This was kind of disappointing for me. I was tired, the lines didn't come out very straight or even, and I felt like the inverted triangle made my nails look shorter. But the idea is worth revisiting, sometime when I've forgotten how much it frustrated me LOL.
I started out with a base of Sally Hansen Sea And Be Seen. Gorgeous, lovely color but this was I think 3 coats & the only reason I didn't add a 4th was the fact that I knew I'd be doing the stripes on the tip to disguise the VNL. I would suggest Sephora by OPI Underwater Fantasy as an alternative, because I recall it being more opaque & they're dupes ... you can see how many of Sally's spring colors are $OPI dupes HERE at Steph's Closet, it's kind of ridiculous.
After that dried, I used some blue painter's tape to mark off a triangle, and then a striper brush & OPI Ink to add stripes. I don't hate this, but I don't love it either. I think that meh feeling may be why I didn't get more pics ... oh, no wait - it was the rain. Rained ALL freaking day on Tuesday. Here are my inside shots:
This mani was inspired by this dress I saw in a magazine:
I started out with a base of Sally Hansen Sea And Be Seen. Gorgeous, lovely color but this was I think 3 coats & the only reason I didn't add a 4th was the fact that I knew I'd be doing the stripes on the tip to disguise the VNL. I would suggest Sephora by OPI Underwater Fantasy as an alternative, because I recall it being more opaque & they're dupes ... you can see how many of Sally's spring colors are $OPI dupes HERE at Steph's Closet, it's kind of ridiculous.
After that dried, I used some blue painter's tape to mark off a triangle, and then a striper brush & OPI Ink to add stripes. I don't hate this, but I don't love it either. I think that meh feeling may be why I didn't get more pics ... oh, no wait - it was the rain. Rained ALL freaking day on Tuesday. Here are my inside shots:
This mani was inspired by this dress I saw in a magazine:
What do you think of this design? Thanks for reading.
~Colette
Colette, Don't be so hard on yourself. You always do such beautiful work :) I think your mani is just gorgeous and you mimic the dress very well! I'm going to try this :)
ReplyDeletei love all ur design and u inspired me.. u did an awesome job!!
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ReplyDeleteRMCANDLELIGHT, THRISZHA, SAORI - Thank you =)
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