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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

31DC2013 Day 27 - Inspired by Artwork

Hi Lovelies! Up next in the 31 Day Nail Challenge is Day 27, Inspired by Artwork. I'm always drawn to Asian inspired art featuring bamboo so after a quick search online (this is literally the 3rd image that comes up in Google when I search for "bamboo art"), I knew what I wanted to do.


To create this look, I used 4 Zoya shades which best matched my desired palette. Starting out with a base of Zoya Jacqueline, a beautiful ivory shade which you can see swatches of at the end of this post...


Using a sea foam sponge, I sponged a mix of Zoya Tayor and Flynn over Jacqueline to complete the background...


Finally, using Zoya Emilia I stamped the bamboo pattern from Bundle Monster plate BM-424


I love how delicate this design turned out. Best of all I think is that the bamboo pattern almost seems to have a textured look to it. I'm thrilled in this case that it didn't transfer fully, but left a few 'holes' in the leaves and stalks giving it an aged look.



Zoya Jacqueline
An ivory cream with a barely there pearly shimmer. The shimmer is not visible on the nail, but I think gives softness to the shade. The formula is very nice and provides good coverage at two coats as seen below although a few of the nails could have benefited from a very thin third coat. Swatches are with no top coat.




Swatch Details
Brand: Zoya
Collection: Lovely, Spring 2013
Color Name/Number: Jacqueline, ZP654
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: No

Free of Camphor, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I would love to know what you think of this art!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


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4 comments:

  1. Love this! Perfect colors, love Zoya, adding more to my wishlist

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  2. Awesome colors! They work really well together!

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  3. That base Zoya color is very lovely, but the look you create is simply beautiful. So delicate, and giving this aged feeling. I love it!

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  4. Perfect match of colours, beautiful manicure! :-)

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