Today I bring you paisley and whales! Why? Well, #NailsWithIgFriends’ July host, Caroline (@gidwaney), picked Paisley and I just randomly added whales because it felt like a good idea at the time. This is the second time I’ve combined a large oceanic animal with a common fabric type/pattern in less than a month. I feel like I need to paint damask dolphins or sweater seals now.
At first I was all, I don’t think I even have stamping images of seals, but, actually, I do…
We are all doomed.
![Paisley Whale - Hermit Werds - nail art with a dark blue and cream paisley pattern and two glittery gold whale accent nails](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/paisley-whale_02.jpg)
- Base Polishes:
Essie’s “Good as Gold” under Sephora by OPI’s “Looks Like Rain, Dear”; Zoya’s “Blake” - Stamping Polishes:
Essie’s “Good as Gold”, Mundo de Unas’ “Blue Navy” and “Cream” - Advanced Stamping Polishes:
Revlon’s Parfumerie “Tropical Rain”; Zoya’s “Jacqueline” - Stamping Plates:
JQ-L14 (paisley), Nicole Diary ND-L003 (whales)
Pretty simple. I used only one layer of Sephora by OPI’s “Looks Like Rain, Dear” because I had gold painted underneath. Best way to reach opacity with a glitter, imo.
(Cheat, in other words.)
And now we bring you an existential nail crisis
I want to scream right now that, OMG! My nails are so short! But are they bitten down to the quick? No, no they are not. No bleeding or wincing for a few days because I took off too much. And I still have slight visible nail line! It’s amazing how a few years of nail art can change your perspective. 2cm long nails started to feel reasonable until I had to dig in the yard and move heavy boxes around. Now the tips of my fingers can touch things again! How weird!
But I miss my long canvases, even if I kept struggling with them warping due to do all the typing I do. I wish I could have both length and mobility since false nails are not a good enough substitute for me.
Never be satisfied! Ensure you will end up a ghost, bound to haunt the best nail polish collection in the city. LOL
Wait, what were talking about? Oh, yeah…paisley whales…
![Paisley Whale - Hermit Werds - nail art with a dark blue and cream paisley pattern and two glittery gold whale accent nails](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/paisley-whale_03.jpg)
Well, that’s all for now! Check out all the other lovely paisley nails in the collage or visit the group tag.
![#NailsWithIgFriends - Paisley collage](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/paisley-whale_04.jpg)
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