Happy Penguin Day!

Happy Penguin Day everyone!



April 25th is the International Penguin Day. Every year on or around this day, penguins start their northward migration. Only the Emperor Penguin stays in the cold south of Antarctica. So to celebrate, I have made an antarctic manicure, with Emperors on the left hand, and Adelie Penguins on the right. It was fun to try to paint with nail polish. Here is the result:

Emperor Penguins

Adelie Penguins

To make this design, I used:

- nail polish: white, black, grey, yellow, light blue, light blue holographic, white glitter, and aqua base under the holographic, and base- and top coat.
- one rhine stone for the eye (but it was too big)
- dotting tools
- a tiny paintbrush (just dip it in nail polish remover to clean it between colors)
- nail polish remover
- a small glass bowl (for nail polish remover. It can make a hole in your  plastic cup and ruin your table...)
- paper plate as palette

If you try this, be careful when you put the top coat on. I managed to damage the polish on my right hand even though it was completely dry :-(


I got ideas for the right hand from many tutorials, but I think the first time I saw penguin manicures was when Colette from My Simple Little Pleasures  put together a list of over 100 Christmas manicures. I think it was on her YouTube channel, but of course I can not find it now when I wanted to link to it... And for the left hand I just looked at photos of Emperor Penguins.

This is a nice day to learn more about penguins. I would recommend the movie "March of the Penguins", which is about the Emperor Penguins, and how the male and the female collaborate to look after the egg, and later, raise their chick.

Travelling to Antarctica is expensive, but if you love animals and have the opportunity to go and visit the penguins, you should. The Emperors are not afraid of people, and curious, so you can get close to them (or they to you...). A trip during the Antarctic summer must be a fantastic experience. For the rest of us, a web cam, or a trip to the Aquarium/ Zoo is a possibility. Here is the penguin cam from San Diego, USA. You can watch it until the end of April in honor of the "Frozen Planet" TV series, but there are many other web cams too.

I am sorry for posting this late. My plan was to make the mani the day before. I hope it is still Penguin Day where you are.


Lani