Sunday, October 6, 2013

Pastel houndstooth and union jack nail art

Hi! While I'm at it I'm showing no. 9 in the Where in the world-challenge which happen to be United Kingdom. This will also be my contribution to Nail Art Sunday at Lelack. :)

I actually had an idea from the start, I just love houndstooth pattern.. and guess what, my suspicion seemed correct since the pattern seems to originally come from UK (from a quick google session). I've free handed houndstooth pattern before (not showed here at the blog though) So I thought it would be fun to do it here as well, (since full nail stamping isn't my forte yet). On top of that I decided for some union jack flags as accents. First I was thinking of making the whole thing according to the flag; red, white and blue but then I thought that it would be funnier if everything went pale and pastel like, so I changed the red to pastel purple and the blue to pastel blue. I really like the result  and I hope you do too. I know I have some Anglophiles and english people reading my blog so I hope you'll find it fun! :D






Polishes used:
HM - In It For The Game
Kleancolor - Pastel Pink
China Glaze - Bahamian Escape
BK nail art color
2 MM pearl rhinestones


Have you missed a country? Then click on on it below.
1. Australia  

2. Canada
3. Spain
4. Israel 
5. Poland
6. USA
7. Denmark
8. Sweden

20 comments:

  1. Aww I love the houndstooth pattern :D how do you made it freehand? :O

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    1. Thank you! :D I could do a tutorial of it, it takes some serious time but is easier than I first thought. :D

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  2. This is beautiful! I really love that you shock our flag up, its so unique! Isn't it terrible that I'm English and didn't even know that England created houndstooth? Durr :) I really love the soft subtle colours you picked too and the beads make me think of the Queen for whatever reason! The houndstooth is also perfect I must say! <3 Proper job, fancy a spot of tea? :)

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    1. Thank you! I only had a suspicion of it before, and then wiki confirmed it, well if they where correct to start. I've always thought that houndstooth and uk where connected somehow. I didn't think about the pearls and the queen but now when you said it I think so too. And yes, tea is my favorite beverage, bring it on! ;)

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  3. Den här anglofilen ÄLSKAR det! Det är lite som att flaggan hängt ute och blivit solblekt.

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    1. Tack! Kul att du gillade det. Det var lite så jag tänkte faktiskt, som att flaggan var lite gammal och sliten nästan.. :D

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  4. Döläckert! Snyggt och skickligt!

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  5. Väldigt skickligt! Älskar färgerna!

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  6. Jäklar vad fint det blev med pastellfärgerna:)

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  7. Satans vad duktigt att frihanda mönstret! Du är lite som en nailartgud. All heder till dig!

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  8. Wow vad fint! Du är verkligen skicklig :)

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