Prince Charming - Adam Ant nail art

Last week a song popped into my head, a song I don't recall hearing since 1983, Adam Ant - Apollo 9. I spent most of the weekend singing it and spurred on I started to listen to the old albums I'd loved so much as a young girl.
The effect of this was that I caught my 15 year old daughter happily listening to the Kings of The Wild Frontier album and absolutely loving it!  When she suggested that Adam Ant nails would look quite good I had to agree.  Adams style was so unique that he would make great nail art and this was the result...

The nails feature OPI Gold Crackle over a base of Barry M Black.  Adam himself and the very small Ant Logo are done with acrylic paint.

Narrowboat Art Nails

Whilst I was browsing my Bloglovin feed this morning I came across this really pretty manicure by Robin Moses Nail Art featuring beautiful snow white daisies.  The more I admired them the more they reminded me of 'Narrowboat Art'.  For my Non UK readers this is a style of painting adopted in the 19th Century when boat owners painted roses and castles on their boats.  As the popularity of canals here dwindled the art faded somewhat though it's recently had a bit of a revival.

I love the style, and it's something thats so simple to do but looks incredibly effective, admittedly its a little trickier to work on something as small as a fingernail but I am pleased with how this turned out.  Thanks again to Robin for the inspiration!

Canal Boat Art
Features Barry M Black Polish and Acrylic Paints.