Today's design is inspired by my wonderful Granny and her love of Siamese cats!Apparently she once had non-Siamese cats, but all the ones I've met were of the Siamese variety. At one point she even had a pair of brothers just like the ones in Lady and the Tramp! They were all house cats, but had an outdoor 'run' in the garden, which was basically a glorified cage. As a child I used to love sitting out there in the cage with them in the sunshine. In hindsight I think my parents probably enjoyed that time too as I couldn't unlock it from the inside and had to wait for someone to come and let me out!!
I couldn't bear to just do one cat, so chose a double accent nail to give the first kitty a little friend. I did think about adding cream polka dots to the other nails, but totally forgot, and am actually quite glad I did.
I used a fair few polish colours to create this mani:
- Models Own - Nude Beige, Naked Glow
- O.P.I - Put A Coat On!
- Barry M - Cyan Blue, White Nail Pen, Black Nail Pen
- Rimmel - Navy Seal*
Emma, aka Crazy Cat Lady, was very excited when I told her I was going to be attempting Siamese cat nails, so hopefully I haven't let her down! In fact, we were both so excited by cat nails that we have set up a new Tumblr called WeHeartCatNails!! This will feature our own designs and also other peoples cat nails, so if you have any to share please email them to us at dahlianails1@gmail.com. Oh and if you love cats and nails, give us a follow!
I'm keeping this mani on as I totally love it, and it's the closest I'm allowed to a real cat. Guaranteed these little dudes are going to have names by the end of the day, any suggestions?
Love,
How cute are these! I think they look like water decals, so you know they turned out great :) I loved your story about the cage as well! I always like really odd names for animals, such as Bernie or Egbert, something like that - but the two on your nails don't look like Bernies or Egberts to me ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you Robin! Bernie is a cute name. We like old/odd names for animals too - like Edna! E&J.xx
DeleteI love the kitties, we have a Siamese called Lurch, next door has one called Hooch
ReplyDeleteThank you Emma! Siamese are so beautiful, you are so lucky to have one. And one next door too! E&J.xx
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