Hello guys! First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who wished me a happy birthday in my last post, it was very nice to hear, but I just celebrated my birthday last month, haha. The birthday nails were specially made for a reader who requested a birthday mani for her own special day ;-) So no birthday presents to share with you, but I do have these elegant chevrons in Art Deco style. The pictured bottle of polish, which I used as my base color, is M91 from a new cosmetics brand called Make-Up Studio. They carry a huge, colorful collection of eye-shadows, lipsticks, blushes, brushes, fake lashes etc. and... nail polish :) They just opened a brand new store in our local shopping mall, so last week I went for a look and M91 was one of the products I came home with. It's a dusty green creme which is close to Mint in Wikipedia's List Of Colors. The formula was pretty nice but the best thing is it covers in one coat ^^ I own quite a few dusty, grey-ish greens/mints, but none of those is similar to M91. So I'm happy to have yet another one in my stash! It's a shame though, that Make-Up Studio didn't give their polishes a real name, instead of just a number. They've got quite a few unique babies in their collection that truly deserve more identity. I admit they do cost a lot (€12.90 for 12ml/0.41fl.oz.) but as I said, some are really unique and worth the money, if you want to spoil yourself :) Anyhow, the day after I added the first chevrons with tape, using China Glaze's Jitterbug. The little chevrons at the tips were made with China Glaze Ink. It's a striper polish with a perfect covering formula, the thin brush is perfect for making stripes but also for freehanding, like I did here. It came in really handy, because I felt way too lazy to wait for another coat of polish to dry, like I would've if I used tape again. Finally a layer of Essence Matt top coat and tada! Thanks for reading :)
Art Deco chevrons
Hello guys! First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who wished me a happy birthday in my last post, it was very nice to hear, but I just celebrated my birthday last month, haha. The birthday nails were specially made for a reader who requested a birthday mani for her own special day ;-) So no birthday presents to share with you, but I do have these elegant chevrons in Art Deco style. The pictured bottle of polish, which I used as my base color, is M91 from a new cosmetics brand called Make-Up Studio. They carry a huge, colorful collection of eye-shadows, lipsticks, blushes, brushes, fake lashes etc. and... nail polish :) They just opened a brand new store in our local shopping mall, so last week I went for a look and M91 was one of the products I came home with. It's a dusty green creme which is close to Mint in Wikipedia's List Of Colors. The formula was pretty nice but the best thing is it covers in one coat ^^ I own quite a few dusty, grey-ish greens/mints, but none of those is similar to M91. So I'm happy to have yet another one in my stash! It's a shame though, that Make-Up Studio didn't give their polishes a real name, instead of just a number. They've got quite a few unique babies in their collection that truly deserve more identity. I admit they do cost a lot (€12.90 for 12ml/0.41fl.oz.) but as I said, some are really unique and worth the money, if you want to spoil yourself :) Anyhow, the day after I added the first chevrons with tape, using China Glaze's Jitterbug. The little chevrons at the tips were made with China Glaze Ink. It's a striper polish with a perfect covering formula, the thin brush is perfect for making stripes but also for freehanding, like I did here. It came in really handy, because I felt way too lazy to wait for another coat of polish to dry, like I would've if I used tape again. Finally a layer of Essence Matt top coat and tada! Thanks for reading :)
This came out great! I really love the colors you used for it, especially Jitterbug. It really adds something special to it.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colour combo! I love all the dusty colours coming out lately. :)
ReplyDeleteReally love this colour combo, great mani!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteI love the color combo! :)
ReplyDeleteYour Desings are adorable love this blog!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I will need to try it out!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Art Deco is my favorite. =)
ReplyDeletePlease do a tutorial on cutting tape- A video?!?!?!?
ReplyDeleteWow! Your precision leaves me with so much to aspire to! Love the colours also!
ReplyDeleteholy cow, the color choice is spectacular! I always make my points too...pointy but these are perfect!
ReplyDeleteReally pretty.
ReplyDeleteVery classy
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool! Colors are awesome (:
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ReplyDeleteThis is such an interesting colour :-) Love the mani. You are truely the tape mani queen :-)
ReplyDeleteClassic colour combination and I really love the deco design. Your posts inspire me to try nail art :)
ReplyDeleteYou have outdone yourself this time. This color combo is just gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteLooks amazing.
ReplyDeleteLove the color combo! And I never would have realized you didn't use tape for the bottom triangles.
ReplyDeleteOh my, I really love the colours, combo is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome, I like your creativity!
ReplyDeleteStunning combo!
ReplyDeletebeautiful color combination...and of course lovely mani like allways.. :) <3
ReplyDeleteAWESOME. Do you have a tutorial for this one? And can you make a tutorial for checkered nails? :)
ReplyDeleteGotta say, I just found your blog through a guest post on Oooh, Shinies! and I love your nail art! :D
ReplyDeleteOne of my favs so far! love it!
ReplyDeleteLove it! - everything looks so sleek and clean! And I am digging the mint color :)
ReplyDeletePretty!
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool. Makes me feel silly about using clear nail polish most of the time when I really could have so much fun!
ReplyDeleteYou have such an eye for combining colors! I love it :)
ReplyDeletegorgeous!! :)
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the amazing comments everyone!! ^^
ReplyDeleteI love this color combination!
ReplyDeleteHi! I have a question: how do you prevent your layers from getting too thick? I feel that every time I work with tape my polish gets super thick and it just looks so amateur!!! What do you suggest?
ReplyDelete@Unknown: I always apply the layering colors with the thinnest but opaque coat possible and use one- or two coaters for it for the opacity. One-coaters are great for tape manis but two-coaters will work too. Because you've already applied a base color, most polishes that usually take two coats to cover now will do with one.
ReplyDeleteI love the teal color and trying to find it online. Do you happen to know there website?
ReplyDeleteI would like to order it. thanks
They're new, so I don't know a lot about the brand, but this is their website:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.make-upstudio.nl/index.php?id=1
Here you can see where to buy them (in Europe only):
http://www.make-upstudio.nl/pagesubmenu.php?id=295
You inspired me, and I am wearing almost the same nails right now! Love it!
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