Picture Polish Blog Fest 2013

Celebrating the Year of the Blogger

Hi ladies :) This is a super exciting post today - I have the distinct privilege of being a part of Picture Polish's Blog Fest 2013! You may have heard of this event which went live two years ago. Basically, a bunch of bloggers post manicures of Picture Polish nail polishes at a specific time (their own time zone) all in one day. For Blog Fest 2013 however, the girls behind Picture Polish have decided on a nail art theme this year, where each nail look will feature three nail polishes from the brand.

I had the chance to showcase Bombshell, Jealousy and Monroe so without further ado, here is the look I put together!

From the mixture of colours, I was inspired by an ocean theme and set about to put together this nail art. There is a tutorial on how I created this look towards the end of this post. But first up, here are some more photos :)

In terms of formula, I found Bombshell to be sheerer than I expected, but it was buildable and opaque by the second coat. Monroe was a little harder to work with - you really have to make sure it's dried thoroughly before applying the next coat or you will drag the coat underneath. It's a beautiful red holographic polish though, and was opaque in two coats as well. Jealousy is a glitter bomb and simply gorgeous, packed full of glitter. Completely opaque in two coats.

For the ocean look, I decided to go with some saran wrapping with Bombshell and a black polish. As an accent, I painted an 'under the sea' look complete with seaweed and fish.

I absolutely love this photo because it shows the depth in the ocean look - just how beautiful is it?! :)

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As promised above, here are two tutorials of the techniques used in this nail art look :)

Ocean tutorial:

1. Apply two coats of Bombshell and let it dry.
2. Once the base colour is dry, apply a thick coat of a black nail polish over it.
3. Working quickly, take a scrunched up cling wrap piece and dab it over the nail. This will take some of the black nail polish away and leave behind a pretty marbled look. Finish with a top coat to seal in the design!

Under the sea tutorial:

1. Apply two coats of Bombshell and let it dry.
2. Place a little bit of Jealousy onto a scrap piece of paper. Using a dotting tool, create the a seaweed design over the blue base. Let it dry.
3. Create fish outlines using a white nail polish and dotting tool. This will help the red shade 'pop' over the darker blue base.
4. Go over the white fish outlines with Monroe and a dotting tool.
5. Take the white polish and dotting tool to give the fish an eye. Seal your design with a top coat.

These are actually my first tutorials and took me ages to make :P I hope you like them!

All nail creations in Blog Fest 2013 are actually part of a contest with an award of creating a collaboration shade with Picture Polish! There are three awards, which include the following:

• 1 x Award - as voted by PP friends and fans
• 1 x Award - as voted by all participants of Blog Fest 2013
• 1 x Award - as voted by Jules & Megs of Picture Polish

You will find all the participating posts on Picture Polish's Pinterest board - I personally can't wait to see all the creative manis which will be posted!

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Thanks for reading!
~Sharon

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