Manicure Monday - Tropical Abstract Nail Art

Happy Manicure Monday! I hope you all have a great weekend - I am feeling very refreshed after a good weekend! 

The Morgan Taylor & OPI polishes were received as PR samples

The #CBBxManiMonday group is keeping up our Summer Lingo theme for our August nail art and I picked the theme tropical for this week! I wanted a tropical vacation vibe all over my nails (but make it abstract), so I went with peaches, oranges, yellows and greens! 

I'm really happy with how this turned out and I've been having fun with abstract nails - also really cool is this is done with a stamper and I prefer the way the brush strokes work out with a stamper because they look a little more natural than if you try to start at the edge of your nail and swipe in! 

The products I used for this week's Manicure are:

• Morgan Taylor Beauty Marks The Spot polish
• OPI Polish in My Chihuahua Doesn’t Bite Anymore
• OPI Polish in Don't Tell A Sol polish
• OPI Polish in Envy the Adventure
• OPI Polish in How Does Your Zen Garden Grow?
• Wet n Wild polish in Black Creme
• Smackers Nail Polish in Wickedly Stylish
• Moyra Top Coat for Nail Stamping

I also use a nail stamper and a dotting tool for this mani! 

This is actually a really easy manicure to do if you have a little stamper laying around! I started out with a base coat and two coats of a peachy pink polish as the base. Then, using my nail stamper, I swiped brush strokes of each polish on to the stamper and stamped on to my nails. I usually did two polishes at a time, so I would paint the orange and yellow on to the stamper and then stamp them on to my nail, and then I would paint the two greens on the stamper and layer those on my nails after. It was really easy and I found the stamper gave a lot more control to wear the brush strokes went. Then, I used the black polish and nail dotting tool and stamped a couple rows of dots on each nail, as well as a little triangle of white dots as well. 

I'm really happy with how these turned out and I love the colour combo of them! My husband told me they reminded of flies to catch fish with and my son told my they reminded him of watermelons, so I guess the abstract really does leave them open to interpretation! 

What's on your nails this week?! And, as always make sure you check out Cosmetic Proof and Prairie Beauty Love to see their Summer nails!