Today's manicure is inspired by the movie Finding Nemo. This was the first movie I ever saw in the cinema, back when I was 7. I will try to take you through every nail, explaining what I wanted to depict and which colors I used. Make sure to click on the pictures to magify them!
Let's start with the pinky! This is a purple to yellow gradient with yellow polka dots on the bottom three fourths of my nail. This was inspired by the character
Gurgle, who is a purple royal gamma fish. I didn't really have a blue-based purple in my stash that was bright enough to resemble his actual colors, so I used
essence's amazed by you [destashed] instead. It's more pink/red-based, but it worked well. The yellow I used is
Formula X - Dynamite.
The design on my ring finger was inspired by the character
Gill. He is a white moorish idol and I tried representing his appearance by starting with a sideway gradient from yellow to white. The yellow is the same as above, the white is
essie - blanc.
I then painted on some dark purple on either side of the gradient. The purple I used is
OPI's Russian Navy. The last step was to paint on his scars with the white polish.
The middle finger represents
Dory. I started with two coats of
Manhattan's 10B [destashed]. I then painted on the black markings with
essie - licorice and finished the design by adding her back fin with
China Glaze's Happy Go Lucky. This is a lighter and cooler yellow than Dynamite.
I ended up shading/highlighting the lines where the blue and the black meet with
essence's blurry up!, which is a white jelly polish.
The index finger was obviously inspired by the title character. I started off with two coats of
Artdeco's 80 [destashed] then added the detail with black and white polish. Unfortunately, my bottle of essie's blanc has gotten a bit goopy, so this finger and my thumb ended up a little thick in places.
The design on my thumb was inspired by the character
Deb. Deb is a blue and white striped damselfish. I started this just like my middle finger, then added in the white "stripes" and lined them with
essie's shelter island. This finger also had the issue of being a little thick in places.
This isn't really something I would actually wear outside the challenge, but it was a lot of fun to create for sure!
