Hello sweeties! I’ve definitely acquired the winter viral crud that’s going around, so my creativity for this last NCC look is a bit lacking. I saw Love Varnish’s recent post in which she did a beautiful splatter manicure, and I wanted to try her technique out. I’ve always had difficulty doing splatter manis, so I was eager to try out some of Deborah’s suggestions.
My splatter manicure
Deborah recommended using a shorter straw, so I cut down a straw until it was about 2-3 inches long. And it made such a huge difference! It used to take me multiple attempts to even get the polish to leave the straw, but this was quick and easy.
My favorite result:
Closeup of my favorite nail!
I think of this as either splatter wallpaper OR a wall that someone has thrown paint over to cover ugly red wallpaper.
Polishes used:
- Index, Middle, and Ring Finger base color: Julep Maryam… this polish looked so much nicer in the bottle. It’s a deep burgundy red with golden shimmer throughout, but when it’s on the nail the golden shimmer falls flat and it ends up looking like a muddy brick red. Shame – it could have been so pretty!
- Splatter colors:
- Essie Strut Your Stuff… this is a gorgeous bright blue that leans slightly turquoise. It stains like crazy, but it’s so pretty.
- Essie Good as Gold… a perfect metallic gold.
- Pinky & Thumb: Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Bound to the City Life… this is from the new Spark in the Dark collection, and I am so happy I picked this one up! It’s a beautiful dark teal jelly that has multicolored microglitters throughout, giving it depth. I only had to use two coats for opacity. It does photograph a bit more royal blue, but in real life it’s a mix of royal blue and dark teal. I love it! It’s another winner from BEGL!
What do you think? Do you have any other suggestions to make splatter manis easier?
Check out the other NCC wallpaper manis:
I love how the splatter came out!
Thank you! I was happy with this one 🙂
I can’t believe you can paint your nails at all when you’re not feeling well. I just totally go to ground – zero activity. These are lovely – the splatters are great.
These were done during a small spurt of energy! I usually ignore my nails while sick too!
Awesome splatter! I really like the colors you used.
Thanks so much Lisa!! I was real happy with the result 🙂
I love the color combos and you did a fantastic job with this splatter! Love everything about this!
Thank you! I’m loving splatters now that I know how to do it easily 🙂
Your splatter is so cool – great colour choice.
Thank you!! I wanted a combo of dark and bright, and that gold is a favorite of mine 🙂
Great job! Even if I use the cut downstream struggle with this method lol I mainly get it all over Everything but my nails hahaha
Cut down straw*
Oh yeah, cleanup after splatters is a beyotch. But I still love it! I did smear basically my whole hand in that liquid latex stuff, so that helped a bit.
Really cool mani! I’m a huge fan of the splatter technique. It’s so much fun,even though it’s so messy. Yours turned out beautiful.
Thank you! It always ends up in a fun mani!
Cool! I love the colours you used for this splatter, works so well!
Thanks! I was a big fan too 🙂
LOVE the splatter!
Thank you! I need to do this more often.
These are so pretty!! The splatter looks amazing!!
Thank you so much!!
Oooh I love the colors in the splatter! Such a cool look…I don’t have the guts to try something like this. Painting my nails is so time consuming as it is :p
Thank you! This honestly didn’t take as much time as other manis with nail art! It certainly can be time-consuming though 🙂
I love the splatter and the colours you used! I really like that beautiful polish on your pinkie too 🙂
Thank you so much! YES – that BEGL Bound to the City Life is amazing! Love it 🙂
That teal jelly is gorgeous, and so is your splatter mani!
Thank you so much 🙂
This looks awesome! Great job! I’m going to have to follow some of those tips, because my one attempt was a disaster!
Thanks! I was so awful at splatters before, and it’s still not my best technique… but cutting the straw down definitely helped!
Like I said on Instagram, it looks great!
P.S.: On Monday my buddy Manon blogs, and she was the one who helped you out ;-).
Thanks! Oh, well pass along my thanks to Manon too 🙂
I love it, it looks so urban.
Thanks! Yes – I could totally see this on a graffitied wall!
Every part of this look works well with the other and that gold splattered so well!
Thank you so much!! I liked how it came out 🙂