Monday 20 May 2013

Do cherries grow up to become cherry blossom trees?

Ok, I totally took the title from a manga chapter of Gintama. Oops, let my nerd show for a bit there.

Going to Japan to see the cherry blossoms is at the top of my life list, but until that happens, I know of some cherry trees a bit closer to home. Last April of 2012, I visited High Park, Toronto after I heard that the blossoms would be in full bloom that weekend. It definitely did not disappoint.
Of course, I had to do my nails to show off my favourite flower. A bit different from the traditional cherry blossom mani, I used nail foil for the petals by painting on spots of glue in petal shapes. I love when the light catches the petals, they flash and glow.
I painted three coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu, then painted the branches with Essie Mink Muffs before applying the foil. I was thinking of doing a light blue-green gradient as the base, but I decided on a soft white base to let the foil shine on its own.
I dotted on some white afterwards, but I think I prefer it without.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to visit High Park this year - good thing I took so many pictures!
Hope you didn't mind my cherry blossom spam. Oh and one last gif from Gintama.
Bam. See you!

4 comments:

  1. So pretty! I'd love to see them in person too! Haha! It's so inspiring that you used foils for blossoms instead, they sure shined and glowed beautifully under lights/sunshine! I think the white base was totally suitable for this look, and yeap, I too prefer it without the white dots. Now I have to include foils in my 'to-buy-list' LOL!

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    1. YESS, get some nail foils! They're definitely something I enjoy incorporating into my nail art arsenal lol. Thank youuu, Gintama really inspired me to make the shiny petals hahaha.

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  2. Aw these are soo cute :) beautifully painted too!

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