Hiya! Super quick post today--I've been out all day! I had a meeting today: can you guess where?
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| Microsoft Windows 8 logo nails. Can't believe I went there. |
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Showing posts with label tape mani. Show all posts
25 August 2013
Alphabet Challenge: V is for... Vampy Victorian Vixen
Hello, lovely people! Back to the Alphabet Challenge, and today I will be showcasing the letter V.
This has quickly become one of my favourite manicures I've ever done. It feels so elegant and Victorian-era, which is kind of what I was going for.
To create this look, I painted my index and middle fingers with two coats of Dollicious Polish Violet Vixen (part of the Dollicious by Fredericks of Hollywood line--I covered three of these here!), a nice metallic/foily lavender. I then used striping tape to create the criss-cross pattern over it. This takes some patience, getting the small strips cut and placed just perfectly, which made me glad I decided to only do this as a double-accent on each hand and not a full manicure!
Anyway, after that was masked off, I painted all the nails with piCture pOlish Vampire, an awesome vampy red! I did two coats over the first two nails, and three coats on the others to reach this opacity. (It still wasn't totally solid at the base of my ring and small fingers, but I didn't want to do a fourth coat--and anyway, I like this look.) When the polish was still wet I used tweezers to carefully peel off the striping tape and reveal the criss-cross pattern. And of course, after that dried, I dotted topcoat onto the joins and added some baby pearls from dollarnailart.com. Sealed in with Seche Vite, and voilà!
Très belle, non? :) So lovely. One more pic, because I thought it would look neat in black and white...
Well, now I must be off to have tea and crumpets with the queen, and discuss the finer points of... whatever it is that royalty discusses. It must be something fancy with nails like these ;)
Have a great weekend, and I'll see you next time! xoxo
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| Click for full view on these :) |
This has quickly become one of my favourite manicures I've ever done. It feels so elegant and Victorian-era, which is kind of what I was going for.
To create this look, I painted my index and middle fingers with two coats of Dollicious Polish Violet Vixen (part of the Dollicious by Fredericks of Hollywood line--I covered three of these here!), a nice metallic/foily lavender. I then used striping tape to create the criss-cross pattern over it. This takes some patience, getting the small strips cut and placed just perfectly, which made me glad I decided to only do this as a double-accent on each hand and not a full manicure!
Anyway, after that was masked off, I painted all the nails with piCture pOlish Vampire, an awesome vampy red! I did two coats over the first two nails, and three coats on the others to reach this opacity. (It still wasn't totally solid at the base of my ring and small fingers, but I didn't want to do a fourth coat--and anyway, I like this look.) When the polish was still wet I used tweezers to carefully peel off the striping tape and reveal the criss-cross pattern. And of course, after that dried, I dotted topcoat onto the joins and added some baby pearls from dollarnailart.com. Sealed in with Seche Vite, and voilà!
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| avec flash! |
Très belle, non? :) So lovely. One more pic, because I thought it would look neat in black and white...
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| and I was right, yeah? |
Well, now I must be off to have tea and crumpets with the queen, and discuss the finer points of... whatever it is that royalty discusses. It must be something fancy with nails like these ;)
Have a great weekend, and I'll see you next time! xoxo
22 October 2012
Challenge Day #26: Inspired by a PATTERN
Bonjour! I hope everyone is having a nice weekend.
Today's prompt was "inspired by a pattern", and this was a great opportunity to try something I've been meaning to do for a while anyway--argyle nails! Observe:
This look was actually pretty easy to do. I started with two coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny, a pretty light periwinkle blue with very fine, subtle silvery-blue shimmer. This was a very popular and sought-after colour in the polish world, and I can see why! It's really feminine and delicate. <3
When that was completely dry, I used squares of tape to block off the shapes at the top and bottom, and painted the exposed sides with OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys, which is actually way more of a warm and chocolatey brown than it showed up in these pics. I then used my white Stripe Rite striper polish to freehand the criss-crossing white diamond pattern, and sealed it with one of my topcoats. I forgot which one. Probably good ol' trusty Seche Vite.
I wore these for a couple of days, and then instead of taking them off, I decided I wanted to add something. So I grabbed my Nubar 2010, a cool flakey polish, and added a coat of those for some visual interest. And then, because I can never wear flakies without matte-ifying them, I finished it off with a coat of Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love. The final look is as follows...
Well, that's it for today's post. It's been a pretty good weekend--all the football teams I like won, and a lot of teams I dislike lost. I had pizza, lots of drinks, the weather was pretty, and I had fun argyle nails. What more does a girl need? ;)
See you next time for artwork-inspired nails. Also keep a look out for my Halloween design post coming up soon... 'tis the season! xoxo
Today's prompt was "inspired by a pattern", and this was a great opportunity to try something I've been meaning to do for a while anyway--argyle nails! Observe:
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| I tried to colour-correct this, but it looks hopelessly yellowish. But still! :) |
This look was actually pretty easy to do. I started with two coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny, a pretty light periwinkle blue with very fine, subtle silvery-blue shimmer. This was a very popular and sought-after colour in the polish world, and I can see why! It's really feminine and delicate. <3
When that was completely dry, I used squares of tape to block off the shapes at the top and bottom, and painted the exposed sides with OPI Suzi Loves Cowboys, which is actually way more of a warm and chocolatey brown than it showed up in these pics. I then used my white Stripe Rite striper polish to freehand the criss-crossing white diamond pattern, and sealed it with one of my topcoats. I forgot which one. Probably good ol' trusty Seche Vite.
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| The side diamonds still look black. Especially with the flash here. |
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| In sunlight! |
I wore these for a couple of days, and then instead of taking them off, I decided I wanted to add something. So I grabbed my Nubar 2010, a cool flakey polish, and added a coat of those for some visual interest. And then, because I can never wear flakies without matte-ifying them, I finished it off with a coat of Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love. The final look is as follows...
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| These flakes are neat and colour-shifty! Sometimes they look reddish orange... |
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| ...sometimes blue... |
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| ...and sometimes yellow and green! |
Well, that's it for today's post. It's been a pretty good weekend--all the football teams I like won, and a lot of teams I dislike lost. I had pizza, lots of drinks, the weather was pretty, and I had fun argyle nails. What more does a girl need? ;)
See you next time for artwork-inspired nails. Also keep a look out for my Halloween design post coming up soon... 'tis the season! xoxo
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