Which Way?


I love tessellations. (an area covered by repeated use of a single shape, without gaps or overlapping) They're awesome. They're a pain in the ass to paint on a nail though. :-D These took a couple of redos. I think they turned out pretty awesome though, if I do say so myself. (at least I am happy with how they turned out!) I used one of the China Glaze Tronica collection holos, but it wasn't nearly as holo as I had hoped.. :-/  I bought them all when they came out, but I'm just trying 'em out now, I'm a little behind.

So which arrows do you see first? The blue ones? The black ones? For me, it depends on which nail I look at.

Tonight I made the best dinner, Chicken Tacos!  I made the tortillas from scratch, made my own sour cream (it's impossible to find in India), steamed rice with fresh corn, added seasoned chicken and cheddar.   SOOOO good.


I used China Glaze High Def as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the black. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite topcoat.

Ever see the arrow in the FedEx logo?  No? Look between the E and the x.  Now you'll never be able to NOT see it. 



26 comments

  1. Very, very cool! I love this design.

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  2. Oh wow what a great mani! I didn't notice the blue arrows until You mentioned it. Lol! :)

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  3. have you seen the spoon in the fedex logo haha?!

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  4. This is so cute, I love the hidden FedEx arrow;)

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  5. Wow, great mani! Never noticed the hidden fedex arrow, and those tacos look good. I'm getting hungry just looking at them. :)

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  6. precioso como te quedo..ame!! besossss

    http://modargenta.blogspot.com/2012/02/scandalous-de-revlon.html

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  7. I love this mani! I saw the blue arrows first. This mani looks like it must've taken some time to do. Really amazing!

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  8. OMG i never noticed the fedex arrow before! lovely nails btw, i noticed the holo ones first

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  9. This is a really cool idea! I used to love doing tessellations at school, takes me back! x

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  10. I love, love, love this! Reminds me of those Mario levels where gravity keeps changing! =D

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  11. I love this design! I never would have thought about doing a design like this.
    And to answer you question about which color I noticed first, it would have to be the black. But I like the blue ones better.

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  12. I LOVE this design...LOVE! I honestly didn't even notice the blue arrows on your nails until your brought it up, lol.

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  13. Love this nail as i am a fan of tessellations too, and i see the blue arrow first :D

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  14. OMG i totally saw the black arrows first!! its crazy at what the eye does to you as far as what is visible to you first. great mani and awesome looking taco!

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  15. absolutely trying this design! so gorgeous

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  16. forget the great mani - i want those tacos!

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  17. Those tacos look delicious! Also, I see the black arrows more than anything :)

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  18. This manicure is gorgeous!! My tesselation painting in art school wasn't nearly this good and it was lots bigger! :D

    Also? Those tacos look AMAZING. I may have to make some soon. Sounds so good!

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  19. I love this! Im definatly going to try this out! :)

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  20. I saw the black ones first. HOW ON EARTH do you MAKE sour cream???

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  21. I saw the black ones immediately. I had to do a second glance to see the blue ones. I really like how these turned out. :) Thanks for pointing out the Fedex arrow. I will never not see it.

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  22. I saw the blue arrows first, but I might be conditioned via reddit because I immediately saw a downvote manicure (downvotes are blue arrows. Upvotes are orange) :)

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  23. INSANELY well done nails! You might need to see someone about that. I mean, you have polishing superpowers. And drooling over your dinner! Great job with the homemade goodies.

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  24. This is crazy. The first time I saw it, I saw the blue. But I bookmarked it come back and comment and now I see the black 1st.. :)

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  25. I saw the black arrows first, and only saw the blue after reading your description. I first read about the FedEx arrow in the webcomic xkcd a long time ago, but I forgot about it and this is the first time I actually saw it. Now, as you say, I'll probably never not see it!

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