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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Nail Art

It's the last weekend before I begin my new temp job...and I'm feeling both excited and nervous.  More so excited about the new challenges and the income, of course!  I'm also looking forward to walking around Downtown Vancouver and seeing all the festivities going on for the Olympics!  I'll be sure to bring my camera with me everyday.

For today's post, I will be doing my first nail tutorial!  It's a simple and quick one that I did right before heading to a dinner party, and I was quite pleased with the result.

Here are the polishes that I used:

In order of use - Orly Bonder Base Coat, Sephora's Metro Chic, CND Effects' Ice Blue Shimmer, OPI's My Private Jet, Seche Vite Top Coat

First, start off with applying Orly Bonder Base coat.  After applying your Base coat,  applied 2 coats of Sephora's Metro Chic (brownish plum colour) all over the nail.


The next step is optional, but I thought it added a little bit of glam to the design.  Apply 1 coat of CND's Effects (Ice Blue Shimmer) to get that nice reflective shine.  I've indicated this polish as one of my new faves!  There are several different types of effects - gold shimmer, silver shimmer, blue iridescent, pink iridescent, etc.  It's a easy way to dress up your nails!


Once you've done that, take OPI's My Private Jet (dark brown w/ sparkles), or any polish that contrasts with your base colour, and apply it right down the middle of your nail with one solid stroke. Make sure you have a good brush for the polish you choose too, so that you don't have any strays that will ruin the design.


And then finish off with the best Top coat in the world - Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat!

Here is the final product:


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Well, I'm off to select my outfit for my first day of work!  Have a great week, everyone :) and be sure to check back during the week for new posts!

11 comments:

  1. Hey Sheena, you have such nice nails! I love the tut.

    Bahahah! I know exactly what you mean about those weird finger stands! EW. Who the hell has fingers that look like that? Oh and check out this old post I did http://makeupbabble.blogspot.com/2009/11/mac-blush-haul-and-easy-nail-art.html

    It has a container set that I bought from that Secret Nail place. It holds a lot of those nail slices. I think it was like $10...I have 2 and I need another one!

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  2. Hey Sheena!

    I have the same colour, Metro Chic for OPI! I love it, but I've never thought to mix it with other colours...good idea :P

    B

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  3. awesome tut! :) love the idea of painting the sheer/duo over the opaque polish.. simple but glam!

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  4. hey great post you got here!!! i'm now following you. when you have time check out my blog too! i would like to get some followers soon too! i'm still new at it. thanks!

    tina-bobeena.blogspot.com

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  5. Love the nail post! Cute design & color.

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  6. this was creative! metro chic is my favourite polish colour from the Sephora by OPI line <3

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  7. nice design, reminds me of a racetrack. lookinf forward to future posts =)

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  8. Hey Sheena, hope you had fun in Seattle. Too bad you're sick again! The kids just got over it and it's not fun. Thanks for the comment, have fun at daiso :)

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  9. Thanks for showing my blog some love! I do most of my nail art on articial nails: gel and acrylic, but I have done natural nails as well. Yes, i have used slices from the nail cane on natural nail. I just recieved a bunch of canes last week also! Isnt is exciting when you get your package in your mail?! It makes me want to use them all right away.
    :-)
    I just followed you btw. Hehe!

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  10. Love the stripe of colour going down your nails! It's lovely! Good luck with the blog!
    xoxo, Krystia

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  11. Metro Chic is my FAVE nail color right now...and Seche Vite is a miracle worker!! Great look!!
    Check out my blog:
    livaphotos.blogspot.com

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