Gelish Snowflakes & Skyscrapers Inspired Nail Art

Nail art inspiration can come from any number of places.  This nail art is a literal interpretation of one of the colors that was just released in The Big Chill collection from Gelish & Gelish MINI (see my swatches of the Big Chill Collection here).  Snowflakes & Skyscrapers is a medium grey base with purple and gold shimmer, and the name made me think it would make a great backdrop for a skyline.  On my first attempt at this design I tried doing some freehand drawings, but my fine line skills just aren’t there yet.  Then while I was looking through my stamping plates to find a snowflake design I stumbled upon a skyline image. Score!

I started with two coats of Gelish Snowflakes & Skyscrapers as the backdrop.  I then stamped a few snowflakes onto my nails using MoYou Festive Collection Plate #6 and Mundo de Unas white stamping polish.  I applied a thin layer of Gelish TIO, wiped the tacky layer, and then stamped the skyscrapers using Bundle Monster plate BM-414 and Mundo de Unas black polish.  I let the stamping polish dry for a minute before applying another layer of top coat.

The photo below was taken with my lightbox filters on so it dulls the shine of the light so that you can see the details of the stamps a little better.  I really love how this turned out.

I also created a second softer snowflake look using some colors from The Big Chill Collection.  The index finger is polished with Snowflakes & Skyscrapers, the middle two fingers have The Big Chill, and the pinky is Call Me Jill Frost (which was also on my thumb).  I did a double stamp on the middle two fingers using two different colors and the Bundle Monster BM-H02 plate.  First I stamped the image with a silvery grey using China Glaze Avalanche, and then I reversed the image and stamped it in white using Mundo de Unas white.

So which one of the two designs would you wear? :)