Like many of you, I devoured the Hunger Games series and was really excited to see the book turned into a movie. I bought my tickets for opening day a head of time, painted flames on my nails, but completely underestimated how popular the movie would be! I showed up for the movie only to find the only remaining seats were the ones in the very bottom corner...
So I still have yet to see the Hunger Games movie as I returned my tickets (why do theaters even include those seats in the first place??) but I'm hoping in the next week or so to try again.
To create the manicure I wore for opening day I relied heavily on Kayla Shevonne's Hunger Games inspired nails. She always does such amazing work and I love seeing the designs she creates. My attempts to duplicate her work never turn out quite the same.
I used a layer of Zoya Snow White for my base, then two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow. I next sponged Zoya Tamsen on top, making the layers thicker as I moved towards my cuticles. I then "drew" on flames with a Kiss Nail Art Pen in Black, finally filling in the area outside the drawing with my SoEasy Striper in Black. A coat (or two) of Seche Vite was all I needed to make this design shine. Clean up was a complete PITA, black polish just doesn't come off my skin nicely.
Overall, from a distance this design looks pretty sweet because you can't tell that my flames are a hot mess. At this distance they're much more skeptical though I do enjoy them. I really need to practice free-hand nail art more.
Nice...I did flames when I saw the movie!
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