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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Not Too Happy With This ...

But I'm going to show you guys anyway. We'll chalk it up to a learning experience.

I got this idea from my friend's manicure, she got it done pink french tips with a silver smile line & I had every intention of taking a pic ... but didn't. I wanted to recreate it, and I'm pretty happy with the colors I chose, but I failed in the execution.

I usually use guides when I do french tips, and as long as I am very careful applying them they work pretty good. I guess today I was a little impatient or distracted or something, because I ended up with a mess. And that's where the problem started ... I thought I'd cover up the messy edge with a gold line, since this pink has a lot of gold shimmer. But, putting it under the existing pink tip, I think it ended up too low, it makes my nail beds look stunted. I should have put the gold line on top of the pink instead of under it, or tried to clean up the pink edge & skipped the gold all together, since freehand is not my forte & it came out kind of thick & messy. Either way, I didn't hate it enough to remove it right away, but I think this will probably come off tomorrow.

But, here we go - I started with 2 coats of China Glaze Golden Enchantment for the base, China Glaze Strawberry Fields for the tips, and Sally Hansen Gold Nail Art Pen for the smile line:


Soooo close ... but not quite what I had in mind & so no cigar. Thanks for reading.

~Colette
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12 comments:

  1. VelvetMay 24, 2009 at 8:19 PM

    That's too bad. But it looks very nice in the photos. I like the picture that shows the sparkle. You can see the rainbow of colors in the shimmer.

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  2. AnonymousMay 24, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    I'm not sure what there is not to like, Colette...

    The color combo is perfect and instead of focusing on how short they make your nailbeds look, I see how long they make your nails appear!

    Just gorgeous! =]
    ~wixbetty

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  3. ColetteMay 24, 2009 at 9:19 PM

    VELVET - Golden Enchantment has a lot of holo when the light hits it, I was catching the sun on the way down but I wanted to get a shot.

    WIXBETTY - Maybe I am being a perfectionist or a little too "glass half empty" LOL ... it is grown on me the longer I wear it =)

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  4. UnknownMay 24, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    I think this is great! I love it.

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  5. LucyMay 24, 2009 at 9:54 PM

    Colette your manicure is so pretty. I like all the shimmer. I like your so called mess of a manicure. Your nails are long so they don't look stunted to me.

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  6. adorepinkMay 24, 2009 at 11:30 PM

    This is cute! I had the same idea but with the silver, pink french manicure. I dont think it turned out well on me. I like yours though!

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  7. Jamie D.May 25, 2009 at 12:16 AM

    I've done that before - but it really doesn't look bad. :-) Gorgeous sparkle, I bet no one will even notice that the tips are too wide (you'll probably start a new trend)!

    Nice job!

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  8. AnonymousMay 25, 2009 at 4:06 AM

    I think it looks beautiful. But, I do think ALL french mani's make the nail looks a bit shorter either on top or bottom, it has to because it does cut it horizontal. That's why I'm such a fan of the diagonals. It is beautiful though, gabi (first time posting with you)

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  9. Deez Nailz - Canadas most fabulous hand modelMay 25, 2009 at 6:29 AM

    This is sooooo pretty! It takes me a while to warm up to new things, too. I enlarged the pics and it looks just fine.

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  10. clockworkMay 25, 2009 at 2:19 PM

    I think it photographs super well, it looks amazing on you ^^

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  11. TuliMay 25, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    I loved that pinky color - it's so beautiful, and I think you did a great job with the manicure :-)

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  12. ColetteMay 25, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    KITTYLUVSCOLOR - Thanks!

    LUCY - Thanks =)

    ADOREPINK - I think we're all a little harder on our own nails than we are on other people's - I'm sure yours look great too =)

    JAMIE - No one probably would notice - if I weren't complaining about it constantly =)

    CANISTROTTER - Welcome =) I've considering giving a diagonal french a try, but the closest I've come so far is a diagonal Konad design.

    DEE - Thanks =)

    CLOCKWORK - It somehow manages to look better in the pics than it does in real life LOL.

    TULI - Thanks - the whole Summer Days collection has such great shimmer =)

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Thanks for commenting! I will read every comment, and try to respond to any questions =)