Gelish Mani Sunday | What Time Is It?? Adventure Time Nails!

I. Love. Adventure Time.

"But it's a kids show!/It doesn't make sense!/It's just weird!"

Au contraire.

This show is FULL of adult themes and humor and some really intense imagery that seems like nonsense at face-value but can be deconstructed for further meaning. The show is LITTERED with subtle geek culture references, from Sailor Moon, to Batman, and I think a recent ep was referencing Totoro. These 15 minute episodes are full of character development, recurring themes, and SO MUCH BACK STORY. When you watch the show, keep in the back of your head that the show is set in post-apocalyptic earth and suddenly background scenery and seemingly nonsense dialouge will seem much more significant.
Go watch the episode "What Was Missing". It's 13 minutes of your life you won't regret. Then start from season 1. It gets better every season.

So ANYWAY we went to the Comikaze con last weekend in Los Angeles and had a toooon of fun! I decided I HAD to do some nerdy nails for the con and I wanted to rock my Adventure Time pride!

These nails are soooo much fun and I got a ton of compliments! IN FACT, the gals at the Boom Studios booth loved them and took pics of them... AND tweeted them to the Boom Studios twitter account!! MATHEMATICAL!!!

I did Adventure Time with Finn & Jake on my right hand and Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake on my left hand. I'd love more Fionna and Cake episodes, but Adam Muto seemed pretty adamant that Ice King's foray into fanfic is done (but, hey if Xergiok can make another appearance pretty much anything is possible, right? Right!? *siiigh*)

I should also mention that I fixed 4 chipped corners on my right hand using the chipped nail tutorial I posted earlier this week! :D So far, no problems!

For the above manicure I did the following:

Thumb Nail:

1. • 2 coats Up In The Blue, cure all coats
2. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush, applied Sheek White for the hat shape, cure
3. • Mixed Skinny Vanilla Latte with a bit of Sheek White on a piece of foil
4. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush, applied Skinny Vanilla Latte/Sheek White in the desired shape for the face, cure
5. • Applied 1 coat of TIO, cure
6. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush and FolkArt acrylic paints, added the face and hair details
7. • Finished with 2 coats of TIO, cure

Index Nail - Jake:

1. • Mixed Gella "Lily" with a bit of Orange Cream Dream on a piece of foil and applied 1 coat to whole nail, cure
2. • Applied 1 coat of TIO, cure
3. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush and FolkArt acrylic paints, added the face details
4. • Finished with 2 coats of TIO, cure

Index Nail - Cake:

1. • 2 coats Sheek White, cure all coats
2. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush, painted yellow spots with Gella "Lily", cure
3. • Using a nail art brush and FolkArt acrylic paints, added the face details
4. • Finished with 2 coats of TIO, cure

Middle Nail:

1. • 2 coats Up Take Action, cure all coats
2. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush, applied Make A Difference for hair, cure
3. • Applied 1 coat of TIO, cure
4. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush and FolkArt acrylic paints, added the face and crown details
5. • Added a tiny dot of Up In The Blue for the crown detail, cure
6. • Finished with 2 coats of TIO, cure

Ring Nail:

1. • 2 coats Cashmere Kind of Gal, cure all coats
2. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush, applied Cocktail Party Drama for hair, cure
3. • Applied 1 coat of TIO, cure
4. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush and FolkArt acrylic paints, added the face and bite mark details
5. • Finished with 2 coats of TIO, cure

Pinky Nail:

1. • Mixed Gella "Lily" with a bit of Orange Cream Dream on a piece of foil and applied 2 coats to whole nail, cure all layers
2. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush, applied Orange Cream Dream for hair, cure
3. • Applied 1 coat of TIO, cure
4. • Wipe tacky layer. Using a nail art brush and FolkArt acrylic paints, added the face and red gem details
5. • Finished with 2 coats of TIO, cure