In honor of my bike’s resurrection, I decided to play with a freehand nail art design inspired by the pattern on my bicycling helmet. I compared my helmet to my nail polish swatch wheels and managed to find pretty good matches. I had some trouble keeping my lines totally steady, so I’ve chosen to post mostly zoomed-out pictures for this design. I think it ended up looking great from a distance, but it’s a bit messy close up. I think I’ll have to start swiping designs from objects around my house more often…
To achieve this look, I started out with 4 (yes, FOUR!) coats of Zoya Phoebe. Thankfully, the matte finish helped it dry quickly in spite of the many many layers needed. I created the dark grey triangles with a small brush and a metallic ULTA gunmetal grey mini polish. Then I defined the edges using Sinful Colors Snow Me White and a very fine brush. Everything was topped off with a coat of NYC Grand Central Station.
