Okay so Lucy has some explaining to do! I know.. I know!!
I have been M.I.A. for a while but soooo much has transpired in the past few months that it's CRAY! If you follow me on instagram and twitter (( @WithLoveCrissa )) then you already know two things...
One.. I was recently accepted into graduate school... YAAAY!! && let me tell y'all.. it keeps me super busy!! And the other thing is.... I'm expecting my first baby girl!!! SUPER YAAAY 2x's!!! SO YES... I'm very excited, but very busy and all over the place!
Anywho... I really missed blogging and makeup and everything!!! So here I am again && this post was inspired by nguerriero19. She's a gorgeous YouTube beauty guru that I just discovered!! Once I saw her nail tut.. Ugh.. I just had to try!
Here's a few things you will need:
3 polishes of your choice
base coat & top coat (preferably a fast dry top coat)
tape
scissors
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| My standard base & top coats are O.P.I. Natural Base Coat & Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. |
And here's a step-by-step...
1. Apply your base coat & two coats of your base color. Then to increase dry time in between each chevron layer, apply your top coat.
For this step I used two golds just to achieve my desired gold tone. Milani Nail Lacquer in Gold Lame & Pure Ice in Jaguar.
2. Next I took a strip of tape, make sure to cut the little jagged end of the tape off, turn it on it's corner and place it on your nail to make a little triangle. Like so...
&& add your second chevron polish color & top coat for fast dry time. I used Wet n Wild Megalast in 2% Milk.
3. Repeat the step with the tape && add your last chevron polish color && top coat. This time I used two colors Sinful Colors Professional in Savage && N.Y.C. in a New York Minute Quick Dry Nail Polish in East Village. I did this mainly cause the Sinful Colors polish is a bad batch and comes off very streaky and matte, so I layered it with the N.Y.C.
And the finished product..
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Overall.. I surprised myself!! This will take some time.. and patience.. ((off which I have a short supply of LOL))!! But I had fun trying it out && I've gotten lots of compliments these past few days on these nails!! Definitely try it out && if you do send me a picture or link.. I'd love to see what you guys come up with!! :)
Here's my inspiration... nguerriero19's nail tutorial video...
Hope you guys enjoyed this post!! Until next time...
xxo
