A garden that bites back.
Day 14 is the Wild Garden set. Sculpted 3D flowers on a nude base, leopard print french on every nail, gold and silver rhinestones scattered throughout. The whole hand together looks like something between a botanical illustration and a wild animal print, and that tension is exactly the point.
The video features the ring finger up close, a hot pink sculpted flower with red dot detail, fully dimensional and raised off the nail. But the full set is where the story really lives, so scroll down for the whole picture.
The Hero Nail: Ring Finger
The ring finger is the star of the video, and it earns that spot. A hot pink sculpted 3D flower with red dot detailing, sitting fully raised off a nude base. Gold and silver rhinestones frame the flower above and below. The leopard print french wrapping the sides of the nail grounds the whole design and keeps it from feeling too sweet.
The color combination on this flower, specifically, hot pink into yellow orange with red dots, gives it that tropical, almost exotic energy. Bright and beautiful and completely bold. Wild Garden in one nail.
For the 3D flower, I built each petal individually and painted the top of them after curing. Getting the petal shape right at the nail scale means starting with the silhouette and adding detail after the base shape is cured.
The Full Set Breakdown
Index finger nail. A 3D purple sculpted flower with dot detailing, gold and silver rhinestones. The purple is the quietest nail in the set and it anchors the hand beautifully.
Middle finger nail.Β Two 3D sculpted flowers side by side, a hot pink and a coral peach, and rhinestones. The most layered and dimensional nail of the set.
Ring finger nail. The hero. A 3D hot pink sculpted flower with a gold center detail and rhinestones. The most classic of the four and it reads as the heart of the garden in the set.
Pinky nail. Light red and yellow orange sculpted flower with burgundy dot detail, rhinestones.
Every nail shares the nude base, the leopard french, and the rhinestone placement. Those three consistent elements are what make four completely different sculptural designs read as one cohesive set.
Products Used
- Black Liner Gel from Amazon: Beetles Gel Liner Nail Art Polish Set
- 3D Sculting Gel from Amazon: 6 Color Carving Gels 3D Sculpture Gel for Nail Art Decoration Kit Creative DIY Nail Art Painting Carved Soak Off Polish Flowers Design Modeling Tool
- Detail Gel Paint From Amazon: Miss Pink Nail Gel Palette