Its been mostly bike posts here lately so I thought I would switch it up a bit with some recent manicures I have done. I love love love my UV gel system that I got from Brianna – it has totally changed the way I paint my nails. I don’t think I ever posted about it – so here is the kit I received. It includes the UV curing light, prep/base/top/oil coats and polish remover. Bri was also kind enough to get me a starter set of neon polishes!
My first attempts at designs with this polish set weren’t very good. The polish is thicker so it takes a bit of getting used to. I do all my designs free-hand so far so it definitely takes some coordination. Here are two designs I did around Christmas:
The tree one turned out pretty great, the candy canes I obviously used too much polish. 🙂 After that I focused on single colors but really understanding how much you had to put on and how long to cure the polish. I also realized if you completely finished one hand before starting the other it was much easier. I don’t have any pictures of my solid colors but it did make me brave enough to try some designs again. Here are some recent designs I did as well – I am getting much better at the straight lines!
Recently I participlated in a Reddit Gift Exchange for nail polish and my secret santa got me a pretty great neurtal collection called “Oasis” from BMC. The colors are very pretty and much different than I would usually by myself (I am a sparkly glitter kinda person). The colors are really pretty though and I have already received many compliments on my purple paint:
I think I am going to use the peach color in the set to try this comic book nail design. (see example here) I will post and let you guys know how it turned out!
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