Fly Fly Away Balloon

sinful colors, cinderella
I've been trying to find Cinderella for a very very long time as some of you might know from my plea a few posts ago lols. It's ever so lovely as everyone praises it to be, but, it's lighter than I was expecting.  Don't get me wrong, I still love it!
Thank you to everyone for the helpful tips on where to find it and for those who were willing to do swaps!  I'd love to do a swap with anyone who wants to still! -=)
sinful colors, cinderella
I've seen this before and been wanting to try it out for the longest.  Cinderella was a good base to use for this mani, it gave it a nice airiness.  I didn't want to use a too stark of a white for the clouds, so Essie Marshmallow was a good soft white to use to make super fluffy clouds.  Initially I picked out two colors for the balloons, but ended up only using one because anymore than two balloons on each hand would make the mani look really tacky.  I chose Sinful Color's Ruby Ruby in the end for a bright red balloon, which contrasted the cloudy sky nicely.  And ended with Spoiled's Visually Slimming for the balloon strings.  I was pretty satisfied with how this mani came out, it's both fun and cute.  You can see an outdoors sunlit version of the mani in the bottom right photo which is more true to color than the other two.

1 coat SH DD
2 coats Cinderella
Marshmallow clouds
Ruby Ruby/Visually Slimming balloons
1 coat SV

16 comments:

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  1. Cinderella is just the perfect sky polish, isn't it? I love your balloons. I have such a hard time getting the white shine marks right on round things. Or maybe I'm just my own worst critic, but I'm never happy with them. I can almost see those balloons shine! :)

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    1. It is! Thank you! I just actually used a very light hand with a makeshift dotting tool for the balloon shines lols I didn't think mine came out too good either but you're right, we are own worse critics!

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  2. Nominated you for the versatile award =).. Go to my blog for the details

    Congratulations!!

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    1. Thank you, but I've already done that one!

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  3. Wow! That's amazing! You are so talented!

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  4. Hi, I nominated you for The Appreciation Award. Here is the link for the award http://paulinaloves.blogspot.com/2012/04/appreciation-award.html

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  5. Aww, I love this! It's so whimsical. The red balloon makes it for me. And I agree that Essie Marshmallow was the perfect choice for a soft, cloudy look.

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    1. Thank you! It was pretty fun to do!

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  6. LOVE this mani, it's so cute! It reminds me of the French movie The Red Balloon!

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