Source/Credit: Chloe's Nails
Can I tell you something? I love Pinterest, and I love trying out the ideas on my boards.
Do you know what makes me sad? When I try one of those ideas, and it fails miserably!
Oh, yes, folks! This is the story of a Pinterest Fail. *collective gasp*
My finger nails aren't painted often, because it's too high-maintenance for me. They're pretty for all of two days, and then they look drab, scuffed, and chipped. However, when I finally do decide it's time to paint them again, it's really fun for me.
(Enter stage right: a Chloe's Nails tutorial with design scissors and tape found on Pinterest)
It seemed simple enough, and I had all the supplies already, so I gave it a whirl.
I painted my nails the night before.
I cut the tape.
I applied the tape and painted with glitter polish.
I peeled the tape, and... it didn't work.
The tape pulled up my base color and ripped along the glitter polish.
{No picture. I was so disappointed that I immediately moved on before thinking to take one.}
Lessons learned:
- Make the tape less tacky by placing it on my skin first.
- Paint the glitter polish and then immediately remove the tape.
I still wanted to do something fun, so I added a darker color to half of my ring fingers.
Before it completely dried, I added glitter polish...
... and brushed it sideways to blend the colors in the middle.
The color is darker on the pinky-side. I still wanted a slight two-tone effect.
And I changed my pinky polish while I was at it.
No tape. No design scissors. But good enough for me!
And in my defense, I'm sticking to one of my reasons for writing this blog.
I should try everything, even if I don't think I'll be good at it.
Because I might be good at it! (Just not this time.)
It's all Trial By fire Sapphire.
;-)
** This cheesy moment brought to you by Lindsay's musical theatre roots. **
If you have any other tips on how to make this work, please tell me.
I'm determined to get those nails!
9 comments:
oh shoot! good advice because I have this pinned and was gong to try it sometime..now I know how to proceed! They ended up looking great though! Have a great day!!
ooooo, thank you for sharing!!! This looks like it could be fun, and now I'll make sure not the tape isn't so tacky :-)
Hey your nails still came out good!
I only paint my nails like every other week (but my toes are ALWAYS painted).
When I do paint them, 1 glitter nail is about as crazzzyyy as I get ;)
xo
I should really start doing my nails at home. I usually get them done with Shellac - because I hate all the chipping. But it really does take a toll on my bank account. Thanks for sharing this. I might just give it a try {maybe}
p.s. stopping by from Emmy June's blog.
I am so not good at things like this! I think the design you ended up doing is gorgeous!! Way better than my normal mani. :-)
Yeah.....
I'm still on the "too high maintenance" bandwagon. But I think your end result is pretty rad. And we will totally do homemade mani-pedis during our real life girl's weekend.
Your nails look great either way. It's always a bummer when things don't go as planned.
Oh please post that to Pinterest as a FAIL :) HAHA I love ya!!
J
Hey girl! I've done these manis a LOT!!! Definitely do put the tape on the back of your hand or palm first-- it always helps. And yes, take the tape off right after polishing... it's a must. Chloe always also uses Seche Vite topcoat between her polishing and taping to make sure that it is all the way dry... maybe that can help!
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