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I dreaded today’s prompt a little. Not because I did not like the idea but because I could not freehand to save my life! I remembered I bought holiday water decals from BPS last year. Then I remembered they were a year old and when I last tried them they dried up and smeared with top coat application. Regardless, I proceeded with caution knowing fully well my attempt might end up in failure and I would have to start again.
Thankfully, the water decals worked pretty well. However, it took 5 minutes of soaking in water to detach them from their backing paper. A little bit of a bummer especially when in the end I did not wait long enough for two of them to dry and they smeared. Well, at least my favorite (on the ring finger) did not smear! That snowman is just so ridiculously cute!
I hope you like it! Can you see my subtle gradient?
I started with 3 coats of Zoya Crystal as my base. I could have done two since I completely went over with another color but at the time I still was not sure what colors I was going to use in my gradient.
I used a makeup sponge, butter London Knackered, Zoya Dream and Urban Outfitters Mystic (from cuticle to tip).
I used an assortment of Born Pretty Store water decals and sealed everything with a generous coat of Seche Vite.
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
Don’t forget to check out the other cute snowmen below!
Sumeet said:
The snowman decals are so cute!
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
Thanks! Aren’t they?? They are so fun…BPS has a great holiday selection
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Kairi said:
This is so cute and wintery 🙂
It can take less time, if you use warmer water. At least it has worked for me.
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
Thanks Kairi! Hmm, I’ll try that…my water was at room temperature (my usual) but I guess I have to take the age of the decals into account as well!
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Catherine Dream said:
They’re so cute and chubby these snowmen ❤
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
Aren’t they the greatest??? 😛
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Jessica W. said:
I love that gradient, it’s subtle but very pretty!
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
Thanks! I’ve been loving the look of gradients lately…my favorite is subtle so I can do whatever on top!
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Emily said:
Those decals are adorable ❤
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
Thanks! I love them! BPS has a great selection
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Mandy said:
They really came out well. I can’t decide my fave.
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
Thanks!! Hah, same! I think I like the one with the lights the best but the fat pink one is so adorable too 🙂
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Shawna said:
These are so beautiful!! I love them!!
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
Thank you Shawna! I love these decals, especially over the others I have
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Fixin To Faff said:
I can see your gradient! LOL These lil guys are adorable. I wonder if they took so long to detach because they were older? I dunno if water decals have a life span.
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Monica@theRiteofAging said:
I’ve heard that the decals become more difficult to use as they get older…I didn’t want to toss them though so what I do is dunk each decal in water and let it sit out for about five minutes while I work on the base. They detach pretty easily after that, but I have to wait a long time to top coat. Otherwise they smear…like whole image disappears smears 😦
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