Sunday, April 3, 2011

Atlantic Zebra

I wore China Glaze Atlantis for a couple days this past week, and after the first day I decided I wanted to add something. I settled on zebra stripes, so I freehanded some with a black Kiss striper. I'd never done zebra stripes before, and using Nail Polish Art Addiction's zebra stripe post as a guide, I think I managed to do pretty well.

indoors, artificial light
outdoors, sunlight
outdoors, shade

I did mess up on a couple of nails, but since I already had two coats of Seche Vite over Atlantis before I added the stripes, it was easy to remove the stripes without removing the glitter. This wasn't as easy for me to do as leopard spots, but it wasn't quite as hard as I thought it might be. I'll definitely be trying zebra print again in the future!

Finally, here's a new nail blog I've discovered this week - Claire is a nail tech in England and she does some impressive nail art.

Top Twenty Nails

P.S. I will be showing you Atlantis on its own soon, but I was so excited about this that I wanted to post it first!
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19 comments:

  1. TierApril 3, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    LOVE LOVE LOVE.

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  2. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    This rocks! I can't believe you free-handed that! It looks like a konad stamp! Awesome job :)

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  3. MirandaApril 3, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Love this! Really awesome!

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  4. KatherineApril 3, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    oh this did end up looking really nice! great Job!

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  5. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Thank youuu!

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  6. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Thanks!

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  7. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Thank you!

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  8. GemxApril 3, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Wow, love it! The stripes look really good! :)

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  9. Lisa McApril 3, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Atlantis is one of my fave's! You did an awesome job.

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  10. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Thanks! I really like Atlantis, too.

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  11. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    Thank you very much!

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  12. chaosbutterflyApril 3, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    This is such an awesome mani! I love patterns on top of glitter. ^_^

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  13. Elizabeth LangilleApril 3, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    I love this. You talked about it on twitter, but it's so much cooler in pictures. This just reminds me that I need Atlantis, ASAP

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  14. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Thanks! I do too, it just gives the design so much more depth.

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  15. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Aw, thank you! And yes, you do need Atlantis. :)

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  16. DelayneeApril 3, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Awesome!! I did zebra print over top of Atlantis not too long ago - I think it is a winning combo - and you did a superb job!!

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  17. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    Thanks! Clearly great minds think alike. :)

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  18. mrsrexyApril 3, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    Very cool...Atlantis looks great with zebra stripes!

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  19. ZaraApril 3, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    Thank you!

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