#TheLacquerRing: Seafoam Green

Last month I was invited to participate in a group called The Lacquer Ring on Facebook. Some awesome ladies are in there so I was very excited to join! There's nail art prompts about every two weeks (twice a month) and I haven't been able to participate until now.

This week's prompt is seafoam green. There's so many shades that could be seafoam green so I went with something as close as possible. Let's take a look shall we!

Polish pictured: Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet

Items Used

OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI, Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet
Sinful Colors Mint Apple, Seche Vite top coat, Zoya Matte Velvet top coat
Latex free make up wedge
Not pictured: glammymani vynils, clean up brush

I started off with an off-white base. I used OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI. Then I applied some single stripe vynils from Glammymani.com close to the tip of the nail. Using a latex free makeup wedge I did a gradient using Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet and Sinful Colors Mint Apple. I did about 3 passes on each nail. I quickly removed the vynils and applied a coat of Seche Vite top coat. 

Pictured Zoya Matte Velvet top coat

Then I applied one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat. I actually prefer the matte version of this. What do you guys think?

Take a look at the other ladies work following the InLinkz link below.

An InLinkz Link-up

Nautical nails

Hello lovelies!

Today I have for you some nautical nails. 

I wasn't sure what colors to use. I remembered I had gold star studs so I went with gold and navy colors for my design.

I used OPI Yoga-ta get this blue

Sally Hansen Xtreme wear Golden-I

Seche Vite fast drying top coat

Anchor and straight vynils from Glammymani.com

Clean up brush from Joliepolish (etsy)

Here's a little pictorial

1) I apply the vynils to all my nails first. That makes it easier for me and I'm not afraid of smudging any nails.

2) apply polish over vynil and then carefully but quickly remove it. Do this with all your nails.

3) apply top coat

4) apply anchor vynil on desired nail

5) apply desired color over it and carefully remove anchor vynil

6) top coat and clean up

7) apply studs if you like and done :)

There's a quick tutorial on my Instagram @anas_manis if you'd like to see it.

So what do you think of this design? Hope you like it.