Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Design-Seeds Inspired Nail Art Series: Hummingbird Hues Watermarble

HI loves!

  Sooo!! Today I will be starting a little series that will go on pretty much indefinitely. Thanks to the amazing Steph from Imperfectly Painted I have become completely obsessed with Design Seeds. I have literally spent hours just going through all the amazing color palettes and getting so many ideas and so much inspiration. I could not help but want to make a series out of all the manicures I want to do based on these color boards.

  For this first manicure I was inspired by the awesome contrast in the Hummingbird Hues palette. I love the unexpected mix of colors but how perfectly they all go with each other.
 For this marble I started with a One coat base of Milani White on the Spot. For the marble I used all Bettina Colors. They are: #187(Magenta), #197(Grey), Stiletto(Nude), Green, Indigo, Sand Blast(Light , almost White Grey). I ended up wearing this mani for a very long time. This was also only the Second time I have watermarbled all 10 nails! I felt so accomplished and could not stop staring at my pretty marbled nails. I topped it all off with some Seche Vite and INM Northern Lights.

Just for fun here is the palette that inspired this color combination.
If you have never checked out Design Seeds you totally should! This site is such a great source of ideas!

Thoughts on the Design Seeds series?

28 comments:

  1. would you please do a tutorial you have perfect technique thx

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  2. Thanks for "Design Seeds" page, I will inspire its! ;)
    Your Marble Mani is very nice!

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  3. OMG you have me addicted... Design Seeds is a love at first sight! Great mani!

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  4. Wow! You did an amazing job marbling! I tried it once & failed never did it again nor will I try probably lol..

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  5. Looks great! ^-^ I'm definitely going to check out the site.

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  6. This is so much fun! It makes me think of a birthday party!

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  7. #1 I totally added design seeds to my favs folder. what an awesome way to discover new color combos and thnx for sharing. #2 amaziiiiing water marble! #3. I never would have thought to put a layer of glitter over a water marble - but that gives it a lil extra "wow!" factor!

    Finally - ur awesome and I look forward to all your posts!!

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  8. OMG!!! That is the prettiest mani I have ever seen!!!! I wouldn't want to take it off either!! : )

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  9. Thanks for the tip for a new source of inspiration! I love the matching photos. Kuler.com is great too, they have a ton of color-palettes like Design Seeds but more basic and without lovely pictures paired with the palettes Colourlovers.com is also very cool, color palettes but also shapes, patterns, etc. :D
    What a great water marble too. It is adorable and perfect for spring, and you are very talented!
    I see many bloggers who water-marble with Bettinas, I watermarble frequently and I'm a bit envious :P I have wanted many Bettina cremes for quite some time *just* for water-marbling ;) but unfortunately they aren't available in the US. One day!!! :)

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  10. You always do the most amazing water marbles. This is my all time favourite nail blog!

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  11. Super Cool.. Amazing Colors Combo

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  12. Beautiful, Cristina! I am now also going to spend hours on that website.. thanks for the new obsession! ;D

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  13. Gorgeous!!! A tutorial would be wonderful!

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  14. Very pretty! I love looking at all of the design seeds!

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  15. Finding inspiration at Design Seeds for a manicure is a bit of brilliance! You created a gorgeous look. Beautiful!

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  16. AMAZING technique! I wish I could have you do marbling on my nails!

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  17. You are so wrong for introducing me to another site where I can spend hours ogling at beautiful colors and color combinations! Lol! Love the mani, but my goodness, I've got to go spend some time on Design Seeds now. Thank you!

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  18. Noooooooo I will not be sucked into another really cool site! LOL But I did bookmark it ;) What a fantastic idea!

    LOVE your mani--so beautiful!

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  19. Thanks for the design seeds link i have never seen this site before and after 2 mins of reading.. i'm lovin' it!!

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  20. Um, I am obsessed with Design Seeds. That's how I found my wedding colors!

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  21. I have done several manis based on Design Seeds! I love the palettes!

    And you design is amazing :) So bright and colorful and an awesome water marble!

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