Sakura Blossom Nail Art

I've been wanting to create this Sakura nail art for a while, and finally I decided to do this as my entry for a spring themed nail art contest I'm participating. This was my first experience with free hand drawing on nails, and I was actually pretty pleased with how this came out.

I really love the Sakura tress, I've never seen one in person but I really hope to one day :) The closest to Sakura blossom I've seen is the Almond tree blossom which is also so beautiful!

I started this design with one coat of Essie Fiji, then created a gradient with Essie Fiji and Essie Mint Apple Candy. Once dried, I applied one coat of OPI Pirouette My Whistle which is a gorgeous delicate glitter combo, I thought it would look lovely with these colors and add a pretty spark to the design.

To create the branches and the little flowers I used a fine nail art brush. I used Wet n Wild Black Creme for the black branches, and Essie Van D'go with Wet N Wild French White Creme for the tiny flowers.

This design came out much prettier than I imagined it will be, I kind of surprised myself with handling the tiny brush, I actually expected the branches to be more chunky but somehow they came out very delicate (well, at least on my left hand lol) and I think this looks nice. Repeating the design on my right hand was quite a challenge and I'm not as happy with it as I was with the other hand, but still - this is a lovely design and I'm pleased with it. I will be wearing it proudly for the couple next days. :)