Where In The World Challenge: Israel

Hello my lovelies! I'm finally catching up with the Where In The World challenge and posting my Israel nail art today. I had this idea in my head for over a week but was so busy with other posts that I didn't have the time to put it into practice. I must admit that today's approach is a bit abstract, but I did my best to do something original and interesting. 

Here's the story behind this nail art. I had a little trouble coming up with something for this challenge so I started researching Israel on Wikipedia. I found out about this flower, named Anemone coronaria or poppy anemone, that grows all over Israel and is a popular tourist attraction. Instead of painting complicated flowers on my nails, I took inspiration from a photo of a field of Anemone coronaria. Here's the picture in question. 

*image source*

The base color of this manicure is Essie Navigate Her. I've already posted about this color here, but I'm still going to include a picture of this on my longer nails because I love it. Seriously, this polish is so gorgeous that I would need to grow one more hand so I could wear this all the time on it. 

Essie Navigate Her indoors, artificial light

 This is just 2 coats of awesomeness! The "flowers" are random spots that I drew with a nail art brush. I used Sleek Geisha's Seal for the red flowers and I tried to create an opaque lilac by mixing Sephora Let's Dance with some white for the other flowers. Of course the lilac is still too purple and should be lighter but it seemed light enough in real life. 

This came out pretty weird in the end but I still like the effect of the random dots on my nails. It actually looks more like one of those color blind tests rather than a poppy field. 

Thanks for reading! Here are the other posts from the ladies participating in this challenge: