Day 15–Delicate Print Paramecia

A little paramecium can be delicate and cute too right? These guys look a little like bugs too don’t they? I had a very hard time deciding what to do for today’s delicate print, so I started thinking about things that were small and fragile which led me to our microscopic buddies!

I started out with two coats of Essie – Mojito Madness and then made some tubular-like shapes with Essie – Navigate Her. I then painstakingly outlined each paramecium with black acrylic paint and drew on the cilia, or little legs. This was probably the hardest part to do and my back was so sore when I was done!

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Be sure to check out the other fabulous ladies who are also taking on the 31 Day Nail Challenge!

Naomi @ Bellezza

Traci @ drinkcitra

25 comments

  1. Hihihi. Sooo cuuute. They really look like the microorganisms I studied when I took Biology.
    (^^,)

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    1. Hehe, I tried my best to make them look like what you see in the textbook!

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  2. Jayne, you should include a flagella in your next nail challenge! :)

    xx Veronica

    http://frowardfashion.blogspot.com

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    1. LOL, I wanted to, but there was no room on my nails!

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  3. wow, this is so cute! fitting those 4 little guys on your pinky must have been tough. i can barely paint my nails one solid colour haha.

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    1. Thank you! It was so hard, but I was happy with the result.

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  4. so science-y LOL I really like it! If you squint it also kind of looks like a wicked leopard print LOL.

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  5. soo very cute!! love the two different greens!

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    1. I am in love with Mojito Madness! It's the coolest green ever!

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  6. Love this! Mojito Madness looks amazing on you and the design is very nice!!

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    1. Aww, thank you! It's one of my favourite greens to wear!

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  7. Aw these are so cute, Jayne!! I need to try using acrylic paint some time :D

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    1. Acrylic paints make drawing SO much easier! Just get the ones that say non-toxic on them and you should be good!

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  8. How cute! I love your science-y nail designs. (:
    What acrylic paint do you use? Mine never turns out that opaque looking unless I go over it 100 times. :(
    Hehe, I love that you called them our microscopic buddies.

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    1. I just use an acrylic paint that Michael's sells...don't know if you have that in the States, but I do have to go over things a once or twice if they're not dark enough.
      They are our buddies!!

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  9. Hahahaha you are hilarious/adorable!

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    1. LOL, I just wanted to try something different! I'm so glad you enjoy them!

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  10. After having this open in a tab since you posted it on Reddit (because apparently I don't know how to bookmark), I finally got around to recreating your amazingly adorable mani! ( http://elyezabeth.blogspot.com/2012/11/biology-nails.html if you'd like to see, sorry if you're a blogger who prefers people to keep links out of comments, I'm just really excited and wanted to share!)

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