Hi everyone! So not too long ago I got an email from Emily over at Nailsxo asking if I wanted to join a World Cup Nail Art competition she was running. Now, I don't really know anything about football and I haven't really done much nail art before but that's never stopped me before! The idea was once you'd been allocated your country you had to create a manicure design that reflected that nation and I was given the Ivory Coast!
Again, I have to admit I knew very little about Ivory Coast so of course I used all my powers, by which I mean Google, to research the country itself as well as the culture so I wanted to share a couple of facts I found out!
Location
The official language spoken on the Ivory Coast is French.
As of 2012, the population stood at 22 million making it the 54th largest population in the world.
Average life expectancy is 57 years old. (It's 80 in the UK!)
And it has many names!
- Conventional long form: Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
- Conventional short form: Cote d'Ivoire
- Local long form: Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
- Local short form: Cote d'Ivoire
- Formerly known as: Ivory Coast
I based the design on my thumb to mimic the coat of arms coloured with the colours of the flag!
On my pinky I tried to mimic the referee kit!
And then on my remaining three nails I went with the slightly easy option of the flag but I think it looks very effective in contrast to the other nails!
So I hope you enjoyed reading this slightly different blog post and I'll keep practicing my nail art and maybe write another post when I improve because my hand wouldn't stop shaking drawing those lines! Thanks for reading!
