The Little Mermaid Themed Nails

Next up in my Disney Princess series is Ariel. The Little Mermaid is one of the first Disney movies I can remember watching and I still love it to this day. I pulled inspiration from her outfits and tail. I wanted the first three nails to almost be like going from the top of her hair to the bottom of her fins.

On my pointer finger I started out with two coats of Essie Double Breasted Jacket, I stamped with Color Club(Cc) Macaroon Swoon and plate BM 503. I felt like it still needed something else so I added dots of Essie Good as Gold. It made me think of her hair with starfish and jewels.

My middle finger is of coarse her sea shell bra. After I let two coats of Opi Samoan Sand I stamped plate BM 505 with Mundo de Unas #21 Purple. You can't do Ariel nails without having her sea shells.

For my ring finger I mixed both Mundo de Unas #5 Turquoise and #24 Aqua together on plate BM 502 over top of Orly Smoked Out to get the appearance of multicolored mermaid scales. I do wish I had maybe added a glitter over top of Smoked Out. My pinky is very simple. I wanted to do something to represent the white toga style dress she wears when she first gets legs. I used Opi Alpine Snow with Essie Good as Gold and plate BM 509.

I didn't get a great picture of my thumb but it represents Ursula. I started out with one coat of Orly Close Your Eyes and added a coat of their Fowl Play. I have been dying to use the tentacle image on BM 506 and figured what better time then when doing Ariel nails. I stamped the image using FingerPaints Rock Hard Lilac. Once all of my nails were dry I used Seche Vite to seal my design in.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

 

 

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