Blue Petals

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This week's manicure is very simple. All you need is a sparkly blue nail polish, silver nail polish, white nail polish and a dotting tool.

I started with a base coat of OPI nail envy. I then did three coats of Nicole by OPI Blueberry Sweet on You on all except my middle fingernail. I then painted my middle fingernail with two coats of OPI Alpine Snow. Once that was dry, I used a dotting tool and Nicole by OPI Blueberry Sweet on You to create five dots in a circle in them middle of the nail. I then used Icing Heavy Metal to create a dot in the center of the five dots, making the face of a flower. I then made another circle of dots with Icing Heavy metal just to the left of the first flower and used Nicole by OPI Blueberry Sweet on You to place a dot in the center of those dots. Once that was completely dry, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Nicole by OPI Blueberry Sweet on You and OPI Alpine Snow

Finished!

I really liked the combination of these colors. I know the design isn't anything special but it contrasts well with this glitter polish. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Sparks

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This week's manicure was thought up the day I painted it on. For this one you will need a light pink polish, a gold polish and some striping tape!

I started with a base coat of OPI nail envy. I then did two coats of Whim Blush and Bows. Once that was completely dry, I used two pieces of striping tape to form a wide V that points towards the tip of the nail and is placed about halfway down the length of the nail vertically. I then took three more pieces of tape and placed them so that they would form equal pieces in the V I formed earlier. I then used Orly Luxe to paint on the inside space of the V. I then carefully removed all pieces of striping tape. Once that dried completely, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Whim Blush and Bows

Striping Tape in place

Orly Luxe in section of striping tape

Finished!

This pink nail polish was hard to work with. I don't know if all pastel nail polishes are like that or if it's just this specific brand's formula, but yeah. The placing of the tape can be a little tricky when placing tape with your less dominant hand, but other than that, this isn't so hard. You just need to pat on a little bit of nail polish at a time when painting the striping tape area. I hope you liked this one and I will see you next time!

Chunky Glitter

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This week I finally went out and bought some new nail polishes! I simply combined two nail polishes for this manicure. You will need a light purple polish and a chunky silver glitter polish.

I started with a base coat of OPI nail envy. I then did two coats of Essie Nice is Nice. Once that was completely dry, I took Whim More Sequins Please and I painted the base of the nail right above the cuticle and went about half way. Once that was dry I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Essie Nice is Nice

Finished!

I realize that the nail polish looks like two different colors in the photos I have. One photo was taken indoors and the final product photo was taken outdoors. The hardest part about painting only a section of your nail with chunky glitter polish is that it tends to glob and all the glitter sticks together. If you pat it on and move the brush side to side instead of up and down, it makes it easier to keep it where you want it and to place the pieces of glitter accordingly. Glitter is a really simple way to play up a nail polish color. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time.

Square Studs

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This week's look is another simple manicure achieved with striping tape! You will need a sand colored nail polish, a gold nail polish and of course, striping tape.

I started with a base coat of OPI nail envy. I then two coats of Sei Bella Vintage Mauve. Once that dried, I took two pieces of striping tape and placed them vertically in the middle of the nail and evenly spaced so that they formed one lane going down the middle of the nail. I then took more pieces of tape and placed them horizontally in between the two lines so that I formed square spaces all the way down the nail. I used about four or five, depending on how big or small you make the squares, you may have more of less pieces of tape. I then used Orly Luxe to paint only in the square spaces down the middle of the nail. I then carefully removed all of the striping tape. I did this pattern on my index fingernail and my ring fingernail. You could do it on all if you so desire. Once that dried completely, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Sei Bella Vintage Mauve 

Striping Tape in place

Orly Luxe over specific square spaces

Finished!

I really like the combination of these colors. The process of doing these squares was fairly simple. I just had to really make sure my lines were straight. I could have done the studs on all my nails but this time I was just ready to be done. I think it would look really cool on a dark colored polish as well. I hope you enjoyed this manicure and I will see you next time!