Designer Millenium striped mani

Hi everyone, this look is one of my first tape manis. I used China Glaze's Designer Satin and Millenium. Millenium is one of my favorite polishes, the silver really pops and it covers in one coat, which is perfect for tape manis.

The tape I always use is just regular stationary tape which I cut in thin strips. If you want to do this look yourself but your nails are 'too' small/big, try to cut the tape in thinner/larger strips for the same effect. Also this mani is great for short nails, the vertical stripes create an optical illusion that will make short nails look narrower therefore longer.
Thanks for reading!

Checkers with Gossip Column

Good morning! Today a petrol checkered mani, which I used the gorgeous Gossip Column from Color Club for. I'm a sucker for everything blue, green and especially in between. (I know, that rhymes, lol.) The dark silver foil is from Hema, a local store. And I know everybody's looking forward to spring and this look is more suitable for those dark and cold winter days, but such a beautiful petrol should be seen every season of the year! Good day.

Rock on

Hello everybody, for today a silver mani.
I'm really loving this edgy mani, I like the grungy look to it. I used Millenium for the stripes and the background color is a dark silver foil from Hema, a local store.

This is another tape mani and it was supposed to be a regular triangle mani like I did before. But as I was taping my first hand in the usual, same pattern, I thought it would look cooler if I just placed the tape randomly on the nails. The result is visible on my right hand in the picture below. I like it a lot more than my left, it's more dynamic, not so predictable. Do you like this rockin' mani as much as I do?

Strawberry Clover checkered mani

Hello there! First I want to say that I got the idea for a checkered mani from the talented Erika. She's done many beautiful checkered manis on her blog and everytime I saw pictures of them I couldn't stop staring, so now I've finally made my own!

The colors I used are both from China Glaze, that's Strawberry Fields and Four Leaf Clover. I just love the funky combo of bright pink and turquoise :) Also the gold shimmer in Strawberry Fields gives the whole a bit more depth. The checkers are made by placing strips of tape on the base color (in this case the pink), after that I applied Four Leaf Clover and then topped it with a coat of Seche Vite.

I really like the look and it's quite easy to achieve, so you might expect more of them in the future ;)

Retro futuristic French

Hi everyone! Today's mani is an unusual French manicure.
The silver I used is Millenium from the China Glaze Khrome collection, the blue is from a brand named KBY, I bought it in Hong Kong where they have so many choice when it comes to nailpolish brands! The metallic silver and intense blue tips make it a very futuristic, spacy look, it kind of reminds me of the Jetsons :)

And I know this look isn't the typical everyday mani, but I like it a lot. It's just so spacy and so slick!

Black and gold

For this tape mani I used China Glaze's 2030 for the base color and a regular, opaque black cream for the pattern on top of it. This look would be great for a Vegas themed party, or an Egyptian one, it almost makes me feel like I'm Cleopatra...

Anyway, let's move on to some pictures! Don't you just love the classic combo of black and gold?

Conservative with a twist

Hi everyone, for today I'd like to show you the beautiful and sophisticated Fifth Avenue from China Glaze. I really like the muted, mauvy kind of pink. But it all depends on the lighting how the color appears, it can change from a light, salmon-like pink to an almost purple-toned mauve.

As you can see, I gave the conservative look something modern by striping my ringfinger. The stripes are made with tape, topped with Gutsy, a gorgeous, unique polish from a brand named Teeez. At first, I thought Gutsy was 'just' a black jelly with silver flakies. But when I took a closer look, I also discoverd a pink and even subtle green shimmer. In direct sunlight it became clear that Gutsy is actually really dark brown colored and not black. I will show you more pictures of Gutsy in a future swatch, because it truly deserves its own post. Have a good night!

Watermelon triangle

Well, hello there. I'm really excited about this mani I did last week. I wanted it to have its own name like a French or a skittle, so I came up with... the (taped) triangle mani. The colors I used are all from Essence: Everybody's talking about, Check me out and Lime up! layered over Essence's Stamp me! White. Together they really remind me of (cartoon) watermelons, so it's a fresh mani perfect for summer. The reason I used white as the base color is because the layering colors really pop that way. Also the layering polishes don't cover in one coat. But there's no time for a second coat, because for a neat result you have to remove the tape immediately after applying the layering color, otherwise the polish will stick to the tape and eventually come off with it. So we need the one coaters for this look!

What I love about the triangle mani is how I can combine multiple colors on each nail. Here I used fresh, vibrant clours but of course you can use any colors you prefer. You could go for a more serious, dramatic look by using darker colors mixed with metallics. The possibilities are endless!
So what are your thoughts on the triangle mani?