Posts Tagged ‘Alice in Wonderland’

The way we get to the end of this story is a little long and rambling but it ends in nail art so I’m sure you won’t mind

A few months ago my Mum went on holiday to the Gold Coast and discovered a shop called “Del Sol” which makes products that change colour in the sun. Very 1990′s right? Well that was my attitude until she mentioned that they made nail polished that change colour in the sun!

She brought me home 4 of their polishes to try out. I was a bit skeptical at first but they actually change surprisingly well!

These are the colours in normal inside light:
Red with silver glitter
Blue with a pearly finish
Clear with silver glitter
Pink with a pearly finish

In outside light they change to:
Purple pearl finish
Red glitter
Purple glitter
Green pearl finish

I couldn’t remember the order I had them in while I was taking the outside photos so here are the photos matched up to their outside colours!

How freaking cool is that?

So back to the nail art story, I’ve been wanting to do some Alice in Wonderland themed nail art for years now but I’ve never been able to think of a design that would do it justice. Now that everyone is talking about Alice again I thought it was high time to try it out and the first thing that came to mind was colour change. You can’t get more Alice than that!

This is them inside:

This was also my first attempt at doing 3D acrylic. To be honest I’m not really happy with how these turned out, the idea was so much cooler in my head. Also I think that if I had spent more time practicing my skills I would like the end result better. I’m all out of the acrylic liquid now but I’m going to get some more and try again! Practice, practice, practice! The 3D parts are the Heart and Club card suits, the playing card and the White Rabbit on the thumb. I didn’t have coloured acrylic so I used clear and painted them after.

And outside:

I really loved the idea of the colour change polish but I don’t think I used as well as I could have. It works great on the index nail that says “Alice” because it looks plain until it’s in the sun but the other little details like the Cheshire Cat turning red-purple weren’t as obvious.

Another problem I had when taking the photos

Comparison between the two:

A close up of the hat and rabbit on the thumbs. The hat band changes from red-purple but because it was over the black it’s hard to see. The background of the rabbit also goes from silver glitter-red I am really proud of my White Rabbit though! My first 3D thing that actually looks like it’s supposed to

So conclusions:
-I currently suck at 3D acrylics but I will practice and get much better!
-These Alice nails weren’t great but I now have ideas for even more spectacular ones.
-Colour change polish is completely pointless but also very cool.

Also on a side note the adorable Momoberi gave me a mention on her blog too and I didn’t find out until I’d already written that last post! She was inspired by one of my hair tutorials ^_^

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hello everyone

Today is the last day you can vote to name my new camera so head on over to the side bar and cast your vote~

I thought this ACEO was quite fitting for today as I feel a little bit like Alice running around everywhere *_*

It’s a little strange, this is going to be my last post in this blog! For the next post (on Monday) I’m officially moving over to:

Exciting! I think you guys will really like it in my new home, there is a new layout and it’s going to be more fun and interactive I’ve still got Google Friend Connect active so those of you who “follow” me here just need to add yourselves using the sidebar on the new site again. Everyone else just update your browsers!

To give you a bit of an incentive to move over to my new address I’ll be posting something awesome every day for the first week (starting on Monday)! I’m going to have things you guys have been asking for like the video tutorial on how to make the leopard nails, craft tutorials and heaps more. There is even going to be a very cool competition… I don’t want to give it away yet because it’s not quite finished but it involves deco!

So come on over to the new site and let me know what you think of everything ^_^

Love you all and I hope to see you at www.VioletLeBeaux.com!

I don’t really know why but out of all the 70 or so art cards I’ve done, this is my favorite. This is Alice at the Pool of Tears. It’s not very artistic or well drawn, it’s not well coloured and it’s not an original idea. It’s still my favorite. Nuff said.

I’m not selling this particular one but click it to go to my etsy store for others