In honor of the Catching Fire premiere, I recently painted my toes a very sparkly golden black (Maybelline – Twilight Rays), to match the “girl on fire” theme. Though I always imagine Catching Fire a bit darker than the golden browns I’d use for The Hunger Games, hence the black sparkle instead of brown sparkle. It’s the one on the very right:
And then I started to wonder, as I usually do, and thought, “Do other people paint their toes/nails with their favorite books, tv shows, and movies in mind?” I can’t be the only one! We may not be able to paint on specific images, but the color itself can be homage enough!
The left two I use for my Doctor Who nails – it’s a cobalt blue (Wet N Wild – Saved by the Blue) for the TARDIS, with the pinkish gold sparkles (Sally Hansen – Pink Grape Fruit) over the top for a galaxy effect.
The red (Maybelline – Paint the Town) is for Irene Adler (of Sherlock fame). It’s actually a bit darker in person, more of a blood red than that pinkish thing showing up in the photo.
And since it’s my current obsession, here’s a few colors I picked out for World After! It’s the same sparkly purple/gold from above, layered over a lilac (Sally Hansen – Lacey Lilac), plus a greenish blue (Sinful Colors – Gorgeous), as well as a navy (Maybelline – Blast of Blue) that has some purple undertones in the sunlight. They all look fantastic together, though I’m not sure how I’d incorporate them all in one go. Hmm… I think I know my project for the weekend. World After nails – here I come!
Anyone ever paint their nails as a quiet homage to their current obsession? How do you think I should pattern all the colors for the World After nails?
I have. I do all the time actually. When The Hunger Games first came out I even did a little Katniss braid when I went to see the movie.
You should try a marble effect to get all the colors of the book cover in. I think that would be neat.
My sister did that! My hair is too short for braids 😀
And uh… I don’t know how to marble!
There are some great youtube videos on how to do that.
I also like getting the nail tape and put a few blotches of color on my nail. Put the nail take in varying designs then put a solid color on top. Once it dries you take the tape off and then it will show the different colors underneath.
Oh yeah, even did some Harley Quinn inspired ones for Halloween! 🙂
Did you see Catching Fire yet? I’m going to see it tonight, so excited.
Oh that sounds fun!
And yes I did!!! It was AMAZING beyond words can express. I can’t even it’s just incredible A++ best book, best movie, faithful adaptation and FINNICK AND PEETA OH GOD!!!
Only for Sherlock – I used almost the same shade of red for Miss Adler as you did. But other than that, I’m not a huge fan of nail polish in the first place 😉
Ah I always forget – it’s just a dream I have to wear constantly beautiful fandom nails 😉
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