It's February 1st, which means a new A Weekly Dose of Rainbows prompt! This month the theme is splatter! I've only tried splatter once before and I've tried using a bobby pin and it worked "ok." This time I wanted to try another technique for splatter. What exactly did I use? An old TOOTHBRUSH! I didn't want to get polish all over my splattering hand, so I looked for a latex glove and realized all we had was vinyl gloves (my husband has them for administering topical medicine to our cat which impacts humans). FYI - POLISH AND VINYL DO NOT MIX!! Haha, oops - evidently I wasn't paying attention in chemistry....or maybe it was the glass of wine?
Products used:
Drip Drop Nail Paint - Yoga Pants
K*Sea Gale's Nails - Seven Grandfathers Teachings Collection (press sample)
Dream Polish - Gem Glam Top Coat (press sample)
Toothbrush
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For me, the splattering is a little to subtle and the bobby pin worked a lot better. In the future I won't attempt toothbrush splattering. I would have liked to see a strong splatter effect. Also...does anyone else see the splatter that looks like an animal or it just me?
Happy Polishing,
Kristi aka BeginNails
I really like the subtle look of this splatter! As for an animal, maybe a horse....
ReplyDeleteThanks Jen - it's definitely 4 legged, it was like seeing animals in the clouds for me. :)
DeleteI don't see an animal but I do like the mani! So pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteThese are fun - the one place I love using a toothbrush is for water spotting and that gives a splatter-y look too. You drip the polish onto water like for a marble and most people say to spray it with hairspray or perfume, but that didn't work for me - splattering it with a toothbrush dipped in acetone worked way better.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried using a straw for splatter nails?
Oooh, good idea about the toothbrush for water spotting! I did find an older brand of hand sanitizer in a spray bottle that works amazing - but when that runs out I'll have another option! I released we only had large straws and it didn't work as well. I think I need those little coffee straws to get a good effect.
DeleteI'm actually liking the subtle splatter. Reminds me of a marble counter top or something.
ReplyDeleteThanks Becky!
DeleteI've never heard of a splatter method with a bobby pin, but I like how it worked for you! I did it with a straw once and I spent more time cleaning it up than anything else.
ReplyDeleteRight? So messy!
DeleteOoohh I like this! I think it does look like a dark marble. Really pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachelle! <3
DeleteI once tried the toothbrush splatter too. It was a disaster.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
DeleteWhile this doesn't necessarily look like a splatter, I think it still turned out very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis splatter looks really pretty on that base polish x
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteOh these are fun! I quite like the subtlety of it, but I agree - more splat would be fab too! x
ReplyDeleteThanks Becca!
DeleteThat looks so fun!
ReplyDeleteThank you April! <3
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