Well, this nail art design did not go according to plan. There’s a video tutorial by CutePolish here that shows you how to replicate the look of OPI’s Black Spotted, and I thought it looked easy enough, so I gave it a try. Evidently, I wasn’t quite able to get my dots to turn out the right size… I think the index finger is the closest. I also neglected to tape off my nails, and the blue I used on top is a real Smurf-Fingers color! Clean-up was not fun…
I used three coats of Butter London Victoriana (one of my favorite blue polishes ever) over a layer of Sinful Colors Basecoat. Then I attempted to create a water spotted design using a spray bottle of Isopropyl Alcohol and Maybelline Navy Narcissist, a metallic royal blue with great color payoff. I picked it up last week thinking it would be great for stamping, and it is! Watch out for Smurf-y removal, though, it’s very pigmented! And, of course, I finished off the design with NYC Grand Central Station quick-dry topcoat.
