My Little Pony: Friendship is Manicures - Rainbow Dash

Rainbow Dash is a much-loved pony due to her strong personality and the fact that she's just, well, awesome. How do I do her justice in nail polish? It had to be bright, bold, and exciting...

I started with basecoat and one coat of Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream - a nice sky blue. Then, I put a coat of Eyeko Pastel over it - which is more turquoise, with duochrome shimmer. It's an amazing color, but unfortunately not very opaque. One coat over the Blueberry Ice Cream gave it just a little oomph - it looked streaky during application, but after drying it came out fine.

I gave the blue plenty of time to dry, then started on my rainbow funky french. I only have five fingers, and there are six/seven rainbow colors, so sadly I had to kick Orange out of the party. For red, I used Barry M Red Wine. For yellow, it was Rimmel Lasting Finish Sunshine. Green was OPI Don't Mess with OPI from the Texas collection. Blue was Barry M Cobalt Blue, a fantastic true blue. And purple was Nails Inc Maple Place.

A generous layer of quick-dry top coat, and my mani was complete. This is one of my favorite funky frenches - truly living up to the 'funky' name. Not for the timid, but Rainbow Dash isn't what you'd call timid.

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Manicures - Fluttershy

Fluttershy is a little girly, but also really shy, so I didn't want to do anything too over the top for her. I kept it simple - a solid color with a little bit of nail art embellishment.

I ended up custom mixing these colors to make it just right for Fluttershy. My base colors were Rimmel Lasting Finish in Sunshine, Barry M Limited Edition Pink, and Eyeko Rain. I added white to both the yellow and pink to make appropriate colors, mixing them drop by drop.

Rimmel Sunshine is really the perfect color for Fluttershy, after I diluted it with some white - at first glance it appears to be just a yellow creme, but when it comes out into the sunshine it has a lovely subtle hidden shimmer. Fluttershy's a bit like that too - at first she appears shy, timid, and easily frightened, but the best shines out of her when the time is right.

After the base of yellow, I carefully dotted on cutie mark butterflies in pink and blue. Actually, this manicure gave me the most compliments out of any pony mani so far - several people said how much they liked it. A sunny yellow is just the thing for a dreary day.

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Manicures - Applejack

My next My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic inspired manicure is Applejack.
Applejack is a no-nonsense pony who probably wouldn't paint her nails (hooves) anyway. So, I went with a nude shade and just a little bit of embellishment.

The base color is Astor Diamant Sensation 981, and I added gold freckles with Rimmel Lasting Finish 'Bling'. I used the same method for nail art polka dots as I've done before - a bobby pin dipped into polish. It's easy and cute.

Applejack's a tough pony, and this was one tough manicure too. It lasted over a week without a single chip! Perfect for such a low-maintenance pony.


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My Little Pony: Friendship is Manicures - Rarity

I'm doing some NOTDs based on the characters of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It's a really great show, and each character is a kick-ass girl who's full of personality. My first pony manicure is Rarity.

Rarity would love having her nails done (we already know she gets 'pony pedis'). She has to be all style and flash. So, I bet she would love the runway-inspired 'Ruffian Manicure'. I did my nails in half-Ruffian, half-Funky French. This was my first Ruffian, and to be honest my hands could have been steadier... but, I think it looks pretty neat anyway.

The white is Rimmel Chalk White, my standard white creme. To add a bit of unicorn sparkle, I put China Glaze White Cap over it, which is a fantastic shimmery pearly white. The blue is Barry M Nail Paint in Navy, a deep dark blue with a ton of shimmer.


Watch for more pony manis soon!

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