One of my trips last year took me to the beautiful city of Lisbon, which was not just the most magical place but filled with the nail-spiration around every corner! Famous for its beautifully patterned tiles I knew I had to try & re-create in some shape or form on my nails.
I was still a bit stumped with which particular pattern to go for, so when one of my (many) favourite nail artists on Instagram, Katie Masters aka @nailthoughts whipped up a Portugal tile design of her own, I fell in love with her interpretation completely so this look is utterly inspired by her!
What do you think? There is just something about a white/cream & cobalt blue combo that I just can't help loving so much! I think its because it reminds me of china teacups which use this colour combi in their intricate patterns, which I tried to replicate in my Blue Porcelain Nails a few posts back :)
As you can see I am still rocking the short nubbins haha! For my base shade I applied one coat of Sally Hansen's Shall We Dance? A lush pale milky crème.
Whilst in Alicante last month I picked up some Catrice polishes as we can't get them here, & there was no question that this baby was coming home with me! I mean LOOK AT IT! Part of their IcoNails range this is I Love Being Yours & one of those stunning holo topcoat types! I can't wait to see how this looks over black but for this mani, it transformed my plain cream base to a lovely pearl like opalescent finish! Dreamy!
Now for the arty part...grabbing my trusty nail art brush, I used my Russian Ju Bilej brush as it is super fine but SoNailicious brushes are equally as awesome & are easier to get hold of.
My blue of choice is this indie by Princess Nail Lacquer & was actually a prototype so doesn't actually have a name! It is such a stunningly vibrant cobalt blue, perfect for my Lisbon tiles. Barry M Blue Grape would be the perfect blue too! Using my brush I first outlined the edge of a few of the nails & then free-handed a design on each finger making every nail different.
Whilst not perfect, I figured I'd go for that rustic tile look anyway ya know...? *coughs* O_o But to be honest I was really happy with how these turn out & I will definitely work more on practising & improving my freehand.
To get that super glossy finish I added a nice thick topcoat, but waited a good 10 minutes before applying as there was no way I wanted to smudge this look! I hope you like these too & thank you Katie for the inspiration! Thanks as always for reading!
Lotsa love to ya!
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