Friday 23 March 2012

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 :(*


Essie Topless & Barefoot, Revlon Mint


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.

Essie Topless & Barefoot, Revlon Mint
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

14 comments:

  1. Gorgeous nails!! So perfect for Spring!
    www.sarah-sparklebabyshine.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks sweetie. I'm in love with pastels at the moment :) x

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  2. This looks gorgeous :) You definitely have a steady hand :)
    Every right to be proud of this :)

    Laura xoxo

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    1. I always try not to put too much presaure on myself. I think "If I make this wonky then it is NOT the end of the world". It calms me down :D lol

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  3. Im really impatient too and ive got a 21mnth old demanding hers painted at same time haha x

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    1. LOL You have to come up with some dort of the system. Like: paint one of your nails, then one of hers, another one of yours and so on... :) haha

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    1. Thanks Kristen! I will have to try those half moon one's you've done at some point :) x

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  5. Such a unique combo, I like it a lot!

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  6. I seriously love your nails, I think they came out perfect. I love the color combo and the very thin line you made. I'm so impatient too. Besides using Seche Vite I also use the fast drying spray. Have you ever tried it, you probably would like it. It helps speed up the drying time a lot.

    Kelly
    xo

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    1. That spray sounds interesting! I've never heard of it. What brand do you use? x

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  7. Love this colour combo! So pretty. Hope you had a great weekend!

    Emma xo
    www.fluffandfripperies.com

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    1. Thanks sweetie. It was a nice relaxing one for me :) How about you? How's weather in Ireland? x

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