LadyCrappo likes to paint tiny pictures on her nails. Generally she uses nail polish for her designs, which is actually kind of unusual among people who do nail art, since most girls find acrylic paint easier to work with. She started out doing designs with nail polish, not realizing that other people use acrylics, and got used to how nail polish handles that she still uses it. She always finish her design with a layer of topcoat, which is a special clear polish that helps even out the surface and improves the longevity of the polish.
If she`s using a smaller embellishment, she just put a dot of topcoat behind it and then cover the whole nail with another layer to seal it all in. If she`s using something really big or likely to fall off, she uses Kiss nail glue, which is actually designed for gluing artificial nails on, but works great for nail charms.
Below are some of her favorites. Enjoy the gallery and don`t forget to share the love.
The Secret Garden
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What's going on? These were inspired by u/anjjelikka (@nahkoura does nails on instagram).
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The modern system of international maritime signal flags dates back to 1855, although it was based on earlier flag codes. It continues to be used today by both naval and merchant vessels to signal messages and intentions at sea. These ones spell out PENIS.
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Some scifi girliness.
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These were inspired by the work of eccentric outsider artist Henry Darger. If you haven't seen it, In The Realms of the Unreal, a documentary about his life and art, is fantastic.
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Based on the beautiful botanical tattoos done by Kirsten Holliday: http://www.kirstenholliday.com/
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These opal nails were done using a tutorial by Kelly of Basecoat-Topcoat (http://basecoat-topcoat.tumblr.com/), who is one of my all-time favorite nail artists. I was really happy with how they came out, but I still think hers were better :).
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Flowers and bondage.
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A celebration of vaccine-preventable diseases. From pinky to thumb: diptheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae), polio (poliovirus), smallpox (variola virus), measles (measles virus), and rabies (rabies virus).
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This is inspired by the work of artist Hattie Stewart, you can check out her illustrations here: http://hattiestewart.com/
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There's a pizza party on my nails and everybody's invited!
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Nightfall.
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Butterfly nails. From pinky to thumb: noble leafwing, malachite butterfly, white admiral, eastern tiger swallowtail, European peacock butterfly.
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Topo map nails.
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“Look Dad, I made a modest studio apartment for my Malibu Stacy doll. This is the kitchen, this is where she prints her weekly feminist newsletter … Dad! You’re not listening to me!”
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TV nails: static + test pattern
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80s-tastic nails, inspired by artist Yoko Honda.
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Rusty nails!
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My birthday was during shark week, and I went to a showing of Jaws.
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I think this one's pretty self-explanatory.
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Broken porcelain.
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For Valentine's Day, I did STD nails. From thumb to pinky, HPV, syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV, and chlamydia (inclusion bodies in cells).
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Sunset sky.
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I want to believe.
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I used some hand-painted Warhammer 40K bits for these commando nails
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