Hello fellow addicts!
I spent yesterday creating this new nail art, it's simple, but it took me the whole afternoon. Mainly because of one troublesome polish, but read on as I vent about my adventures in polish heaven.
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| Polishes used for this look. |
As usual, I started off with a base coat to protect my nails. Above you can see the polishes I used to create this look, they are, from left to right:
- Essence - 04 iced latte, from their nude glam collection
- Yeslove - Neon Glitter G1-2
- O.P.I - Alpine Snow
- Catrice - 030 Meet Me At Coral Island
Sadly, I think Essence discontinued their nude glam line. I had forgotten about this nude polish and was delighted when I rediscovered it for this nail art.
Next up, the Yeslove polish, while it is really cool, it's super sheer and one coat takes FOREVER to dry. Alpine Snow is definitely a must-have, it's the perfect white polish in my opinion.
For my thumb, pointer and pinky I used one coat of the Essence polish (I should have used two to get a perfectly opaque base to work on) and layered on 3 coats of the Yeslove polish, a sheer nude-ish base with differently sized neon glitters. But as mentioned above, it took ages to dry. After an hour, the nails still felt a little sticky when I tapped them against each other.
For my middle and ring finger I started off with a base of two coats of Alpine Snow, I let it dry completely, then cut little pieces of normal tape with my zig zag scissors. I then taped the nails and painted one coat of Meet Me At Coral Island over them, removing the tape immediately before the polish could dry.
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| Chevron, Chevron! |
Finally, can we just take a moment to admire the beautiful chevron nails? They're nothing new, but it's the first time I succeeded at them. Prior to this, the polish would either dry on me before I could remove the tape (I'm slow, ok?) or I hadn't waited long enough, so the tape would just rip off the base colour when I pulled it off.
Have you tried chevron nails? What are your secret pro tips?
