Saturday, October 28, 2017

Swatch & Art: Fair Maiden Polish - The Upside Down

Welcome! I feel like I've been a bit neglectful with my nails lately, but maybe part of it is that I just had a beautiful color on and enjoyed the polish for a few days before moving on to the art. It's certainly a pretty color! Can you pick up on the theme based on the art? The name of the polish is perfect too ;)
Fair Maiden Polish The Upside Down Stranger Things
The polish I brought out of my stash was released last year by Fair Maiden Polish as part of a "Stranger Things" quartet. And as the internet is abuzz with season 2 release, I felt it was high time I did some art for it!

The Upside Down - a beautiful multichrome polish that shifts from blue to pink to purple to gold, with a strong holo effect and multichrome flakes
Fair Maiden Polish The Upside Down Stranger Things
The name tag and the label are intentionally put upside down to match the name! I think you really would have to watch the show in order to get the reference, but fans of Stranger Things are numerous so I hope this rings a bell :D
Fair Maiden Polish The Upside Down Stranger Things
I'm not kidding about the holo, see! I think I may try taking cell phone pics during the day as I roam around, because I have no luck with lightbox, ever x_x
Fair Maiden Polish The Upside Down Stranger Things
In the usual multichrome fashion, the polish is a bit thin to allow the pigments to shift, so a couple of coats is needed, 2-3 should suffice, but I used 3 to make sure I had no VNL showing through and get the most bang out of this color
Fair Maiden Polish The Upside Down Stranger Things
2 coats on shorter nails should be good, as well as 1 coat over dark undies! Although, I realize I'm taking about a polish that is no longer available, I kind of have my fingers crossed that FM puts out another collection for the new season! And, well..that's just a general tip for any multichrome application too!
Fair Maiden Polish The Upside Down Stranger Things
For the nail art...I went back to my trusty DIY water slide decal making and got a couple of images put together, after a lot of scrolling through Google for ideas. See my original post on this crafty method here.
The Polished KOI DIY Water Slide Decal Stranger Things
I also used a stamping plate for a couple images - UberChic Beauty Zombie Love 2, for the tree and blood splatters (ring and pinkie nails).  And if you happen to own their Holiday Spirit plate, then there's a lovely string of Christmas lights available :)
Fair Maiden Polish The Upside Down Stranger Things
As you can see from my decal, it's not fully solid..my printer isn't very cooperative lately, so I touched up with black acrylic paint before applying to my nails.

Have you already watched season 2? I'm a little undecided...scary stuff is scary, and hubby doesn't want to so I'm not sure I'll make it by myself..I'm a wimp! Anyway, hope you enjoyed the post :)





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