January 24th, 2013 
Vicky 
Hello and welcome back! Nail Your Books is a feature at The Princess of Storyland that Cristina created in order to show off some great book related nail ideas. They can be anything from a book inspired design to a matching nail varnish. Since I love nail varnishes and – as my Twitter followers know – I often create book cover inspired nail designs for myself, I decided to join this feature and bring them here to the blog to show you.
Hello everyone! Those of you who have been following me on Twitter for at least a few months might remember that a.) I’m a big fan of cutepolish‘s Youtube channel and b.) I adored her city skyline nails. So much so that I just couldn’t resist giving them a try back in August. (see the result here) When I was rearranging my bookcase the other day I realised it looks a little bit like the skyscrapers on Divergent’s cover. So I added a bit of glitter and silvery colours to the base coat and… well, this is how it turned out.
If you’d like to recreate this look, you’ll need the following:
- Base coat (Quick Dry Nail Colour 13 by Rival de Loop)
- Silver nail varnish (Metal Shine by Miss Sporty)
- Black nail varnish (Fatal Black by Miss Sporty) or a black nail art pen
- Top coat (Ultra Gloss Nail Shine by Essence)
- A cosmetic sponge
Tutorial:
The only thing you’ll need to change is the colours. After starting off with a base coat, I applied one coat of slightly darker blue and let it dry. Next, instead of the blue/purple combination, I applied some silver nail polish onto a cosmetic sponge and sponged this colour halfway down my nails. I also used this silver polish for the tiny windows (instead of the white one in the video). And the rest is the same. 
Will you give it a try? Have you tried any book cover inspired nail designs recently?
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OhmiGod! I love this! I recently bought Divergent and Insurgent so maybe this is a sign that I should just read them already.
I really like skylines. I have like, a ton of wallpapers of city skylines and so I will surely give this a try =D
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Thank you!
And you SHOULD!!!!! And then we could read Insurgent together. *pokes her arm*
Wow – Your nails are stunning! I love the design
And it fits so well with the cover!
How long does it take you to do them?
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Megan @ReadingInTheSunshine recently posted..The Last Time I Saw You by Eleanor Moran
Aww, thank you! It depends – I think this one took me about half an hour or so. It depends on the nail polish I use because some of them take ages to dry.
This is amazing, Vicky! If I’m ever in the area, I just might have to look you up so that you can do this for me!
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Now that would be fun!
Awesome..you are so clever!
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Aw, thanks Kimba!
Awesome Vicky! I wish I was this skilled in nail art
I’m actually reading Divergent right now for a read-a-long I’m hosting!
Rachelia (Bookish Comforts) recently posted..DIVERGENT Read-a-Long DISCUSSION POST #2 [Chapters 11-20]
Thanks R!
And I know! I actually saw your tweets the other day and it must be so much fun – I would have joined you guys if I hadn’t read it last year. Aren’t you planning on hosting an Insurgent readalong, by any chance? I’d be totally up for that – it’s been on my TBR list for ages!
I’m not sure if we will be doing an Insurgent read-a-long or not — but we are doing 1 each month as part of the TBR Pile Challenge. Next month is Delirium, have you read it yet?
Rachelia (Bookish Comforts) recently posted..DIVERGENT Read-a-Long DISCUSSION POST #2 [Chapters 11-20]
Each month? Oh, I’ll have to check out your schedule. I haven’t read it yet but I don’t think I will either – it doesn’t really sound my cup of tea, to be frank
What are you reading in March? 
Thos are completely awesome Vicky…I am so amazed at how talented you are…I can barely get one coat of one color to look decent when I do my nails! lol
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Hahaha! Thank you so much! <3
Very cool! I’m an avid reader, book blogger, and nail polish addict! Have you joined the Nail Polish Lottery Club on FB?
Here’s my post:
http://zaraalexis.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/cute-icles-of-a-bibliotaphe-nail-polish-lottery-club-week-01-21-2013/
Zara Alexis @ The Bibliotaphe Closet
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I haven’t but I’ll make sure to check out your post – it sounds interesting!
Oh my Goodness! I love this idea. Your nails look so amazing.
Beckie @ Bittersweet Enchantment
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Oh, thanks Beckie!
How have you been? It’s been AGES!
Your welcome. I have been doing well. Thank you for asking. I stop by your blog often, just lazy on commenting… *blushes* How have you been doing? Did you have a nice Christmas?
- Beckie
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Those are some awesome details. Loved the first and need to read 2nd.
Happy reading,
Brandi @ Blkosiner’s Book Blog
So do I! I’ll need to pick it up this year. x
Love it! That’s so creative and perfect for Divergent
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Thanks Katja!
They look amazing. I wsh I could do fancy nail varnishy things but I can only just about manage dots!
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Hey, dots are super cute! I had polka dot nails last week
First of all, the new blog look is phenomenal!! And the nails are awesome, love the book and the nails!
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Oh, thank you so much!
That is bad a$$! Thanks for the video.
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Glad you liked it!
Ooh gorgeous! They look amazing. You are the nail art queen.
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*strokes chin* I LOVE that title.
Thank you!
Vicky, those are AMAZING!! I showed my sister-in-law and I’m going to make her do my nails like that someday lol
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Thanks Marie!
Do let me know if you guys give it a try, I’d love to see the result!
These are fantastic! I’m in love with anything to do with city views, so I think I know what I’ll be doing on my nails next!
Kristy F recently posted..Fabulous Bookshelves!
Same here!
Let me know if you give it a try – I’d love to see the result!
Ooh! I like! Thanks for sharing! Will try this one now!
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Ooooh! I just saw your photo on Twitter – they look amazing!!!!!
Thañks! Hahaha.
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Ahhh this looks so cool!
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ooh this looks so cute! I would love nails like that, especially sing i love divergent <3
- Juhina @ Maji Bookshelf
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Thank you! <3
Beautiful!
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Thanks, Petra!
Wow your nails look awesome. I wish I could do fabulous nail art like that
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I wish I had this kind of patience and steady hand!
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Amazing! I could never do this without “painting” half my room while at it!
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