Dreaming Nails

Vanilla Cream Pressed Wildflower nails

Stiletto · Pressed Wildflower

Salon or steady hand

Pressed wildflowers: fine Milk Bath stems and scattered Wheat heads over Vanilla Cream, like something under glass.

3 bottles: Vanilla Cream, Milk Bath and Wheat. Vanilla Cream and Milk Bath are close in tone, so the design is tonal rather than graphic. It shows up in daylight and softens indoors. The bottles are not all the same finish (sheer and crème), so the pattern picks up light differently from the ground.

It sits on a stiletto, filed to a point from a wide base, which is the most dramatic shape here and the one that compresses a motif hardest toward the tip.

Make it yours

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Base: Vanilla Cream · Sheer Open the bottle

Bottles for this nail

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Vanilla Cream Base · Sheer
Milk Bath Motif · Sheer
Wheat Accent · Crème

What you need

Base colour cured
Petal paint detail brush
Fine liner centres and stems

How to paint Vanilla Cream Pressed Wildflower nails

  1. 1 Buff, dehydrate and base coat, then cure. Three sheer coats of Vanilla Cream — it is translucent, so it builds rather than covers.
  2. 2 Lay the Milk Bath stems down first and let them cross, then dot Wheat heads where they end.
  3. 3 Gloss top coat, cure, then cuticle oil once it is out of the lamp.

Questions about Vanilla Cream Pressed Wildflower

  • Is Vanilla Cream Pressed Wildflower hard to do at home?

    It is the hardest tier on the site. It is doable at home, but the technique is the point rather than the colour. Budget an hour or more for a full set, and three colours means three chances for something to bleed, so cure between each one rather than working wet on wet.

  • What polish do I need for Vanilla Cream Pressed Wildflower?

    3 bottles: Vanilla Cream (sheer), Milk Bath (sheer) and Wheat (crème). Plus a base coat and a gloss top coat, which every design here assumes you already have.

  • Does Vanilla Cream Pressed Wildflower work on short nails?

    Stiletto needs length, because the point is most of the shape. On a short nail it files down to something closer to almond, and the design still reads, just less sharply.

  • How many coats does Vanilla Cream Pressed Wildflower need?

    More than you would expect. Vanilla Cream and Milk Bath are translucent, so the colour builds over three thin coats rather than covering in two. Stop wherever you like the depth — that is the point of a sheer.

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