Back From The Dead!!!! And At LegoLand!!

Sorry it's been a while! With school and work and the end of the kid's school year, it's just been hectic. BUT, now I'm back from the dead and coming to you with some LegoLand inspired nail art!! More details below!

So the fam-bam and I are going to be spending the night at the LegoLand Resort here in beautiful Carlsbad, California. Now this is a bit farther away from home than we normally go for just a night, Los Angeles is a few hours away from Carlsbad. But, since "Little Bit" (aka my daughter) is going to Grorgia for a month, it's a great chance to get one last family trip in before hand! So why not LegoLand?? 

So for this mani I had to use some different materials than I normally use. I'm normally a paint and polish type of chic. I dabble with 3D acrylic and for this one I looked at it as a challenge. I've seen other girls use rhinestones or studs and, quite frankly, I just didn't feel like wasting my rhinestones by painting over them. But acrylic gives a much more solid base to cover with polish.

I just got a small bead of acrylic, took the liquid out of the back while it was on the brush, plopped it on the nail, waited for it to get matte then patted it down just a touch with the belly of my Kolinski brush. Then I painted over with the three original formula Sally Hansen colors: Pacific Blue, Mellow Yellow and Coral Reef. Lastly, I applied a matte topcoat, specifically Essie's Matte About You.

Painting the Lego logo was pretty easy. I started with a black base, added the white "Lego" then left a little bit of black and outlined with white. Then, I left a bit more black and painted the rest of the nail white to prime for the red. This gave it a black outline and background. The outline is yellow and the background is red so I used acrylic paint for the yellow lines and red polish for the background. 

Hope you guys like! I'll be posting more on Instagram and Facebook from LegoLand itself so make sure to follow! 

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