September is approaching and some of you know but others may not, but September is "Mes Patrio" which translates to "Patriotic Month" and we celebrate a few important dates such as Mexican Independence Day and I want to celebrate my country's beautiful and rich culture thru nail art.
I haven't planned a specific number of manicures but I will try to cram in as many as my time and schedule allows and that is why I decided to start a bit early in case I fall behind in the coming weeks.
So for the first look I wanted to use my brand new MoYou Explorer plate, I started collecting all plates with Mexican motives as I could find and this is one of my favs.
What I used:
- Cosmetic Arts in Taupe; base 2 coats. This one has no name, is a taupe with a barely there shimmer.
- MDU Papirus; for stamping.
- MoYou London Explorer 01 plate.
- Kleancolor Sea Ice; hair piece detail.
- Kleancolor Metallic Red; piercing and hair piece detail.
- Fine nail art brush.
- Franken glitter topper; 1 coat. The finish of this topper is very subtle but it adds an extra sparkle under the light.
Once my base dried I stamped the "Tlatoani" on my middle finger (the little guy you see in the far left upper corner) -Tlatoani means "speaker" in Nahuatl and it was a highly respected term, given to rulers or Aztec kings- end of the cultural brake... and on my ring finger the actual "speech" symbol.
To give it a bit of color and represent better the beauty of Aztec Codex I painted the hair piece and piercings with a fine nail art brush and top coat.
I'm very happy with this mani, I have so much more ideas to honor my heritage with nail art. I hope you like it!
Nos vemos!!
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