Monday 13 May 2013

Unicorns and Cloud Nail Art with Nailz Craze NC02

Normally I do a little something called Shitty Nail Art Monday but today, I won't call it that. It's a mixture between because I actually like my nails for once, and because I am loving my plates from Natalie from Nailz Craze. They're great. So really, today is just going to be Nail Art Monday and I know all of you have been waiting to hear that!

So I've had this gradient in mind for a while now, after being inspired from a music video by Ke$ha (haha I wish I was joking but I'm not!) and then to overlay that pastel gradient with solid black geometric designs. Welp, instead of hand painting designs, I wanted to use my Nailz Craze stamp plates that I received over a month ago and haven't touched!

Nail Art Using Nailz Craze NC02 Plate

To create the gradient, I used Zoya Snow White as a base colour and used a make-up sponge for the gradient. I (or rather my boyfriend's sister) painted polish directly onto the sponge and then sponged on the colours onto my nails. I used OPI Pink Friday and Essie Where's My Chauffeur as both cremes are fairly solid. It came out fairly light with one coat of sponging but I had decided to leave it as it without a second coat because I am lazy and I figured the stamping is going to cover it anyway.

Nail Art Using Nailz Craze NC02 Plate

Nail Art Using Nailz Craze NC02 Plate

My stamping skills are not the best. (Thought I'd get that out of the way.) For this nail art, I used Nailz Craze NC02 plate featuring funky clouds, unicorn, pegasus, stars, and light beams. You really can't go wrong with that.

I am used to using Konad and faux-nad plates which require a very thick polish and accurate scraping off the excess but with the Nailz Craze plate, I found them a little more fragile and I had to lightly take off the excess, barely touching the plate with little force. Very different from what I've been used to! I used Konad black stamping polish for my stamps.

Nail Art Using Nailz Craze NC02 Plate

And lo and behold - a rare right hand sighting!

Nail Art Using Nailz Craze NC02 Plate

Nail Art Using Nailz Craze NC02 Plate

I definitely recommend the Nailz Craze plates if you like really unique fresh designs. The fragility of the excess scraping may take a bit to get used to but it's doable and it's worth it. One thing that I do notice is that the prints are fairly large. This excites me to no end because usually stamp plates have teeny tiny designs but this also means that smaller-nailed folks may not be able to enjoy the full experience of having an entire unicorn on their nail. You can check out Natalie's Nailz Craze shop on Etsy here.

9 comments:

  1. Very pretty! The gradient, the design, the drawing, waw I am impressed.

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  2. I have the same plate, can't wait to use it :D The swirly design looks great over a gradient <3

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    1. Oh I can't wait to see what you'll end up doing with it on those beautiful long talons of yours! :D :D :D

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  3. I haven't tried nail stamping before. I shake so badly, so nail art itself usually gets tossed out the window. Odd, I'm great with sketching and painting, but I just can't work on such a tiny surface! This is so pretty though. It reminds me of the Robot Unicorn Attack game hahaha.

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    1. It's actually much harder for a larger nail because you really have to pick up a bigger part of the stamp! I find it pretty annoying sometimes but I always love the results. I effing LOVE Robot Unicorn Attack, lol. I legit love that Erasure song!

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  4. Yay you dropped the word Shitty!!! :)
    The gradient looks great, I have to try one soon. And unicorns, who doesn't like unicorns?

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    1. Haha I couldn't call it Shitty Nail Art Monday! I just couldn't because it would be a huge disservice to Natalie and I LOVE her plates! The gradient was so brutal but a stamping/gradient combination was great! I hope you do one soon!

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  5. I love this. I think that my ineptitude with the plates I currently have are deterring me from buying more and practicing

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    1. Do it girl. I think this one was so hard to use because I am used to HARD scraping off the excess but this one is delicate and you don't need to press down as hard!

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