Day three of the Crumpets Nail Tarts 31 Day Challenge is water spotting. I think my brain took a vacation for this one because to me, water spotting is this:
The awesome technique where you dot thinned acrylic paint (or polish) onto your nail and then soak the middle of it out with a cotton bud. I think they come out super cool looking and I thought I was being totally clever by using a similar technique but without soaking out the middle. I was inspired by Will Paint Nails for Food and her amazing poppies technique. While mine came out decent, they don't hold a candle to her original ones. But then this morning whilst looking for a picture to demonstrate my idea of water spotting I came across another problem; water spotting is meant to be the technique where you spray polish that's sitting on water with alcohol and then drag your nail into it to create a web. As seen here:
I did think about starting over but...let's face it:
So not only am I avant garde today, I'm also completely off base! Oh well. Enjoy the art anyway! :)
Well, it's pretty anyway! :D
ReplyDeleteLol thanks!!
Deletelol, love this post!!! Its so much funnier that yo'uve even used this technique before! love you x
ReplyDeleteI know!! Work vacation is rotting my brain! lol
DeleteHaha this is a great post! Your manicure looks amazing anyways!
ReplyDeleteTo me water spotted is the technique you described/show so I guess it could be interpreted either way.
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