Gild the Lily


Last week, I showed a photo of the lovely flowers I received from my boyfriend. In the arrangement, there were several of a flower called Alstroemeria, which are commonly known as the Peruvian Lily, or Lily of the Incas. Since those flowers are still alive and going strong (all but the roses and one of the tiger lilies), I decided to use the Peruvian Lilies as inspiration for a nail art design. I love the way the color gradates from fuchsia to white with just a touch of yellow, then is punctuated with dashes of dark brown! I tried to represent it the best I could on my nail, using a drier brush than normal, and sort of 'flicking' from the cuticle toward the nail tip.

One of the Alstroemeria from my flowers- the inspiration!


and the nails:


I used MAC Vestral White as a base, with Finger Paints Heavenly Hydrangeas and Essence Surferama 'flicked' from the cuticle edge up, a mixture of American Apparel Trenchcoat and BB Couture Kokomo for the dash of yellow, then a mixture of American Apparel Hassid and Barielle Coco Bar for the dark brown dots/dashes. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat

WOOT! That's 3 posts in 2 days, trying to get back on track now that my hours are slightly reduced!! :)

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41 comments

  1. Stephanie MerlinFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    Beautiful design and a beautiful flower!

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  2. Elizabeth Life and PolishFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    so pretty

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  3. ~Elizabeth aka Lacquered LizardFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Oh this is SOOO pretty!!!

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  4. JoiceFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Wow! Stunning!

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  5. paint that nailFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    I LOVE these nails I wish I would have looked at it before I just painted mine!

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  6. UnknownFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    oh wow this is amazing

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  7. KimberlyFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    LOOOOVE it

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  8. KaydeeFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    One of your best, its nice to see you use pink!

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  9. BarillaFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    Oh, that's really pretty! Girly, but in a unique way. Great interpretation!

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  10. danielleFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Pretty!! Forgive the pun, but you totally nailed it. ;)


    My boyfriend gave me a bunch of pinky-purple roses, and I was so over the moon about the color I mixed up a matching lipgloss with a little Aquaphor and some Fyrinnae samples I had laying around. Hooray for flower inspiration!

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  11. RutheFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    OMG this is SOOO pretty!! It looks so much like the lily!! You are SO amazing at nail art!!! :D

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Beautiful look! It kinda makes me want a watermelon as well (but maybe I'm just hungry right now :). I recently went to buy the seche vite top coat and I noticed that it has a warning label on it about causing birth defects. Do you know anything about this or have an opinion on it? I know everyone loves it and swears by it but it kinda makes me nervous. Thanks!

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  13. BettyFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    This is gorgeous, you are so talented!

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  14. MichelleFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    Wow! Gorgeous.

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  15. ReaderRitaFebruary 16, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    OOOOH, pretty! I love Ranunculus, alstroemeria, and snapdragons!
    I am seriously jonesing for spring...

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  16. ColleenFebruary 16, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    This is really cool! Seriously stunning.

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  17. SFebruary 17, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    This is AMAZING and so serendipitous too. I was actually planning to do a lily manicure on my nails in loving memory of my great aunt who died last week. I was looking for ideas and I'm so happy to see this on here! How did you do the flicking?

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  18. Stephanie, NHFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    Love it!!! One of your best!!

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  19. Sarahlouise1986February 17, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    This is amazing hunny!

    /hugs!

    http://spellbindingnails.blogspot.com/

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  20. SILVIAFebruary 17, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    cute post!!!!
    love this style!
    congratulations!=P
    xoxo

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  21. PatriciaFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    Amazing!! I love lilies and the mani is out of this world! I adore your posts

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  22. BFebruary 17, 2011 at 6:13 AM

    Love this!!

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  23. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 6:20 AM

    plz give me the link of the blog when u designed the flag of PAKISTAN on ur ring finger.....
    Regards
    ASH

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  24. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    or just tell me the month or topic sentence of it.......plz plz plz plz plz......me and my mom just luv ur nail arts......

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  25. angelaFebruary 17, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    gorgeous!

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  26. Painting RainbowsFebruary 17, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    Gorgeous, really awesome. Nice choice the boyfriend made on the flowers too :P.

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  27. EmmzzFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    I love this so much! May try it out! x

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  28. BrendaFebruary 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Yay for Peruvian lilies!
    A peruvian follower (L)

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  29. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    long time reader, first time commenter - these are beautiful. really gorgeous.

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  30. EmeraldFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    These are lovely!!!

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  31. She Nailed ItFebruary 18, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    This mani is really pretty! I love it!

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  32. EnoFebruary 18, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    So beautiful !

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  33. KimFebruary 18, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    I love it! You hit it right on! That is a beautiful piece of artwork, great idea to use the Lily.. sweet boyfriend you got there ;)

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  34. UnknownFebruary 18, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    Oh wow... Love this so much!

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  35. UnknownFebruary 20, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    I LOVEEEEEEEEE THIS!!!!! I love how this ended up looking like some crazy, awesome abstract design! Always an inspiration lady!!

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  36. clpattersFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Beautiful flowers! I love this one!

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  37. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    I Love it! Soo creative :) as always.
    -hunny-

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  38. SandiFebruary 23, 2011 at 3:00 AM

    Gorgeous! And for you green thumbers, I hear these are pretty easy to grow at home. One of the girls at work loved them so much she had a yard full in every shade.

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  39. Tender managementFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    That is really perfect. I always find it difficult to apply any sort of nail art, so I usually buy painted nails. That is really a great sharing. thanks dear

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  40. ISABEL:)February 24, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Helloooo!
    I've just find your blog and i'm inlove with it ! OMG, you're so good at this.
    Can you please make a design with a sport called orienteering? :)
    THANKS
    ISABEL

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  41. CarolinaFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    Oooh it looks awesome! Adore it!

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