Happy Monday, reader! It’s the official first day of spring, and it’s time for spring manicures. Probably nobody was thinking brown for spring, but it’s what I’m rocking. For a change of pace, I got some feathers out, and there’s something about birds and spring, right? For this look, I used Model City Polish‘s Dark Roast, feathers from a Ciaté nail art kit, and Digital Nails‘s Spectraflair holo top coat for an extra holo finish. All photos were taken in direct sunlight outdoors.
Dark Roast is a great holo. It’s a rich brown, but the holo is pretty strong, and there are these tiny gold shimmers in it. It dries shiny. I felt kinda bad putting the feathers over it, like it was too pretty to cover up. The feathers were kind of a pain, and as you can see, it looks a little messy, but I’m rolling with it. I used the holo top coat over the feathers just to pull it all together, and I think it came out all right.
I heard a sad rumor that Model City Polish closed down, and though I haven’t seen anything official, I do see that their etsy shop is on hiatus. That really bums me out. Model City was one of the first-ever indies I bought from, they gave me my first press samples, and everything they made was quality. It’s sad to see them go. I feel like a bad fan because I’ve just heard about it.
I don’t know where to get Ciaté’s nail art kits anymore. Digital Nails’s Spectraflair top coat is sold in their etsy shop.
Yep, Model City has sadly decided to close up shop. This is such a pretty brown, and the feathers add a fun twist.
I love the addition of the feathers – they are subtle and fun! Happy Spring Stacie!
I’ve ever seen holo + feathers before! Beautiful! 🙂
Pretty manicure! The holo looks really pretty over the fearthers 🙂 I tried feathers once and they were pretty messy and hard to get on the nail perfectly. I still have a loads of different colors in my nail art drawer 😀
Wow! The feathers go perfectly with this shade – I love it!
The feather design is so fun and makes the manicure really unique. Love it!
Haha, I wouldn’t think brown for Spring *but* I am actually wearing brown myself today! Love that holo.
Not sure why my previous comment is not showing up. Loved your mani!
This is super pretty!
I used to love the colour brown in my earlier days and i moved towards blue. I have to admit that i beautiful brown shade are always lovely to look at and with the lovely touch of the feather makes it extra special – i like it!