Barbed Wire and Roses

I had a colour combination for a dark mani that I wanted to do but I wasn't sure about what form it would take.  After a bit of internet browsing I hit upon the idea of barbed wire and roses, but, everyone else used stamps to create the look and I didn't have anything suitable.  No problem I thought I'll just paint the design.  This was the result:

Details, more pics and a bit of a variation on the idea after the break.

I started with a base of China Glaze Liquid Leather.  Next I painted the barbed wire with a striper brush and Folk Art gold acrylic paint.  I mixed up various red and green acrylic paints and added the roses over the top.  Everything is finished with Nina Super Dry Topcoat.

Now I'll let you into a little secret...sometimes I only paint one hand for the blog pictures.  This time I liked the idea so much (and it wasn't too difficult to paint) that I did my other hand too.  I changed the colours a bit for my left hand.

I've played about with the colour balance a little to get the colour of the nails as true to real life as possible.  What do you think of the different colour combinations?

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