Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Fall Fox and Owl nails and Operation: Reduce the Effing Bead Stash

Foxes (duh) and owls are some of my favorite animals and I thought they'd make a cute fall themed manicure this week.  I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out!  I keep admiring them, which I don't always do with my nail art.  

I used the most variety of tools in this manicure: brushes, dotting tools, and markers.  I need to play with a larger variety of brushes with smaller bristles than a striper brush to see what I can get with them, but I finally feel as if I have a good handle on the tools and technique.  

Supplies:
Base coat
Nail colors:  I'm using an antique gold, metallic red-orange,metallic orange, metallic brown, black, and white.
Top coat
Dotting tools: Large and small diameter
angled nail art brush (a sacrificial eyeliner brush would work in a pinch)
nail art pen (or sharpie)