Dark Siren

I realised yesterday that I inadvertently had a theme of the week with my Seafoam, Pāua Shell & Mermaid’s Tale, so I had to round up the week with an old piece that I had done a while back but didn’t like (never thought I’d ever post it to be honest) but it’s too perfect for my unintentional undersea theme.

I layered the bottle green with the glow-in-the-dark green to mimic dark water & then sponged on the sheer white to get that shimmery flecks of light. Finally, I painted the mermaid & pilot fish with acrylic paint.
Lacquers used:
OPI Cuckoo For This Color (​bottle)
OPI Zom-body To Love (g-i-t-d green)
OPI Funny Bunny (white)
China Glaze Cosmic Dust
with black & white acrylic

A Mermaid’s Tale

Shortly after checking out my Pāua shell post yesterday, my friend Bella mentioned “if I were a mermaid, I would have all these tones on my tail!”
Which got me thinking that I could definitely use a similar-ish colour combo to spin a shimmery tale.  Or tail.  Whichever you prefer.
This was another multi layer piece – started with the blue base & then sponged on the pine, teal & teal shimmer gradient.  Followed that up with the holo flake topcoat for that extra sheen & finally stamped the scale pattern on with black.  Phew.

Lacquers used:
L Jumbo Plate #XY14
China Glaze Unpredictable (pine)
Nubar 2010 (holo flake)
OPI Catch Me In Your Net (teal shimmer)
OPI Black Onyx (black)
Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear #420 Pacific Blue
Sephora by OPI Mermaid To Order (teal)