Mermaid Mirage

Take me under the sea!

Posted by Lacquered Lawyer

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Dusty blue mermaid nails with pearls, rhinestones, and studs.

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You Will Need (11 things)

  • Dusty Blue Nail Polish
  • Gold Stamping Polish
  • Iridescent Flakes
  • Bundle Monster stamping plate - BM-502
  • Clear Stamper
  • No-Wipe Gel Topcaot
  • UV/LED Lamp
  • Pearl(s)
  • Iridescent Rhinestones
  • Gold Studs
  • Gold Seashell Stud

Steps (5 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    Apply the base coat with a dusty blue crème.

  2. 2

    Add iridescent flakes to the entire pinky, and the tip of the ring finger. If you have loose flakes, awesome! If you don't, I used a polish with flakes (Heart of Ocean). If you've used those types of polishes before, you know it takes a million coats to get enough of the flakes/glitter. A cool trick is to apply the polish on a makeup sponge, and then you can dab on the flakes.

  3. 3

    Add a gold seashell charm to the base of the index finger, and various pearls, iridescent rhinestones, and gold studs on the middle finger. I secured with no-wipe gel top coat, but you could use nail glue.

  4. 4

    Stamp gold mermaid scales on the ring finger.

  5. 5

    Add a large pearl to the base of the thumb.