Book Club Nails: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

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I've been really inspired lately to do themed nails for my book club, and my recent pick of Patricia McKillip's World Fantasy Award winner The Forgotten Beasts of Eld practically demanded a mani based on the beautiful fantasy imagery.

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld inspired manicure


This amazingly beautiful book tells the story of a dark-eyed, ivory-haired sorceress and the menagerie of magical animals that share her home.  Selecting a theme for this design was easy, and fortunately my love of fantastic themed plates is just as strong as my love of fantasy books, so there were plenty of plates to pull from.

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld inspired manicure

Throughout this mani, I've used the dragon scales from MM21 - as with my handful of other Messy Mansion plates, this is amazingly well-etched and gives zero grief with lifting images.  Also on my left hand, I have the black cat's eye from Marianne Professional No 20 and the sorceress' swirling hair and solemn gaze from Creative Shop 28, and these two are also fantastic plates.

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld inspired manicure


My right hand has a lion in majestic profile from OS-03, a black swan image from Xiuia-22, and I've used the owl image from Ejiubas + Opal Hazlett to stand in for a raptor yet again, this time the blue-eyed falcon.  All of the images on this side of the plate are far too wide to fit on anyone's nails, yet I'm really appreciative of how detailed they are so that any part of the image looks great.

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld inspired manicure

Happy reading!

~Michelle

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