Nail Ideas: Roses and Polka Dots

Just last saturday, we celebrated our grandma's birthday with a buffet dinner at Tung Lok Seafood. The food was so-so but there was a huge variety of dishes so I went home with a really full stomach anyway.

I decided to do a vintage and girly mani for the occasion so I went for some polka dots and roses. However, since I was intending to wear a grey bubble dress with a white short-sleeved jacket, I decided to use black as my base color to match my outfit. Yes, I have a pretty awesome grandma who's cool with black (generally viewed as an inauspicious color) - heck, she even lets me wear black for Chinese New Year! I love my grandma! <3


Please excuse the sad looking 'leaves'. I overestimated the time I had left before the dinner and end up rushing to finish this mani.

I had a few compliments from my aunts and cousins (the boys were busy eating) and I have to admit I feel pretty chic with my outfit and nails! :$

The colors I used for this mani:
Black - Nails Inc Black Taxi
White - OPI Alpine Snow
Light Purple - a-england Guinevere
Dark Purple - a-england Elaine
Teal Green - China Glaze Exotic Encounter

What do you think of this mani?

xoxo,
mich
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19 comments:

  1. aly7August 22, 2012 at 10:17 AM

    This is amazing! Is their any way you could do a tutorial for the roses?

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  2. StephanieAugust 22, 2012 at 10:52 AM

    It's beautiful!! ;)

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  3. Esther SAugust 22, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    Lovely! I how you drew the roses...

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  4. Robin SparklesAugust 22, 2012 at 3:03 PM

    So gorgeous, how do you do the flowers?

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  5. Marias Nail ArtAugust 22, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    What a sweet and elegant mani, love it!

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  6. maRyyaAugust 22, 2012 at 3:18 PM

    what a great idea!

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  7. PassionForPolishAugust 22, 2012 at 10:10 PM

    Oooh this is so lovely! Very cute design!

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  8. CamilaAugust 23, 2012 at 1:19 AM

    This is so cute! <3 Happy birthday to your grandma! :)

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  9. thepolishwellAugust 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    Thank you, Robin! I dotted the lighter color first (looks better if it is not a perfect circle) before using a smaller dotting tool to add random wiggles for the petals :)

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  10. thepolishwellAugust 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    Thank you! I'm glad you like it too! ^_^

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  11. thepolishwellAugust 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    Thank you! :))

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  12. thepolishwellAugust 23, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    Thank you! I'm glad you like it too! <3

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  13. thepolishwellAugust 23, 2012 at 10:29 AM

    Thank you, Camila!! ^_^

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  14. MariJo NailsAugust 24, 2012 at 8:26 PM

    Absolutely beautiful!!

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  15. Miss Green EyesAugust 25, 2012 at 4:13 AM

    Hope your Grandma had a lovely birthday! I love this mani, it's so pretty, I might try it sometime myself and make it matte :)

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  16. thepolishwellAugust 25, 2012 at 12:25 PM

    Thank you, Marisa! I'm glad you like it ^_^

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  17. thepolishwellAugust 25, 2012 at 12:27 PM

    Aww thank you! ^_^ My grandma looked like she enjoyed herself :)
    I wanted to add a matte top coat to this too! But I didn't have time so I left it glossy. But I think it will look wonderful matte <3

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  18. DeborahAugust 26, 2012 at 11:57 PM

    This is so cute and awesome! Love the combo of flowers and dots too ♥.

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  19. thepolishwellAugust 27, 2012 at 9:52 AM

    Thank you Deborah! I'm really loving them together too! ^_^

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