What I love about splatter nail art is that the results are always unique and unpredictable. It’s sure a fun way to get creative with your nails :)
Yesterday I tried the technique for the first time. For the splatter manicure I chose a classic combination of teal, green, and yellow.
The polishes I used, in the order of applying:
- OPI Fly – a beautiful bright teal that I love a lot, the only downside of the polish is that it stains my nails, so a base coat is a must. In the pics you can see OPI Fly in 2 coats as a background
- Orly Lemonade – my fav pastel yellow creme
- Orly Green Apple – light green creme
- OPI Ski Teal We Drop – a dark teal creme, I remember I wanted this very color soooo much when I saw its first swatches!
I don’t think I need to explain the splatter nail art technique, I’m sure many of you have already tried it, or heard of it :) Let me just say that I used a cocktail straw, and instead of dipping it into the polish, I was applying the polish on the straw’s end with a regular nail polish brush. To protect my skin and cuticles I used a thin medical tape – you can find those in any drugstore.
Obviously, splatter nail art does not require a steady hand, anyone can do it no matter how good or bad their painting skills are :) Another great thing is that you will always get a unique splatter design pattern – two people can use the exactly same polishes and their splatter nail designs will vary.
Will I do splatter nails again? Yes! I love the idea much more than water marbling.
Thank you for reading! See you soon ;)
Beautiful splatter! I love the colors you used!
Thank you Lindsay :)
Oh, I adore this mani, you used such pretty colors for the splatter mani!!
I thought I’ll do splatter nails using a classic and therefore “safe” combination of colours :))
Haven’t tried it yet but I love color combo you chose :D Need to try this :)
Splatter nails are really easy to do on both hands :) Do try, I’d love to see your version! ;)
I must find a straw first XD
I got mine with a juice mini pack :)
It’s been a while since I’ve done splatter nails. Seeing yours makes me want to do another splatter! Lovely manicure :)
Thank you Ina :) It’s my first try and I’m impressed how simple and quick it was :)
Great design! I want to do a splatter mani too, I’ve missed it! lol :)
Thank you :)) I’d love to see your splatter nail design, I’m sure it’ll be something beautiful ;)
I’m not a big fan of this technique, it’s to messy for me but I like your design especially the color combo :)
I love the colours you used and I love the final effect! :-) The splatter manicure is still on my “to do” list, I should do something about it, it looks so interesting! :-)