Zodiac Collection: Aries

I’m back with the third installment from the Zodiac Collection. We are in the time of Aries, a firey member of the zodiac that is also associated with goats and the color red. I went with a flame motif and used Maniology’s ManixMe zodiac stamping plates to guide this look since I love horns and stripe-y horns are my jam. Once again these are painted on false nails since I started the series that way and see no reason to stop.

A fiery brick rose crelly nail art with red zodiac stamping images of stylized goat and girl with horn and the symbol for Aries. — Zodiac Collection: Aries

Aries nail stampinng decals on a stamper in reds, yellows, and little purple.

Nail art products used

Base Polish:: Moonshine Mani’s “Miss Scarlet“
Stamping Polishes:: Maniology’s “Buttercup“, “Red Sea“, and “Terracotta Rose“
Advanced Stamping Polishes:: Maniology’s “Ballet Flats“, “Buttercup“, “Gloom“, “Nightingale“ and “Terracotta Rose“
Stamping Plates:: Maniology “MXM046“ (fire background, goat, goat girl, “aries”) and “Harunouta-13” (aries symbol)

Items in italics are debuting on the blog for the first time.

This mani was pretty straightforward so I haven’t created a mini-tutorial for it. I think the only thing that I did that was of particular note is that I created a gradient stamp of the flames for my thumb so there was a lighter red in the middle of the nail. This meant I had less contrast in the background which would help make sure that my Aries symbol and the word.

I struggled a little with photographing this one. I think because the brick rose base polish matched my skin tone enough that the camera tried to create some contrast by making it darker. Photographing the mani with a matte top coat seemed to help, but it was really bad when I photographed with a glossy top coat on a light background. This is after I adjusted the contrast a little and it’s still a bit dark…

#LizmosZodiacCollab – Aries

For the most part the final collage shows a lot of red, magenta, and orange, but a few of us snuck in a bit more purple. All in all a very fiery collage of fantastic Aries nail art. I’m a little late posting so just about everyone should already be on the group tag. Next month is Taurus, of course.

And I just have one photo left because I forgot to take a photo with my base polish. Oh, well. Not as urgent since “Miss Scarlet” is not available for sale anymore.