Sugar Tips

Hi there!

I wanted to try this technique again...

My nails painted with Julep - Kim.

I think this combination turned out better than my taupe polish and blue glitter attempt. I painted 2 coats of Kim. Then I painted a strip of my nail foil glue across the tips. Once the glue was tacky, I dipped the tips into the glitter. I used a wet q-tip to remove any excess glitter and to straighten out the smile line. After the glue dried, I applied 2 coats of Julep's topcoat. Be sure to wrap your tips if you try this manicure :-)

A better look at the holographic glitter...

My nails painted with Julep - Kim.

You can also see this manicure on Julep's blog and facebook page. I was their guest blogger yesterday :-)

Have you tried this type of manicure? What are your favorite color combinations?

Until next time...

(Kim was kindly provided by Julep for me to play with)

Ugly Manicure Monday - 01

Hi there!

I'm sure I'm not the only one who's experienced a bad manicure that, in theory, should have turned out pretty. I like the idea- just not the color combination with my skin tone (it really did look good on paper)...

My nails painted with Julep - Whitney.

I painted 2 coats of Whitney. Then I painted a strip of my nail foil glue across the tips. Once the glue was tacky, I dipped the tips into the glitter. I used a wet q-tip to remove any excess glitter and to straighten out the smile line. After the glue dried, I applied 2 coats of Julep's topcoat. Be sure to wrap your tips if you try this manicure :-)

Sooo, since I like the idea of posting ugly manicures on Mondays... I'm asking you to help me out by emailing me any ugly manicures (intentional or not) that you have happened to photograph! Include your name, the names of the polish you used, and any other information you'd like to include. I'll post them as I receive them, as I hope I don't create ugly manicures too frequently for myself!

Until next time...