Beauty Tips for Women: Matte French Manicure

Posted on October 12, 2013 by admin

I love French manicures, so when I saw the matte French manicure I had to try it. Recently I had picked up Salon Perfect Matte Fx but hadn’t used it and thought it would be perfect to try this technique.

So I started off with two coats of Wet n Wild Ebony Hates Chris and two coats of Orly Unlawful on my ring finger.

I waited until my nails were dry to apply Matte Fx. I totally forgot to take a picture of this step. Again waited for the nails to dry completely. This using clear top coat did the French manicure line. Very easy and it came out nice.

My sister really liked the manicure and wanted a pedicure. I recreated the look for her and it came out great. It was hard to get a good picture of the pedicure because of her awesome shoes.

Over all I found the technique to be very easy and I liked the way the matte French manicure came out. I would definitely recommend Salon Perfect Matte Fx. It performed well and the matte effect came out great.

Beauty Tips for Women: Taupe Manicure

Posted on September 26, 2013 by admin

Looking for a nice taupe color then let me suggest Nicole OPI – My Jay Or The Highway! from their Modern Family collection. I saw this polish in the store and it didn’t call to me at all until I saw a manicure using the color and just fell in love with it.

Here is my simple and quick manicure using this polish.

My Jay Or The Highway! is a lovely cream taupe/nude color. The formula was very nice. It applied very smoothly and with two coats reached opacity. For my ring finger I decided to using Color Club – Beyond. Beyond is an amazing black holographic polish. I used two coats. I tried to capture the holographic effect put simply couldn’t do it justice.

Although I liked the manicure just fine with the accent finger I wanted to add something so I decided to try my hand at a french tip using Beyond. I did it freehand and it didn’t come out to bad. But I defiantly have to work on my freehand technique.

Overall, loved how the manicure came out. The manicure is a nice transition for fall.

I definitely recommend My Jay Or The Highway! plus Beyond and give both polishes 4 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women: Mermaid Tale Inspired Manicure

Posted on September 15, 2013 by admin

I recently picked up some neon and glitter polish from Milani that called an ocean / mermaid feel to them when placed in combination. The colors are Milani Neon Fresh Teal, Milani Neon Blue Dude, and Milani Teal (glitter polish). I decided I wanted to try a Mermaid Tale or Mermaid Scales manicure.

I totally forgot to take pictures of the polish and plates involved. It simply has been just one of those weeks.

Since the two polishes are neon colors I decided to do a basecoat of white polish. I did a gradient using Fresh Teal and Blue Dude on thumb, index, and pinky. Middle finger got a coat of Fresh Teal and ring finger got a coat of Blue Dude. I did this because I wanted to see if there would be a difference in the way the glitter polish would look on each color (there was no difference at all). I was a bit torn between the two images I had for scales. I could either use Winstonia W111, which has a large scales image, or Cheeky plate B, which has a smaller scales image. I decided to try the look out on my left hand before committing to a final look.

I wasn’t thrilled the way Winstonia W111 looked when compared to Cheeky’s image. The scales effect I was looking for was achieved more with the image from Cheeky.

Below is a series of photos of the completed manicure. Unfortunately the gradient effect was lost under the stamping. I only did two coats of the gradient thinking that would be enough but clearly to make it pop under the stamping I would have needed more coats.

Overall I loved the final results. I’m totally in love with Milani Teal; it is an amazing glitter polish. The way it shifts under light between the teal, blue and silver glitters is beautiful. I’m still on the fence with Fresh Teal and Blue Dude. When compared to other neon colors they just don’t pop. Another con is that they both stained my nails horribly. Setting aside those two things, it turned out great.