Pink & Bronze Fan Brush Design

Hey Y'all!!  Happy Monday!  I hope you had a good weekend.  We didn't do much which was a nice change.  We caught up on our "America's Got Talent" shows...love that show!  And just spent time loving on our fur babies and each other.  Plus I spent time trying to teach my 90+ pound fur baby that she can't do the same things as the 9 pound fur baby.  In other words, no Tillie, you can't run across the room and jump in Mommy's lap...you are going to squish Mommy!  But I do make that fun sound when she lands on me and all the air rushes out of my body...she likes that sound.

I do have a new design for you today...I think I've finally figured out how to do a Fan Brush design:

I Used:
Studio M- Hot Zone (neon pink with blue shimmer)
Orly- Hot Tropics (neon magenta with a gold shimmer)
Sinful Colors- Gold Medal (antique gold/bronze gold metallic)
Fan Brush

I started this manicure with two coats of Studio M Hot Zone, a gorgeous neon pink with a blue shimmer.  Next comes the fan brush.  This takes practice, at least for me, lol.  Put a little polish on a piece of paper (or foil, or paper plate) and dip your fan brush into the polish.  Then dab the excess polish off.  You want to remove the majority. Then, just run the fan brush vertically across the nail.  Start on one side, then start on the other side of the nail.

You may have to go over the nail several times to get the look you want.  I also went over the nails with the base color, using the fan brush, to make it stand out more.  Once you get the look you want, top off with top coat.

I hope you enjoyed today's mani!  Happy Polishing!!

Mish Mash Challenge: A Technique You've Never Tried: Fan Brush

Hi Y'all!  So, I spent all day yesterday running around and today I think the now-a-teen and I have colds.  I'm trying to figure out if it's because of the 900 continuous days of rain (ok, but we are over 60 days) or the three days of highs in the 60's (I live in Georgia for goodness sakes).  Either way it's a "it's raining and gray and yucky and we feel like crap so we're laying around the house all day" kind of day.

But I do have my challenge post for you!  Today is week 3 of the Mish Mash Challenge!!  And this week we have to use a nail art technique we've never tried.  I was surprised that there are actually quite a few I've never attempted, but I finally went with using a fan brush:

I Used:
Sinful Colors- Sail La Vie (light blue crème)
Essie- Dive Bar (a deep aqua shimmer)
Color Club- No name on bottle (very light blue shimmer)
Fan Brush
100% Acetone

Ok, I've seen this technique used all over the nail blogging world, and they make it look so easy.  I wouldn't call this an epic fail, but it certainly didn't turn out how I hoped.  I used Sinful Colors Sail La Vie as the base and then used the fan brush to brush on Essie Dive Bar and the no named Color Club.

I would totally have loved this if I hadn't seen other bloggers fan techniques.  Somehow they were able to get much finer lines than I was.  And I really tried.  I guess my brush bristles just wanted to clump together.  :(

And I filed my nails down quite a bit.  I don't know why, I just did.  Kind of regretting that, lol.

Oh well.  I will have a tutorial for y'all when I figure out why my lines were so fat (or if you know, please share!).  Meanwhile, please join me in checking out the other wonderful ladies in this challenge to see their fab techniques!!  Happy Polishing!!