Fantasy Friday is my own feature, posted every other Friday. It’s pretty self-explanatory: I do a feature on something to do with the genre. Sometimes it will be a book recommendation, sometimes showcasing a book or series I’ve loved and other times it might be a discussion post. You’re more than welcome to join in with this feature, let me know if you make your own Fantasy Friday post!
Today I want to pick out some nail colours to match the A Song of Ice and Fire series!
I never used to wear nail varnish. But then I got a job where I could NEVER wear it, so naturally all I wanted to do was paint my nails. Now I’m working a different job, and I make sure my nails are almost always one bright colour or the other – just the other day I painted my nails TARDIS blue. Which gave me an idea for a post – nail varnishes that would fit with a specific series. A Song of Ice and Fire seemed like a great choice because of all the different house colours and sigils. So here are my choices, let me know what you think in the comments!
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I love this post! I would have to say for house Greyjoy though I’d do a matte dark grey for iron islands. Nothing glittery about that house! What about Martell? A bright orange would be fitting!
Well I did consider it, but I’ve gone for a grey for the Starks. And I know it’s all about the Iron Islands and the iron price, but their sigil is a golden kraken on black. So I guess gold, black or grey would work!
Or maybe one of those polishes you can get that are grey, but in the light they reflect all different colours… hmm! 😮
I was going to add Martell, but I would have done red for that one, and I didn’t want to do another red! I think it’s a red sun with an orange spear or something? So orange would definitely work, yeah 😀
I hear ya, my brain just wouldn’t associate those grey-garbed people with shiny gold. I think Lannister as gold for the moola. 🙂
And you are right about Martell. I just think hot, spicy and bright when it comes to that house (Prince Doran being the exception).
I did consider changing it to be honest, but I only wrote the post last night after work, and I couldn’t be bothered to go back and edit, haha!
What do you think of Oberyn Martell in the TV series? I like the casting. 🙂
What a fun idea! I think you are spot on with Arryn, Baratheon, Lannister & Stark – these are my favorite colors from the nail polishes you picked.
House Umber – a brownish color like H&M Dust & Diamonds.
House Tully – OPI Alpine Snow, with perhaps blue stripes, would be fun too.
House Florant – OPI A Roll In The Hague.
I’m kind of tempted to buy the Baratheon one… it’s so crazy bright, a great summer colour 😀 But I’m not sure if it would match anything I own, haha!
The one you’ve chosen for Umber looks pretty perfect! And I love the idea of the stripes for the Tullys too – since they have blue, red and silver in their sigil, I wanted to pick a colour I hadn’t really used yet.
I really didn’t know what I was expecting with a “Game of Manicures”! This is an awesome post.
Stark all the way!
Haha, well I’m glad it was a good surprise! 😛
How fun!! I love your choices AND of course that it’s matched with A Song of Ice and Fire! I always love these little posts that tie in with books or series! So much fun to see! 🙂
Thanks Brittany! 😀 Which house would you pick for your nail colour? 😛
OMG, love love love love love this post you made!! Man wish I’d come up with this idea!! But now I wanna paint my nails… and I gots no nail polish
Hehe 😀 You could do your own for a different series? Or continue on with the houses I didn’t include? 😮
Love this so much!! Now I just wish that I could get nail polish to stay on my fingernails more then one day.
Ugh, it’s a pain isn’t it?? Especially as I wear it for work so I feel it has to look neat. But I can’t be bothered to redo it that often!
Oh my god I love this post so much. I’m seriously almost mad that I didn’t think of doing this myself 😛 I’m lusting over all of these colors so badly…but most of all the Downtown Red and Electric Yellow. I think I might have to go out and buy those right now!
Hehe! 😀 Well if you can think of another series to pick nail colours for, go for it, I’d love to see that!
I know right? I wouldn’t normally go for yellow nail varnish but I kind of love that one.