Christmas Tree

Hey!!

This week I saw a manicure online and I got the inspiration for what I came up with here. It started out one way and trial and error led me to this final design. I really like how it turned out. For this manicure you will need one sparkly purple nail polish, one white nail polish, striping tape and a toothpick.

I started with a base coat of OPI nail envy. I then did two coats of OPI Alpine Snow on my ring and thumb fingernails. I then did two coats of Julep Phia on the rest of my fingernails. Once my ring fingernail was completely dry, I placed two pieces of striping tape to form an upside V pattern and then used three more pieces of striping tape to divide the space in between the V so that it looks like a fan. I then painted in the spaces of the striping tape with Julep Phia, leaving the space outside of the V shape clean. Immediately after painting, I carefully removed the striping tape. Using a toothpick and the color Julep Phia I drew a star at the base of the nail, right above the cuticle, so that it looks like the star at the top of the Christmas tree. I did the same design on my thumbnails. Once everything was completely dry, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Julep Phia & OPI Alpine Snow

Striping tape over OPI Alpine Snow

Julep Phia over striping tape 

Striping tape removed 

Star drawn on with toothpick 

Finished!

So pretty, right?! I really liked this look. I had the thought that this would be fun to do using Christmas colors like red or green in place of the sparkly purple. I would stick to using a sparkly polish though, since it makes it look that more festive. You could even make the star a gold color too. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this mani and I will see you next time!