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Purple Ribbon Manicure

Today I did another tape manicure but its something that I haven't really tried much. I don't really know the proper name for this manicure so I named it purple ribbons! It reminds me of having small ribbons wrapped around my nails. 

I found it pretty easy to do, yet a little time consuming. Luckily I had an afternoon free before I go see Russell Peters!

The colors I used today were OPI- Honk if you love OPI, OPI- pirouette my whistle, Essie- exotic Liras and Essie- Play Date.

So I started off with my light purple base color from Essie (play date), and I waited until it was completely dry. The color itself is extremely beautiful on its own as well.

 Once they were dry I cut out small thin triangle pieces of tape and placed them spaced out but one on top of the other. Like below.

Once you have all your tape in place, you are ready to apply your ribbon colors.  I used Honk if you love OPI and Essie's Exotic Liras. Remove the tape ASAP, or else your lines wont be crisp. once everything was done and dry i covered it with Pirouette my whistle and finished with my top coat!

Triangle Tips

Triangle Tips

Hello friends! So tonight I tried an inspired manicure from a woman (Nailside) that I admire in the nail world. You can check out the original version at her blog through this link. http://nailside.blogspot.ca/2011/10/pyramid-tips-with-essie-fair-game_2465.html She has a ton of amazing nail ideas. I can only hope she is proud of my version. Thanks! 

What I used as my basecoat tonight was vermillionaire from Essie and the accent color was velvet voyeur again from Essie. I always loved the pairing of oranges and plums. being near Halloween it works especially well :). The idea is pretty simple really. You create a triangle pattern with your tape and then lay two horizontal pieces across to achieve the gaps. Just make sure that your basecoat is completely dry, otherwise you will pull it all off when you pull your tape off. 

I had  so much fun doing this pattern, I'd like to thank Nailside for the great idea again. :)

Blocking Manicure w/ Tutorial

 Blocking Manicure

Hey everyone! Today I did a blocking manicure on myself and if you stick around I will be putting below the tutorial on how you can do one yourself!

What you will need to do this lovely look will be a base-coat, a top-coat, some stationary tape, three different colors of your choice, and an optional nail art of your choice. 

I live by my Bonder base-coat. Being a hairdresser I am in the water most of the day and this base-coat helps the polish stick to my nails like glue!!! best invention ever. 

So my choice of colors were all from OPI. The pink is called A rose at dawn, the green is Gargantuan Green Grape, and the purple is Funky Dunky from the Shrek line. The silver in the picture is Orly nail art in Silver Sparkle. 

To start the look you will need to pick the lightest color of the three. Why, because they usually take up to two coats for full coverage. its just more convenient to do so. Let this color COMPLETELY DRY.

What you will do at this stage is cut out triangle shapes from your tape and place them to expose the desired shape you want. make sure that the tape is pressed down completely so that the polish you are about to put on leaves a nice crisp line when you remove it. You can see by my picture what kind of pattern I was trying to do. 

Try and alternate the colors that you chose, placing them in a random pattern. With the nails with only one piece of tape on them you are able to put both colors on. 

I did the last colors free hand and just followed the line precise. You should end up with a end result like this. 

Now I added some silver over the lines as a finishing touch to my manicure. You don't have to add these if you don't like them. Just make sure you let the colors completely dry before putting on your top coat, or else you will cause smudging. And voila! your done!

Multicolored Polka-dot Nails!!!