. I also have a link to an eBay seller I buy them from that has been great. Email me and I'll give it to you!
I got a four pack at my michaels but they're only 2 5/16 inches X 3 1/16 inches. Not very big. And expensive! I haven't tried them yet, but they're only slightly larger than a real egg. I have a feeling they're too small.
wait, maybe this is the four pack you are talking about. maybe they get bigger with the tacks in them!?
They do get a little bigger once the tacks are in them. If it was a $5 4-pack from Michael's, they're the bigger size. The smaller size comes in a 6-pack. I prefer the smaller size for most of my eggs just because they take less tacks and the bigger ones are harder to pose with a matching mani. I use both sizes though.
That and the next size up are the typical "average" sizes. The size you have will take about 250-300 tacks. That's the size I use on most of mine. The next size up (the one in this post) will take about 350-400 tacks.
This is great and those eggs are so neat!
1 reply · active 542 weeks ago
Thank you! :) They're a lot of fun to make!
Looks awesome! I like this mani :)
1 reply · active 542 weeks ago
ive been loving watching you make dragon eggs on instagram! they are so neat :)
1 reply · active 542 weeks ago
Thank you!! :) They're so much fun to make too!!
ZOMG, INSTANT OBSESSION. I need to make a million of these right now!!

(Gorgeous combination too--the yellow and blue totally pop!)
1 reply · active 541 weeks ago
Do it!!!!!! They're so addicting! I love them!!

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