Spring-y French Nails

I’m a copycat.

In my defense Makeup Savvy is one too! She copied this manicure from Zooey Deschanel after she posted it on twitter. Then I copied it from Fee.

*I am not able to provide Fee’s link at the moment. It seems that her site is down :(*

I used Essie Topless & Barefoot for my main colour and Revlon Mint for the tips. I really like the result. It looks simple, yet girly and stylish. And it incorporates that spring trend everyone (including myself) goes crazy for at the moment – pastels.

I am really pleased with the effect and pretty proud of my steady hand. Modesty aside, it’s not perfect but wonkiness of the French bits isn’t really visible from the distance ;) 

I have tried doing it with the cello tape but it didn’t really work for me. I couldn’t stick it properly and it ripped some nail polish when I was taking it off. It was overall too much work and mess for me. It’s kinda my fault because I didn’t wait for each layer to dry properly but I am very impatient when it comes to that.

I used Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat for super shine, better staying power and off course superfast drying time.

Let me add this – before I discovered Seche Vite I didn’t paint my nails at all! I could not be bothered to wait until it’s dry and I always managed to ruin the manicure. I have spoken with few people about this and apparently every possible nail polish dries ten times slower on my nails then everybody else’s.

Have a great weekend everybody!

Sylwia x