Nail Art Wednesday: Calgary Flames Nails

After I did the Toronto Maple Leafs nail art in honor of Mr. J's birthday, I've had a nagging feeling that kept telling me that I needed to be fair and do one for the Calgary Flames, too. It could very well just have been Hammie with his subliminal messages, but wherever the thought came from, I knew it had to be done. See, I'm not originally from Toronto. I lived on the opposite end of the country, closer to the gorgeous Rockies in Calgary before moving here and that was where I first learned to appreciate hockey. I have a theory that wherever you first fall in love with the sport is where your loyalties will lie, no matter where you move in the future. So even if I now count Toronto as home, I still root for the Flames (Sorry, Leafs..). What better way to show your support even without a jersey or face paint on than to wear them proudly on your nails?

Go Flames!

What I Used:

Red: Wet N Wild Everybody Loves Redmond (a tomato red jelly)
Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme Black Out
White: Wet N Wild French Creme White
Yellow: A mix (1:1 ratio) of China Glaze Sunworshipper and Sally Hansen

How I Did It:

I wasn't able to take photos in the process of creating the design so I made some graphics to make it easy to see how it was done instead of just describing it with words. This particular design can be broken down into three parts: the stripes, the logo and the jersey.

For the stripes (on the index, middle and pinky fingernails):

For the logo (on the ring fingernail):

For the jersey (on the thumb fingernail):

This is an easy design, albeit a bit time consuming. The harder parts were making sure the writing is legible and that the logo was as close to the original as possible. Another method I was considering to get the logo right was to try doing it the same way that newspaper nails are done, but instead of newsprint, I was going to use a print out of the logo. In the end, I decided to take the challenge of doing it freehand and it came it out pretty decent, all things considered.

A creme would have been a better base but this was the best red I had to match the team colors.

Mr. J has a few collectible pucks and the red in this design complemented my Flames nails well!

Hammie likes the jersey nail better than the logo nail. I agree.

Last look!

Hammie asks: Who's your favorite NHL team? Who are you rooting for to win the Stanley Cup? Do you prefer actual nail shots or graphics for the tutorial part of the post?