Chihiro's Little Helpers

For today's manicure I wanted again something cute, that could shield me from the rainy weather, but, this time, I went for something more challenging nail art wise :)

I finally did something I'd been longing to do for some time and did my (first of many) Chihiro mani :)
If you know not who Chihiro is, you may want to click here for the movie trailer to «Spirited Away» (Hayao Miyazaki is, plainly put, amazing!).

I went with a simpler design - I'll attempt the more complicated ones further in the future as I'll have to do them justice ;)

I chose this picture and I'm really happy with the end result. Check it out:

Eeeek! I'm so proud of these! I am, I so am, I really, really am! :D

Do you know that giddy feeling when someting turns out just the way you imagined it? 

Well, this is it!!! <3

I started it with a saran wrap base composed of an orange like brown (Perfect Lady No.76), a dark brown (It Style No.117), a nude shade (Inocos Nude Disse Ela) and a golden one (Inglot No.223).

I then about drawing the Susuwatari - the little black soots - with acrylic paints in a mixture of black, dark green and purple, to help give them some dimension.

The Susuwatari are small, black as soot and kinda fuzzy, with spherical bodies and inquisitive eyes. 

They make a squeaky murmuring sound when excited, meaning: they are just too cute to ignore <3 

Although they're little, they're Kamaji's helpers in the boiler's room, carrying coal to heat up the water in the bathhouse.

On my middle finger you can see Boh. Boh is son to Yubaba - the 'villain' to the story.

Here he is in his lil mouse/pig form, after being transformed by his mother. It's about this time that he becomes friends with Chihiro :)

*so proud*

And as a little extra, I've made a special one, for you Pinterest lovers :)

Have you ever seen «Spirited Away»? This movie is definitely on my Best Of Movies list, but then again I'm a sucker for anime <3

Let me know in the comments if you share my happy mood over this manicure.

And you can also let me know what kind of manicures (or other things) cheer you up on a rainy day ;)

Hugs & Kissies,

Mina *