A Spring Fling – Green Flower Nail Art

Last weekend I attended my very first high tea and of course, I needed to update my nails for the occasion. I’ll post the link with the high tea details soon! But first I want to share my spring nail art with you!

In preparation for going to my first high tea, I decided to create some spring-themed nails. Its still quite warm here in Sydney and so while we are headed into Autumn it actually feels like its springtime. The spring theme also matched the image I had in my head about high tea. Where high-class people would sit in the garden eating mini sandwiches and drinking tea. I later found out that high tea was started by the lower class. You can read more about high tea’s history here: http://thetearoom.com.au/high-tea-menu/

The design – Spring Nail Art

With the spring theme in mind, I immediately knew my base colour had to be green! I then began looking through my nail plates for a design. However, I release I hadn’t used any stickers or decals for quite a while (not including my self-made decals – post yet to come). So looking through my collection I found a white flower pattern. I think I may have picked up this design from Priceline.

I wasn’t sure how I was going to put this design together and I was tosing up to do an ombre or just use a single colour. If I am ever in doubt on how the design will come together, I will always grab a piece of paper and mark out some rough designs. Using the paper to layout designs quite useful particularly if your not sure if the shades will go together.

Bringing it together

I ended up going with the OPI polish ‘My Dogsled is a Hybrid’ a beautiful pastel green and the nail stickers. I have used this green few times and its definitely one of my favourites! Take a look at my other designs Pineapple goes on pizza and my 2017 St Patrick’s Day nails. I felt that the complexity of the nail stickers suited a plain colour and so I kept the base simple.

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