Tuesday, April 15, 2014

The Digit-al Dozen DOES Texture, Day 2: Lava Flow Nail Art!

Good morning, readers! I have my second manicure for Texture Week with The Digit-al Dozen to share with you today! I am pretty stoked about how this one came out! I was inspired by some lava rocks in our fire pit that I noticed last night while watching the kids on the playset, but I didn't want to do another "rock" mani after the fossil one yesterday. So a lava flow incorporated the texture of the dried lava rock and the lava as well.

 I started off with a neon orange polish and let dry. Then I layered one coat of Sinful Colors Black On Black, followed by a coat of Sinful Colors Smokin'. I let those dry for a few minutes and then applied one coat of the matte top coat from Butter London.

After a few minutes, I used my index finger on my right hand and pressed the polish and tried to slide it across the nail to create the ridges and bring the orange out. I did go back in with a nail art brush and add in some more orange if it pushed it off to show the bare nail. I also added a bit of yellow in places like you see with lava. No top coat after this step, since the texture is what this week is all about!


What do you think? As I said above, I'm pretty pumped about how this turned out! Lava is messy and I couldn't really ruin it so I had fun smushing the polish in different directions. Thanks so much for reading! Come back tomorrow to see my next texture mani with The Digit-al Dozen!





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23 comments:

  1. How awesome is this!?! Love it, the whole idea, how you've done it and I would be fascinated to watch a video tutorial!

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  2. Wow! That's so cool. Even my husband said it was cool....high praise from someone who's getting tired of me showing him other people's fingernails, lol.

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  3. amazing! so inventive and realistic looking :)

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  4. This is deeply cool! Extremely creative and unexpected, well done!

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  5. oh wow. i would never actually WEAR that but it does look awesome!

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  6. Wow, those look so realistic! Great job!

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  7. Whoa this is wicked awesome!! I LOVE how you did it, I never would have thought of that! Great job, as always!

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  8. That is awesome and quite different!

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  9. Just when I think you can't get any more creative BAM! LOVE!!! ♥

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  10. Absolutely incredible! Very cool!

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  11. I would absolutely not wear this but your interpretation of the theme is inspiring. A piece of art!

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  12. So awsome ... should I say a hot design? :o) this is so creative and well done.. my jaw dropped. It looks so realistic I woud think of it glowing in the dark and usable for toasting bread *ouch* ;-)

    All the very best from Berlin :-)

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  13. Holy wow! A-mazing! Just so epic! I love love love it!

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  14. OMG!!! This is incredible, I have no words :O

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  15. I love how innovative you are! This is awesome.

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  16. This is honestly the most awesome idea ever. So creative and turned out perfect.

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  17. this is so awesome! it looks so realistic!

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  18. I cannot even fathom the concept of this mani. It's truly jaw dropping!

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