Color Block

Hello and happy Spring to you!!

I am so psyched to share with you this week's manicure. I was completely drawn to bright colors this time and I was SO happy with the end result. I will admit, I started out with one pattern and ended up with a completely different one, but I liked it better than what I was planning on doing. For this look you will need three colors of nail polish and striping tape.

I started with a base coat of OPI start to finish formaldehyde free formula. Then I did ONE coat (I emphasized this because that hardly ever happens, but with this polish it worked) of Julep Teri. Once that was dry, I placed a piece of striping tape diagonally on the nail and painted above the tape in Julep Margaret. Once that was completely dry, I placed another piece of tape so that it divides the block of color I just painted, diagonally in Julep Charlotte. The photos will make more sense, I promise. Once all was completely dry, I sealed it off with a fast drying top coat of INM out the door.

Julep Teri

Striping tape diagonally

Julep Margaret above tape

Two colors complete

Striping tape to divide last section

Last section in Julep Charlotte

Finished!

When you're painting the very last section, just make sure not to go past the line where the first color starts. It's already divided, so just don't go into that color, you'll only be painting where the second color is. If you look closely, my pinky is different than the rest of my fingers because that is the original pattern I was going to do. After I had done the first diagonal line on the rest of my nails I realized that I didn't have enough space to do that design anymore, so I came up with what you see here, which I like even better. Super fun huh?! You can totally change this up by how you place the tape to make up new sections of color. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Flower Accent

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This past week I was able to add another color to my nail polish collection and it totally got me in the mood for spring! So I went ahead and added a simple flower accent to it since I LOVED the color on it's own so much. For this look you will need 3 colors of nail polish, dotting tools and some foil for dipping your dotting tools into polish.

I started with a base coat of OPI start to finish formaldehyde free formula. I then did two coats of Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue. Once dry, I used Sei Bella Purple Taupe and a medium sized dotting tool to place four dots at the base of the nail, right above the cuticle, so that it would form a box or in this case, the petals of the flower. I then used Sei Bella Stardust to place a smaller dot in the center of the flower. Once completely dry, I sealed it off with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue

Four Dots in Sei Bella Purple Taupe

Center Dot in Sei Bella Stardust

Finished!

This is another great mani for those who love simplicity; perfect for when you want to add just a little something to an already awesome color. I wish you could see this blue nail polish in person, the color is so much more vibrant and truer to it's name. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Sideline Dots

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This week's manicure was inspired by the upcoming holiday of St. Patrick's Day. For this manicure you will need two colors of nail polish, dotting tools and some aluminum foil for dipping dotting tools into nail polish.

I started with a base coat of OPI start to finish formaldehyde free formula. I then did two coats of Julep Hoch. Once dry, using a medium sized dotting tool, and using Julep Sienna, I made a vertical line of three dots on the far side of the nail (left side on the left hand and right side on the right hand). I then used a small dotting tool to place smaller dots to the left and right of the larger dots already placed. Once completely dry, I sealed it with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Julep Hoch

Dots in Julep Sienna 

Finished!

This mani was so simple! I like how the dots kind of look like gold coins or studs, which go along with the whole St. Patty's day theme. You could totally change this up by picking different colors and even switch the base color with the dot colors on the ring fingers and thumbs as another fun accent. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Triangle center accent

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Excited for another great mani?! I know I am!

This week it took me a while to decide on a color scheme for this mani. I knew what design I wanted to do, but since I was using striping tape, I wanted to be sure I was using a color that wouldn't take forever to dry and be solid. For this mani, you will need striping tape, and two colors of polish.

I started with a base coat of OPI start to finish formaldehyde free formula. I then followed with two coats of Sei Bella Purple Taupe. Once that was completely dry, I used two pieces of striping tape both going diagonally to form an X on the nail. I then used Sei Bella Stardust to fill in the V shape that forms at the top center of the nail, right under the cuticle, and then removed the tape. Once dry, I used a fast drying top coat of INM Out the door to seal it.

Sei Bella Purple Taupe

Striping Tape in an X 

Sei Bella Stardust in V area 

Finished!

Isn't that so pretty?! I just love how simple this is and how cute! It is crazy how much you can do with striping tape! Just a simple little accent to liven up a basic manicure. Hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!