Sunday, 4 January 2015

Birds of a Feather!

There are a lot of times that I see something and think to myself, 'I can do that'.  That was the case yesterday when I was trying to come up with a way to use three polishes that all called out to be used together.

I knew, based on the colours and the name of the one polish, this mani had to have feathers.  None of my stamping plates seemed right so I turned to my Sillouette Cameo for the solution.  In a matter of minutes I found a feather designs, traced, sized, and arranged it and had the machine cutting.

  • Apply a base coat.
  • Apply an even layer of the lightest colour, I'm using Barry M Gelly Shine in Guava.

  • Apply a quick dry top coat and allow to dry.
  • Arrange your feather vinyls as desired.  Leaving them to stick off the edge of your nail will make it easier to remove them.

  • Apply your darker colour evenly and after a moment, remove vinyls slowly in an upwards motion.  I used Barry M Gelly Shine in Blackberry.


  • Allow to set for a moment and apply flakie.  For some reason it gave this polish a 'soft focus' effect that I liked!  I used Flake Ya Tailfeather from Painted Polish.

  • Apply a top coat.
  • Tidy up if required!

If you're interested in some of these feathers, comment below and I'll send you some!

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