Hello lovely readers!

This is my very first guest post on anyone’s blog s I am super nervous about how well it will turn out I’m Jennifer from Lacquer Ninja, I’m a real life ninja who loves nail polish! I occasionally do some nail art on my blog but I’ve never done anything heavy on imitation of other nail designs before. So, I decided to do a Power Rangers nail look! One of my ninja co-workers loves the Green Ranger more than any other character from his childhood so this is sort of an ode to our childhood.

I started with two easy coats of Zoya Meg from their Surf collection for summer 2012. Meg is a great grassy green metallic polish that I thought would work well with the look I was going for.

Then, after I got home from work on Wednesday, I got to work creating a look with white art brushes to replicate the white diamond pattern I’d see online. Here is one of the examples I was inspired by when I did my own take on the green ranger nail look:

Source:http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=219406;sa=showPosts

OK, so I started by making two large V’s in opposite directions on my nails. These would form the base of the diamond patter on each nail. Then, I started filling in the pattern, beginning with the middle diamond first. I should have used a proper white nail polish instead of art polish for this but it turned out ok.

After that, I added a small black medallion to the center diamond of each nail to be like the chest of the old school green ranger:

Source: http://raedoeshawaii.blogspot.com/2010/06/hickam-shallows-bring-little-swallows.html

This was not my neatest part of the manicure, and I wish I’d referenced more pictures before doing this part. I would have added gold to the middle of the medallions

Then, I had to work on the most important nails in the manicure, the accent nails! I did the Green Ranger helmet which is in the shape of a dragon eating his eyes. This was fun, and I think it’s my favorite nail of the bunch!

My second accent nail was meant to be the belt of the green ranger. I know that there is a more impressive symbol on the belt buckle area, probably a small dragon or a flame but I didn’t have the right brushes for the precision work in that small space! I ended up going with a “G” for Green!

And all put together, this is the look you get!

Hope you enjoyed!

I have four bb creams(or beblesh balms) for you. I have Lohashill Rose Girl BB Cream, Holika Holika Moisture Petit BB, The Oriental Gold BB Cream and The Oriental Gold BB Cream Plus. I currently really like the Petit BB and The Oriental Gold BB Cream Plus. They blend better on my face than the other two. BB creams were originally made to help heal the skin. They’re like a glorified tinted moisturizer. You can find info about bb creams here. Time for swatch photos. Yaaay.

Photos were taken indoors under a daylight bulb. Swatched over bare skin.