Metallic Chevron Mani

Hi all,

Today I really felt like wearing blue on my nails, so I decided to pull out OPI's Can't Find My Czechbook and, after applying a base coat, I applied 2 coats of this lovely blue. Once it was dry, I took out my Bundle Monster plate BM201 and stamped the chevron design onto each nail using Essie's No Place Like Chrome. 

Because this design did not have a flat bottom and top (due to the stripes) I found this design very difficult to center and place straight across my nail. Some nails (mostly on my other hand) have crooked chevron stripes. :(

What do you think? Let me know if there is a certain technique to use when using this design. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Throwback Thursday...er, Friday: Pokéball Nails

Hello all,

Sorry about the delay again this week, I am finally feeling better, but I had a lot of work to catch up on. Maybe a better idea would be to just aim for one Throwback post a week and not necessarily on Thursday.

For this throwback, I decided to showcase another nail art mani I experimented with: Pokéball nails. When I first started nail art, my boyfriend found a picture on a website of a girl who had completed this manicure and he asked me to try it. Here is the result:

For this manicure, I painted my nails red with Revlon's Get Reddy and, when it was dry, I added a Sally Hansen Insta-Dry white (I can't remember it's name) to the free-edge half of my nails. Then I used a black striped to make the black line across the middle and a fitting tool to add two dots in the middle (one black and one white in different sizes). After that, I sealed my manicure with top coat. 

Overall, I am pleased with the results I achieved with this manicure. There are two things I would change: I needed to clean up the polish along my nail beds badly and I should have applied my topcoat lightly and more carefully so that I wouldn't drag the red polish onto the white. 

I am definitely going to have to add an update to this post later on when I get a chance to retry this manicure. 

What do you think? Have you ever tried this manicure?

Thanks for stopping by!

Purple on Purple

Hello all,

This week, I felt like a change from the French tips and decided to wear a shade I haven't worn since the spring: China Glaze's Tart-y for the Party. I love the colour of this polish, the one thing I am not too fond of is the bumps that happen to pop up whenever I use this shade. I don't know if I am applying it wrong or what, but it always happens. Because of this, I always end up using a full-nail stamp over the top of it to camouflage the bumps.

For this manicure, I used my ridge filling base coat, then applied 2 coats of China Glaze's Tart-y for the Party. When that was dry, I used China Glaze's Bizarre Blurple to stamp the circle design from Bundle Monster plate BM 206. I then sealed it all with top coat. 

What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Throwback Thursday: Pretty Pink with Bows

Hello all,

Sorry I am so late posting this, I got sick on Thursday and haven't felt very well since.

For this throwback I decided to recreate a manicure I had done in the past to see how I could improve on it. 

This is a manicure I did a couple of years ago when I first started stamping. Both times I used 3 coats of OPI's Pedal Faster Suzi! (over base coat this time), then stamped the bow French Tip image from Konad plate m56 and sealed it with top coat.

The picture is of the most recent attempt, and I can honestly say that I have not improved with this particular design. The stamp on my ring finger is squish :( I guess that's where the design isn't on the tip of my nail or a full nail design.

Blue Base for a French Tip?

Hello all,

I'm still experimenting with my French tip plates and I wanted to try something less traditional. I have tried adding French tips to different colours and styles of polishes before and I haven't liked them very much for some reason. I saw some pictures of these manicures done by other people that worked out beautifully, so I decided to give it another try. 

This is the truest representation of the colour of this lovely blue, taken in the shade :)

And another shot taken in the sunshine. I had my doubts when I first bought this colour, but I love it!

For this manicure, I began with my trusty OPI Ridge Filler and then applied 2 coats of China Glaze's Sexy in the City. Once that was dry, I stamped a design from plate m45 in Konad's Black Pearl on my tips and finished it off with OPI's Top Coat. 

I'm not sure how I feel about this manicure. I like the tip and I like the colour, but I think it could use something more, like some glitter haha. 

Sexy in the City has always been one of my favourite colours to stamp over. It shows up a little more teal in person than in these photos. It is a little thin on the first coat so I would apply at least 2 to better the opacity.