Once upon a time I had a pet python named Persephone. I loved her very much but when I moved to London, Ontario for school, I had to give her up. Persephone is now (as far as I know, still) at the University of Calgary, helping teach Veterinary Students to care for exotic pets like snakes. I miss her often and once in a while I try a new snake skin nail art design in her honor.
Here is an attempt with all iridescent colors.
Step 1: Do your usual base coat routine and then two coats of your base color. Here, I used Harrow by Julep.
Step 2: Then I used a dotting tool to make patches of the second color, this one is Candace by Julep.
Step 3: Then I took a third color and put smaller patches inside the patches I had made in step 2. If I had my full color set at hand I would have used a darker beige but here I used Margot by Julep.
Step 4: Finally, I took a lighter fourth color and highlighted around the outside of the patches with lines of dots. Again, the color I used here doesn't provide as much contrast in the design as I'd like but looks awesome in the sunlight. It is Katerina by Julep.
And as usual I topped it off the a top coat to protect my art for a bit longer.
I will post other color combinations as I try them. Please feel free to post yours in the comments as well. :)
Happy painting.
