You can find me over at Karinea0e where I'm guest posting while Karine while she is away on vacation :) I had plenty of warning but I still forgot when my post was going up *oops*!!
Showing posts with label STRIPING TAPE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STRIPING TAPE. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Find Me At Karinea0e
No post from me here today!
You can find me over at Karinea0e where I'm guest posting while Karine while she is away on vacation :) I had plenty of warning but I still forgot when my post was going up *oops*!!
You can find me over at Karinea0e where I'm guest posting while Karine while she is away on vacation :) I had plenty of warning but I still forgot when my post was going up *oops*!!
Friday, May 11, 2012
Blue Patchwork Mani (Pic Heavy)
I've made a list of nail designs that I want to attempt and next up I chose this patchwork mani from Chloe's Nails.
I followed the tutorial for the patchwork manicure, taping off sections and then applying a coat of China Glaze Calypso Blue, a dark blue creme, to the nail. Then I applied a layer of Seche Vite to hurry the drying time. Once it was dry I taped off each nail as shown in the tutorial by Chloe's Nails and applied China Glaze Bahamian Escape, a light blue creme, to the taped off sections.
So at this point it looked like this:
Unfortunately the tape I was using doesn't stick down very well and I didn't have any better tape handy :( So instead I kept using it and just used a brush dipped in nail polish remover to try and neaten up the lines, since I had applied a SV coat I didn't have to worry about the layer of polish beneath coming off.
To fix up my lines I applied silver striping tape along the lines and then applied a coat of Sally Hansen Mega Shine. So onto the pictures! Please ignore the lint? hair? unknown thread I managed to get stuck onto my index finger on my right hand :(
Left Hand
Right Hand
Then in natural light I have these photos
My biggest complaint is that I only had normal scissors laying around so every time I tried to cut the tape to length I would pull the tape up! This was a lesson in frustration itself!! I really need to get a pair of cuticle trimmer scissors so they're small and can get close to the tape instead of pulling it up. I also applied my top coat too soon since it was really late at night and smudged the colours onto my tape >.<
So other than the trying to trim the tape I really love the idea I had for this mani :) Oh and I should have used a thick coat of Seche Vite over the tape because since I couldn't cut the tape to length the excess caught on EVERYTHING!! Eventually I just pulled all the tape off :)
I followed the tutorial for the patchwork manicure, taping off sections and then applying a coat of China Glaze Calypso Blue, a dark blue creme, to the nail. Then I applied a layer of Seche Vite to hurry the drying time. Once it was dry I taped off each nail as shown in the tutorial by Chloe's Nails and applied China Glaze Bahamian Escape, a light blue creme, to the taped off sections.
So at this point it looked like this:
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| Blue Patchwork |
To fix up my lines I applied silver striping tape along the lines and then applied a coat of Sally Hansen Mega Shine. So onto the pictures! Please ignore the lint? hair? unknown thread I managed to get stuck onto my index finger on my right hand :(
Left Hand
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| Blue Patchwork in Artificial Light - Left Hand |
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| Blue Patchwork in Artificial Light - Left Hand |
Right Hand
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| Blue Patchwork in Artificial Light - Right Hand |
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| Blue Patchwork in Artificial Light - Right Hand |
Then in natural light I have these photos
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| Blue Patchwork in Natural Light - Right Hand |
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| Blue Patchwork in Natural Light - Left Hand |
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| Blue Patchwork in Shade - Left Hand |
So other than the trying to trim the tape I really love the idea I had for this mani :) Oh and I should have used a thick coat of Seche Vite over the tape because since I couldn't cut the tape to length the excess caught on EVERYTHING!! Eventually I just pulled all the tape off :)
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