Matte black with silver foil tips

I thought this was a nice classic look-matte black nail polish with silver foil tips. Here's my first attempt. The black polish was too thick, so after applying the matte top coat on top, the polish got bubbly and took forever to dry. For the tips, I used nail guards for the pointed tip effect.

Weekend Nails 6/17/12

Inspired by pictures on Pinterest, I did hot pink nail striping on my daughter and a Zoya Kelly manicure/pedicure on myself using the striping tape on my index and big toe as an accent.

I also wanted to try the cuticle cleaning technique using a brush to make it look flawless but it was a lot harder than I expected. I must not be using the right brush because I used 100% acetone. Oh well, practice makes perfect. :-)

Nail Foil Wraps

This weekend I wanted to try Nail Foil Wraps. I found this cute cheetah/leopard print foil on eBay. The package had 16 tips which was enough for both myself and my daughter and some leftover. I thought these were nail wraps that were actually nail polish that you stick on but these turned out to be more like stickers. It was kind of a pain in the butt to put these on because you have to cut them to fix your nail exactly because I don't think it was meant for you to file them down. Nonetheless, I think they look pretty unique. :-) hopefully I get the full 11 day wear like it claims!

UPDATE: Okay these turned out to be one hot mess. Only after one day, these were already starting to peel plus they kept snagging on everything! After three miserable days, I ripped them off and it turns out, they damaged my natural nails. Never again!!!

Gradient Manicure

This was my first attempt at gradient nails. Pictured below is what I used in the order that I applied it. The method I used was a combination of applying the coats shorter and shorter as I get to the top of the nail + the makeup sponge technique topped off with three different glitter sizes. The last picture shown is what my nails look like after one week-no chipping whatsoever! :-)