Monday, March 3, 2014

Messy Mansion & Elevation Polish Burnt Paper Nails

Literary fans,

Duck and cover because I'm getting ready to burn the library down ;)  No not really but I'm so excited for one of my new plates from Messy Mansion!  Julia I want to move into your brain and paw around for a while.  Seriously I love what you do!  In case you haven't read it here's the interview I did with Julia a few months ago.  Now let's get onto the art...

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Pre-Burn

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Mani-louge
Basecoat / Topcoat: CND Stickey / Essie Matte About You
Basecolor: Elevation Polish Cerro Torre 2 + Streetside NYC
Stamping polish: Konad Special Polish in Black Gold
Stamping plate: Messy Mansion MM24

I wanted to go nude and aged for this look so I used Elevation Polish Cerro Torre 2 and Streetside NYC to create a saran-wrap nail art base.  This is the first time I've used this technique and I'm pretty happy with the results. Has anyone else used this method before?  Tips and tricks are always appreciated!  I stamped on the various letters from MM24.  From there I created a few circles of black polish and sponged them out.  I then used acetone to "burn out" some portions of the paper.  Finally I mattified the whole thing using Essie Matte About You. 

Matte Burnt

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As I firmly believe in giving credit where it's due I want to make sure I say I got the idea for these nails after seeing a post on my AIS group.  I tracked down the original creator Glitter Finger Alexa.  Click the link to see her original post. Oh and here's a shot of the original EP Cerro Torre 2 that was the base for this nail art.

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So thoughts?  Which version did you like better - unburnt, glossy burnt, or matte burnt? This turned out so much more awesome than I thought it would!  You can find Messy Mansion plates here. Stalk her on Facebook here.  And because you know I love Elevation Polish and Lulu like woah you can find these polishes on Big Cartel on the 7th and 22nd of each month at 10PM and 10AM EST respectively.  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post!

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