Saturday, October 15, 2011

Mario Manicure

I wanted to do a Mario themed manicure in dedication to the many hours spent with my cousin playing MarioKart on his Nintendo system growing up. Every time we were together, we were playing that game. We even changed "the rules" and played by driving around the course backwards, or teaming up and taking out a specific character. We even got to where we would say "Pull over to laugh!" because we'd be giggiling so much we would drive even more erratically. 
I'm not too proud of how all of these turned out. The only one I really like is the Yoshi. So I cut the tutorial down to just that nail.

Mario's hat

Luigi's hat

Princess Peach's dress

Princess Peach's hair and crown

Tutorial for Yoshi!

Pure Ice Celestial - 2 coats

Black acrylic paint for the outline

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Going Green

Black acrylic paint for details

White acrylic paint and Sally Hansen Insta Dri Rapid Red

Black acrylic paint for the pupil

Topcoat!

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23 comments:

  1. yoshi is really great! in fairness i like the rest of your nails too. there are so many options with the mani. defo one to try out.

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  2. Super cute mani! I showed it to my boyfriend (he's a big fan of Nintendo and Mario) and he said that it's really gorgeous! :)

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  3. It's really cute! You made Yoshi really nice! A few years ago we had a Nintendo64 and MarioKart was so addicting! Me and one of my brothers played it all the time! I was so addicted that when I went to sleep and closed my eyes the only thing I saw were the racing courses :P

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  4. I´m checking your blog everyday.love your designs. :)

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  5. OMG! This is truely amazing! I loooooove it! All the nails! It's the perfect balance between too much bling bling with the designs and the Mario theme...it's really perfect IMO! I'm in love!

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  6. Oh, but why?! Just the heads are soooo creative! I really like this, especially the princess peach one!

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  7. OMG, Mario Kart is awesome! I love that game. Yoshi is too adorable, I love him.

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  8. This is great! I love the princess peach nails!

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  9. I have never seen anyone as talented as you. <3 LOVE it!

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  10. Aw! I have some fond memories of playing marioKart with my cousins as well! We'd do the same silly things as you described. This post made me smile :)

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  11. Can't believe how frickin talented you are! If I tried this it would turn out a blobby mess! This is gorgeous, well done! :-)

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  12. Love this! You should check out the donky kong print my friend Jayson made. He's got mad skills, and has a few more of these artist prints available. They are gorgeous, I own a few of his pieces of art. http://www.oo-de-lally.com/blog/2011/9/9/donkey-kong.html

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  13. This is beautiful. Just a question: why do you use acrylics in some parts and nail polish in others? Like could the white have been polish instead, and the red have been acrylics instead?

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