The Digit-al Dozen Presents: Look Up - Day 5
I've got the final mani to share today for the Digit-al Dozen November theme "Look Up". This is another one that benefits from a little backstory ;)
I've got a shelf right by my computer, so whenever I look up, a bright red thing always catches my eye - it's a Deadpool funko! He shares the shelf with Harry Potter and Newt Scamander, but because Deadpool is so vivid, it's the first one the eyes see! Hubby and I recently started bringing home funko pops and for some reason I really really like the Deadpool ones. I tried to use some of them for props while taking pictures but it was super awkward to hold them x_x
Isn't he cute?! The wizard is my favorite out of the few I own...the panda version is one that I really wish I had! And the polish, it's Bee's Knees Lacquer Look What She Made Me Do. BKL actually did have a Deadpool collection earlier in the year but I don't own any, and I've been using this particular red, or its undie partner, in recent manicures so it was within easy reach. It's part of The Conjuring collection that I have swatched earlier.
I ended up doing a fluid nail art look, creating a few decals on my container lid and letting them dry well. I used 2 special polishes to make the fluid art signature "cells" - Dance Legend Spot It Black, and Sinful Colors Redrum. I alternated drops of the 3 polishes and swirled my lid around. The shimmer from Look What She Made Me Do adds a nice glow.
I've got a lot of lids in my desk with fluid art or drip marbles on them - I find that using Wet n Wild Clear Protector works really well for me when it comes to reviving the decals and making sure they don't crack on me. And I always use a coat of ORLY Bonder to make sure the decals actually adhere to the nail.
I actually thought I would stop there as fluid art is, well, already art, so I didn't need to stamp. Plus, our Digit-al Dozen gals have in the past done an "inspired by" or "abstract" renditions and I've thought to myself "I should do more of those, I take everything so literally.." But I've got a stamping plate with Deadpool so...when else would I use it?
And then I thought "I'll just do once accent nail..." and then it kind of kept growing and growing until I added something to every nail!
Stamping polishes:
Bundle Monster - Bam! White, Straight Up Black
EdK - Darth Vader
Stamping plates:
Creative Shop Stamping - 46, 35
UberChic Beauty - Zombie Love 02
I had to freehand "POOL" because I didn't have that on a plate, so it's a bit off, but overall, I do really like how it turned out! I used Sinful Colors Study Break to color in Deadpool himself, and accents with Secret Admirer - but the actual image is a large one and so it had to be cut to fit on the nail.
Lastly, I put on a matte top coat for the heck of it, and it ended up being my favorite version of this whole mani! It looked better irl than on pictures, had a very "comic book" vibe, even hubby liked it and he usually hates when I use a matte top coat!
So that's it for Day 5 and this month's Digit-al Dozen posts! Check out the linkup below as usual, and our crew will be back again in December!
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