Neon/Negative Space Easter Egg Nails

Before I start talking about this design, I'd like to say a few things first.

1. RESPECT to all the nail artists out there who do magic with striping tape! It might seem like a piece of cake, but I can truly say it takes some serious skills to get a clean, flawless look.

2. RESPECT to all the Wonderwomen who go through every day life with super long nails. I'm struggling while typing this post, not to mention all the other things I have a hard time doing..

After rambling a bit, let's move on to the design..

I was in the mood for vibrant neon colors and thought it would be cool to use some chevron vinyls I had bought on ebay, but never really used. As you might have noticed, I don't normally use striping tape or vinyls for my nail art, maybe only once or twice in total. So I definitely don't consider myself being an expert. It actually took me several tries and a lot of frustration to get the desired look, without everything looking smudged. And I still had some clean up to do before applying my topcoat.

But in the end all went well and I ended up having Neon Easter Egg looking nails with a kick of negative space. It wasn't really my intention, but Easter is in 6 days here in Greece, so it worked out perfectly!! 

Here's a quick how to:

Apply your basecoat and let it dry completely. I'm not wearing basecoat only because I have gel nails on and it's not really necessary. Then place the striping tape/vinyls where you want them and carefully color inside the design you have created. Ideally use polishes that are one coaters, it will make it much easier. Try to remove the tape while the polish is still wet to get more crisp lines and pray while your at it! Maybe do a little dance to the nail art fairies as well! Just kidding.. But if you want to, go ahead! Finally seal with a fast drying topcoat.

And here it is... (drum roll)

Polishes used: 

Orly - Key Lime Twist

Orly - Purple Crush

Orly - Saturated

Orly Sec 'N Dry Quick-Dry Topcoat

When Negative Space Meets Half Moons

First post for April! Yayyy!

You can't imagine how much I've missed making nail art and sharing it with you! I recently started working and my schedule is very busy, so unfortunately I won't be able to post as often as I would like. But I promise I won't disappear!!

Since the weather is still undecisive here, I thought it would be a good idea to make a dark manicure, using two polishes I hadn't had the chance to try out. I used "Skating on Thin Ice-land"from OPI's Nordic Collection, a beautiful plum color, along with some french manicure guide stickers (ebay) to make the half moons and negative space design. Finally, I used "Turn on the Haute Light" from the Coca-Cola Collection to add the silver details.

I tried to keep it simple and I am very pleased with the end result. What do you think?

Polishes used:

Orly Bonder Rubberized Basecoat

OPI - Skating on Thin Ice-land

OPI - Turn on the Haute Light

Orly Sec 'N Dry Quick-Dry Topcoat

The Heart Wants What It Wants | Negative Space Design

I've been flirting with the idea of doing negative space nail art for such a long time, but I never had the courage to try it. Or maybe I just didn't have the right inspiration. I don't know! Anyway, lately I've been obsessed with "The Heart Wants What It Wants" by Selena Gomez and while I was watching the video, it hit me!!! Her outfit was exactly what I needed for a negative space design. On to the outfit...

As you can see in the pictures below, in the video she's wearing a black see through top with a beautiful bralette underneath and some killer statement earrings. So, inspired by her clothes, I decided to do some black negative space on my thumb, index and pinky. I used a sheer white polish on them as a base to neutralise the color of my nails as they were a bit stained and then painted the design with a black polish. I did the front part of the outfit on the thumb and index finger and the back part on my pinky. On my middle finger I painted the shape of her earring, on a black base and finally I applied a silver glitter polish on my ring finger with a sponge to add a more glamorous touch!

Now, I had to do some research to find out if the earrings were silver or gold, since the video is black & white and they turned out to be gold. But somehow silver just seamed right and I went with that instead...

I was really nervous about how this design would turn out, since it was my first attempt at something like this, but I'm really happy with it! What do you think? Feel free to leave comments. :)

Polishes used:

Orly Bonder Basecoat

Orly - Sheer Beauty

Orly - Liquid Vinyl

H&M - Silver

H&M - Jo is in the House

Orly Sec 'N Dry Quick-Dry Topcoat