Nail Art: Night-y Night

I've done nail art designs that I am not so proud of mainly because I didn't get the results that I expected. This is one of those. More on that later.

I have been wanting to create a night scene inspired nail art for quite a long time and finally decided to do one. I figured it was one design that I "needed" to do because I consider myself a nocturnal person. I am most productive at night. If I had my way, I will always do nail art in the evening or should I say, in the wee hours of the morning?

So without further ado:

Night-y Night Nail Art Design by Simply Rins

The idea was simple. Dark blue background, gray clouds, and some sparkling stars. Well, you might have noticed by now that my so-called stars are not so shiny. I was deliberating whether to use glitter polish or using the micro beads. I now believe that the latter would have made this nail art a little more interesting. Next time?

Night-y Night Nail Art on OPI Russian Navy

I used OPI Russian Navy for the base color. It's one of my favorite night blues. It looks more purple in the bottle but polishes a vampy blue on the nails.

The nail design is freehand with acrylic paints and a dotting tool.

a night scene inspired nail art

Maybe I should have painted smaller clouds?

Maybe I should have used actual glitters for the stars?

Maybe I should have used a darker gray for the clouds?

I now have more reasons to recreate this manicure. I am listing it down as I write this.

Night-y Night Nail Art by Rina Alcantara

This reminds me that I've done a paisley inspired nail art twice already and on both times, I really didn't like it so I chose not to post it here. It has been on my bucket list like forever and I can't seem to come up with one that I would be proud of. I'll probably give that another go one of these days. Have you ever had something like this happen to you?

Night-y Night Nail Art by Simply Rins

Anyone else nocturnal like me reading this post? Send me a shout out in the comment section.

My day is about to start. It's 10:00 in the evening here in Manila, Philippines. :)





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