Happy Valentine’s day!! My V’day nail art for this year was inspired by a character from Black Butler, Sebastian Michaelis! I’ve done a Black Butler inspired nail art design with a different character in this post, but the character I chose back then turned out to be the master of the butler. So, I decided to try the actual butler today!
The main colours I chose to use for this design are red and black, which are inspired by Sebastian’s black hair and his reddish brown eyes.
I was going to add some black roses around him, but I was afraid that they could blend and disappear into his hair and outfit. Instead, I drewΒ him holding a heart shaped pink chocolate π
There was actually one more Sebastian design (the photo above) which I didn’t like how it turned out. I decided to redo it because his hair is too grey and…um, he looks way too evil LOL
The photo above is the rest of the design. They’re not reallyΒ linked to the Black Butler theme, but I loveΒ having some non-anime related designs on these four.
For the gradient, I made a sheer red polish by combining a drop of Bridget polish (Picture Polish) and a clear polish. The colour turned out just like a strawberry jam and I really liked it!
So! Here is the video of how I made this design. You can see the process of the sheer polish making in the video as well! Well, I’m just mixing two polishes together though, hahaha!
<Black Butler Nail Art – Sebastian>
The super cute red glitter polish that I used for my accent nail is Nail Vlogger from the NCLA CutePolish collection! It is loaded with gorgeous apple red glitter, some rainbow holo and large black glitter. I thought this would go well with the rest ofΒ the black and red design!
This isΒ probably the first time I’ve done two characters from the same anime or movie!! I’ve started doing more anime related designs only a few months ago, but I’m enjoying it so much and I’d love to continue (also Kpop inspired designs) π
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s day!Β Thank you for your visit <3 xxox
Wow, the detail you’ve got here is incredible!
Aww! Thank you very much!! π»ππ
Oh Minnie! This is absolutely amazing, you’ve such a skill for painting these characters! I enjoy seeing them on your nails very much! I bet you could do an incredible Chi from Chobits!
That’s SO kind of you to say, Ithi! Hehehe, I struggled a lot for this character, but I’m quite happy with how it turned out π Wow! You know so many anime!! I can remember that you listed your favourite anime on IG, but I couldn’t recognise any of them LOL You’re more Japanese than I am, Hahaha!!!ππππ½πππ
Hi! Your art is amazing and you seem extremely sweet and you inspire me to doggie with my idea of remaking my YouTube channel! *shy hughles* I followed you on Twitter ^-^ if love to help you spread the word of your art if you’d like and Mabry hopefully we can become friends! *shy* I’ll go now > _ ~</β
Aki~β‘
Hi Aki! Thank you for your super sweet comments lol!! I’m so happy to hear that what I do inspired you to create a YouTube channel!!π Hehe, you don’t have to make a videos for me, but I’d love to see the videos of what you love doing :)ππ
Hi! I’m Atsuko (but you can call me Aki!) I just wanted to say your art is amazing and you given me the motive to remake my YouTube channel! I’d love to help you spread the word of your art and mabey even when I get my YouTube channel i will make a special video for you and what you do!!! ;^;/β and you seem really amazing! Deftinly keep up what your doing! You are doing an amazing feat! And i followe yiu on twiiter your twittwr is so kawaii! And I was wondering if you did want to be friends *shy* you just seem so cool and really nice ;^; *shy hides embarassed*
P.S: I’m sorry if I bothered you ;-;
Aki~ ;^;
do you ever use gel polish or a gel top coat to keep everything looking newer for longer? I’m just wondering because it seems a shame to have these nails chip after a few days wear and tear π
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No, I haven’t used gel polishes for my nail art yet, since I prefer not to have to soak my fingers in acetone. But I recently bought a peel off base coat and I can’t wait to try using a gel top coat to get the amazing gel shine!! πΈπ Thank you SO much for your visit!! γ©γγγγγγ¨γγγγγΎγγ£οΌππ»ππβ¨
Hi Minnie, I have been watching so many of your videos recently! You are so talented and I wish I could paint like you. Normally I wouldn’t leave any comments on other blogs, but I just want to let you know how awesome you are!ππ»π
I do have a few questions though… how do you keep all these nail polishes “liquidy”? I have many bottles and they are drying out. I believe you must have way more than mine! How do you store them?
Every time I paint my nails, I get air bubbles! They are disgusting and I don’t know how to get them away! Especially when I paint generous amount of top coat as you mentioned in your videos, I get bubbles every time. Can you please help?π€’
Thank you!! Please keep up your awesome painting!
Hi Lina! Thank you very much for checking out my blog and leaving me such a sweet comment!!π
I keep my nail polishes in a regular IKEA drawer which is sitting in the coolest room in my apartment. All of my nail polishes do get thicken over time too though, but I add some nail polish thinner to make them runny just before I use them π π
I sometimes have bubbles in my manicure too! Try applying the first coat thinly, and then apply a normal amount for the second coat. I personally don’t recommend to apply three coats, because sometimes the thickness of the polish can be the cause of bubbling. Allow the nail polish to dry before applying a top coat.
One other thing could be the temperature. Try painting your nails in a cool room or dip your hands in a bow of icy water to cool down.
Sorry for writing lots, these are affective for me but I’m not too sure if they work for you too. I hope so! πΈπππ
Awww! Thank you for your reply!π Thank you so much for all the great tips! I will note them down π.
Would you please find some time to do a tutorial to show us your polish collection? That’d be awesome! And do some Q & A about yourself so that all of us could get to know you better ππ€
Please keep up with all the great designs and share with us!(on a more frequent basis?π)
Thank you so much for coming back, Lina!π And thank you very much for your suggestions about what kind of videos I could make in the future π π½ππππ
I can’t decide which nail art I like more – this one or Ciel Phantomhive. But the design on middle finger is absolutely beautiful. I like how you improvised.