Blobbicure nails tutorial

Today we're going to be working on a deceptively simple technique that requires absolutely no tools, but has so many little caveats that I feel deserves its own spot here. Blobbicures are a style of nail art I don't tend to gravitate towards and it's sheer laziness and clumsiness: it requires a longer drying time than other techniques and I would just seethe hitting my nails while still wet. So, let's learn together how to do them and what would we need, which honestly... it's not much!

 

The base principle of the blobbicure is dropping blobs of a nail polish over a wet, thick coat of another. That's why the result may look not smooth, but a top coat will get rid of this, anyways. So, let's get right into this. What do we need to do a blobbicure? Two polishes. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. Let's review which ones I used:

My polishes for today are from a dollar store brand. Honestly the shades are so pretty and you know I'm obsessed with neon green! They are:

• Yes Love 9 days Gel effect's 494
• Yes Love 9 days Gel effect's 508

The technique is very simple to execute, I would recommend to get your base to opacity or close to it, as you don't want to double guess when you're going to do this. Time is everything in a blobbicure, as you will see!

 

494 is a bit chalky, which I don't truly mind a lot when working with it normally, but it might be an issue in this particular nail art. We'll discuss it later. For now, what you want to know is that you have to work fast from now on. Get ready, unscrew both polishes, and apply a thick coat of your base colour. Do not hesitate to redip your brush into the bottle to get more polish, you truly want your coat to be on the thicker side, and don't let it dry, grab your second colour and drop it on top. You can absolutely make the blob of nail polish touch the surface, just don't push into it to avoid cross contamination into your bottle. Redip as many times as you need to get the blobs of the size you want. And that's the technique!

You can create organic shapes with this technique, like imitating mushrooms, for example, or just make it abstract and call it a day, like me.

Now, let's talk about differences in results: the formula of your polishes of choice and the brushes can make a huge impact on how it will work and spread around. Thicker polishes and smaller brushes will not spread as much, as they will face more resistence, scientifically speaking, to break the tension. My pastel neon was in the thicker, chalky side, so my blobs of neon didn't spread much, as even if it tried to do so, you can almost see how the lighter shade was making a barrier for it and drying on top. I have done tests with other polishes, and there are other formulas that spread way better, pushing other blobs on the nail and creating unique shapes. So, it's experimentation, and informed guesses on what should you expect.

The last step would be your top coat, and I'd recommend you to wait for a bit for that thick coat to dry a bit. Top coat should help everything dry, but if it's too wet and mushy, it can create a mess inside and not allow to cure the product properly, being easy to dent and mess up your manicure, so be patient and try not to do anything because believe me: you're gonna have a dent, this coat is not to be messed up with.

Do let me know if you want more information or tries on this, or if I even should play with this technique on my own real nails. Thanks for reading and I'll see you next time!