Cupcake

Hello nail art fans!!

This week's manicure was inspired by a special upcoming event; I'm having a birthday this weekend! I automatically knew what design I wanted to try out. It took me a while to figure out what colors to use, since I didn't have a white nail polish which is the traditional color used in this manicure, but it all worked out. For this manicure you will need three colors of nail polish, dotting tools, striping tape and patience.

I started out with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy. On my ring fingers and thumbs, I placed a piece of striping tape horizontally about a third of the way down. I then painted below the striping tape with Sei Bella Coral Fantasy. I then removed the striping tape. Once that was completely dry, I placed about seven pieces of striping tape vertically on the part that I just painted. I then painted on top of that same coral area with Julep Sienna. I then carefully removed the pieces of tape. I then used a large dotting tool and Julep Teri to make a cloud shape above the stripes I just made, so that it looks like frosting on a cupcake. Once that was completely dry, I used a small dotting tool and the colors Julep Sienna to make the sprinkles on the frosting and Sei Bella Coral Fantasy to make the cherry on top of the cupcake.

I then painted my pointer, middle and pinky fingers in two coats of Sei Bella Coral Fantasy. On my pointer and pinky fingers I used a small dotting tool and Julep Sienna to place three dots at the base of the nail above the cuticle. The middle dot is slightly larger than the outer two dots. On the middle finger, I used a medium sized dotting tool and Julep Sienna to create a dotted heart shape on the nail. Once all was completely dry, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Striping tape horizontally across the nail 

Sei Bella Coral Fantasy below tape 

Tape Removed 

Striping tape vertically on coral color 

Julep Sienna over striping tape coral area 

Tape removed 

Julep Teri cloud above stripes to resemble frosting

Sei Bella Coral Fantasy for cherry on top and Julep Sienna sprinkles

Finished!

Okay, so this is a very elaborate manicure. I couldn't imagine doing a cupcake on every nail, it would be so time consuming! I really liked how this turned out though. If I would have had a striper nail polish, I would have totally used it to make the stripes instead of using my tape. That would save you LOTS of time. Still though, it was fun to do. I'm excited to try out more things. Hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!!