Get The Look: Katy Perry Floral Nails

I’ve got to be honest, it’s not often that i feel inspired enough to try and recreate a beauty/ make up look that I’ve seen elsewhere, namely due to my total lack of patience but also due to my lack of artistic skills.

That said, i was captivated by Katy Perry’s floral nail’s in her latest music video.

Practical they are not but stunning they are, so i decided to have a go at creating my own Katy P inspired nails.

 

Firstly i applied two coat’s of MeMeMe’s Catwalk Collection Long Lasting Gloss in sensuous to recreate the flesh coloured nails seen on Katy.

 I then carefully applied coloured tips to each nail in a variety of different colours. 

I tried to follow Katy’s as closely as possible and opted for Bourjois 1 seconde Nail Gel in Lavandeesquisse, Avon Nail Wear Pro+ Enamel in Lemon Sugar and Jade and Rimmel 60 second polish in 405 Rose Libertine.

 Once they were dry the fun began!

I bought some pretty acrylic floral nail decorations and glitter rhinestones from ebay for about £2 per set and set about creating my masterpiece!

I Applied a dab of the MeMeMe polish to the base of the flowers and rhinestones and allowed it to become tacky before placing them into each finger.

 I made each finger different and I was really chuffed with the results!

 They look so pretty and for me, evoked images of fairies and garden pixies!

As mentioned earlier, they are not really that practical- the flowers are only lightly stuck on and any small knock will see them falling off.

You could always substitute the dollop of nail polish on the base for a little glue to ensure they last longer though.

All in all I was pretty pleased with my attempt.

If I was to do this again I would probably use long, rounded stick on nails to get the look even more accurate.

So, what do you think of my attempt?