Choi's nails

For this manicure you'll need:

• One coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's Protein base coat)
• Two coats of China Glaze's I'm not lion as the base. 
• 3 different shades of one colour. I couldn't think of any other I wanted to work with on top of this base apart from purple. It was also the easiest three I could get my hands on without have to rummage through everything. The polishes I chose from lightest to darkest were:
  CG's Light as air - Light grey lilac
  CG's Spontaneous - Purple creme
  CG's Urban night - Eggplant purple
• Chevron nail vinyls - There's so many nail vinyl sellers out there but I totally forgot where I got my ones from. Apply these vinyls on the nail and using a sponge, sponge all the polishes on the nails. Wait 10 seconds before peeling the vinyls.
• Seal with your preferred top coat (I used INM's Out the door top coat)

I actually like how this one came out. Could be better but I'm working on it.
What other ombre combinations would you like to see?

For this manicure:

• Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.)
• Apply two coats of Essie's Absolitely Shore as the base.
• With some nail vinyls apply it vertically on the index and pinkie finger nail.
• Using Essie's Going incognito - an emerald green apply over the index and pinkie finger nail, wait a few seconds before peeling the nail vinyls to avoid the polish 'spilling'.
• Layer China Glaze's Tinsel Town on the middle and ring finger nail.
• Seal with one coat of a matte top coat. (I used China Glaze's Matte Magic.)

You can actually skip having to apply Essie's Absolutely shore on the middle and ring finger nail since CG's Tinsel Town is quite opaque. It's hard to tell there was even a base underneath.


Hmm, the index and pinkie really makes me think of a watermelon but I'm still 50/50 with the overall look.

Having a mind block over what other designs I should do. Any suggestions?

For this manicure:

• Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.)
• Apply two coats of a white base and a fast drying top coat. Wait about half an hour until everything's dry.
• Place the chevron nail vinyls on every nail with an even space between each.
• Using the following polishes, apply to a sponge and sponge onto the nails:
  Barry M Gelly HI shine Rose hip, dragon fruit and pomegranate.
• Remove the nail vinyls and seal with one coat of your preferred top coat. (I use INM's Out the door top coat.)
  

I think I may need to invest in some new nail vinyls. These current ones I own are okay but the chevrons are not deep enough. I'd definitely want some that are thinner in size too.

What do you think of this manicure?

For this manicure:

• Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.)
• Apply two coats of a basic white. Here I used Models Own's White light.
• Add a layer of a fast drying top coat and wait until it becomes fully dry. If you don't want to apply a top coat you could just leave it to dry as it is but make sure it definitely is FULLY dry before approaching the next step otherwise you'll experience some polish lifting when removing your nail guides.
•  Line the nails with either nail vinyls or striping tape, whichever you feel works best for you. One you're ready paint the nails in turn with the following polishes:
  Color Club Blushing rose - Baby pink
  Color Club Blue-ming - Turquoise
• With Nails Inc's Willow place - gold glitter and a dotting tool apply 5 dots in the bottom right corner of the ring finger nail. With a toothpick pull the dot into the middle to give it a flower petal look.
• After stamping seal with one coat of your preferred top coat. (I use INM's Out the door top coat.)

Save me the stress from thinking of the next colour combination. What would you like to see next?

The thing with these Japanese nail polishes so far is they are a little different that I'd imagine just looking at the bottle. Previously with the Mpetit polish it was the shade, with this Sanrio polish it's the consistency. Things looked like they were going to be opaque on the first go but as I started painting each coat were a little sheer. They also felt jelly-like! It took about three coats for the end results but the colour is still vivid.


Had to get some nail art in in the end because I couldn't leave such a base plain. Unfortunately there is a bit of smudging going on here but I still think everything is looking good enough.

Only after looking at the photos closely now I just realised that there were some air bubbles more visible on my middle nail. It did feel good to wear some of my old polishes though. I still remember Techno being one of the holographic glitters I liked to pick out more often than the others.



What is/are your favourite holographic glitters? May be a little late to ask but everyone had a nice Easter? ;)

You know, I've missed chevron nails very much but having to manually cut the tape with my zigzag scissors making sure they're just about the right size really does take a bit of time and effort. So I gave in. I bought them. NAIL VINYLS. From Shesellsseashells. I almost had trouble typing this out as I was saying it.


Using the relaxed chevron, Essie's Lilacism and China Glaze's All aboard I did the gradient sponge effect but since this was my first encounter with these nail vinyls I totally ignored the part where people mentioned that you should wait until it's FULLY dry. A part of the polish on the pinkie almost got dragged off.

With one of the nail art pens I received from my cousin I lined with chevron with some gold glitter but I prefer it without. In fact I did feel like these colours weren't really a great match so I'm not particularly feeling great about the chevrons but I do like the base.