Hello everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. Things are
going good here in our little world. I’m trying to get into the swing of this
blogging thing, more mentally than anything else. I’m so excited to get it
going, so hopefully I don’t let you all down. I’m hoping to get into a routine
and start posting regularly throughout the week. I plan to post nail art and
polish swatches all mixed together, because that is what I love.
Today I have some nail art for you, Mint Nails for Talia.
For those of you that don’t know, Talia Joy Castellano was a 13 year old with
exceptional make up and nail art talent. She had a YouTube channel with a huge
following. I only learned about her a few weeks ago, but every interview I read
or saw showed how much spirit this little girl had, and a never ending positive
attitude. This little girl battled cancer for nearly half of her life, sadly earlier
this week she passed away. To learn more about Talia and her battle you can
visit the official Facebook page Angels for Talia.
Like I said before, I don’t know much about her. But I
started seeing posts on the blogosphere after she passed away about doing
tributes in her memory and to raise awareness to childhood cancers. Nicole from
Nail
Polish Wars organized “Mint Manis for Talia Joy on Friday” as a tribute.
The last picture Talia posted on her Instagram
was of a matching mint green cream mani she had with her mom and sister. So,
joining in to the #mintmanisfortaliajoy tag, I came up with some nail art in
her memory. It might seem like a silly thing to some, but the whole time I did
the mani I had Talia and her family heavy on my heart and in my prayers, along
with all of the other kids (and adults) battling cancer right now. I think it’s
a fitting tribute for her.
This is my first leopard print mani and I couldn’t be
happier with the results. I’ve never been a big fan of animal print, but in
nail art I think I’ve found a new love. For this mani I used Essie Mint Candy
Apple, Sally Hansen Extreme Wear Celeb City, and China Glaze Liquid Leather.
Last time I wore Mint Candy Apple it stained my nails some, so I doubled up on
my OPI Nail Envy Matte base coat and applied 3 coats of polish. Then using a
dotting tool I applied “blobs” of Celeb City. I tried to keep them mostly
circular, but not too symmetrical. Then I used a fine nail art brush and
applied the black lines around the blobs with some dots and lines to fill in
the blank areas. There are dozens of leopard tutorials floating around the
internet, but I just pulled up some images of leopard print items and used that
to help me. The best thing about this kind of nail art is that you can’t really
mess it up since it’s not supposed to be perfect. After letting it dry a little
I sealed everything in with Seche Vite. I posted a picture of this on my Instagram last night
but wanted to do a proper blog post of it today for Talia. I was able to get a
few more pictures before the sun went down tonight, enjoy!
***all products in this post were purchased by me for my own personal use***
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