Wednesday, November 26, 2014

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Mottled nail foils stamped with stripes

Sometimes I have an idea in my head for a manicure, but then what evolves is nothing like I had planned.  Case and point below.

The base for this manicure is actually a whole bunch of different coloured nail foils applied with nail glue in really random sections.  I didn't really like the look of that too much and needed to add something else, so I ended up doing some black lines.  Before I did the black lines I sealed in the foils with some gel top coat polish.

I actually stamped these lines, which I'm pretty damn pleased with, because I managed to keep the stamping pretty straight and even. They almost look like they were done with striping tape.  Yay for me!  

I finished with a layer of seche vite to seal in the stamping.






5 comments:

  1. This is a really cool idea and I really like it :-)

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  2. This is deliciously fun. And yes, it totally looks like you used striping tape. Yay for stamping shortcuts! What gel polish did you use? Does it keep the foils shiny?

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    1. I used Aussie brand Gelicious for the gel top coat. It kept the foils shiny, but then again, I've read that any gel top coat wont ruin a foil finish.

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