Hi Readers! How was your week???! Mine was really great! I got my first ever OPI Suede polish! I know I'm getting on this matte/suede bandwagon WAY late but lucky for me my friend Chelsea from Pretty And Polished could help me out. Chelsea is AHmazing!! She finds some great things dusty hunting AND has a etsy store for her own frankens. Please check her out!!!
Here's my haul from her, China Glaze Sexagon and Tickle My Triangle and then the lovely OPI Ink Suede
I also got a surprise package from my friend Sarah of Chalkboard Nails. Sarah is the one who got me to get this blog going actually! She kept calling me a jerk when I showed my nail friends my mani's because I didn't have a blog lol! So thanks go to her for that!
Here's my haul from Sarah, she knows me only too well because I love, love, LOVE Sally Hansen! She made these earrings too and they are GORGEOUS!
In addition to these great nail mails I did a fantastic mani this week! I had seen this look awhile ago when my friend Amber did a black and white mani featuring various different black and white designs on her nails. I saw it and thought WOW I love that one and want to do a full mani of it. Finally all these months later I did it and it's a stunner!
I was lucky enough to hire a camera man for the blog for free lol! My son didn't complain too much when I asked if he could take a picture of both my hands. Please excuse clean up as I had to grab him on his way out the door!
Here's another shot with flash
And under the bright kitchen light (it's too cold in Wisconsin to trek outside lol!)
To get this look I used OPI Alpine White and WetnWild Black Creme. I painted a base of Alpine White then used LA Colors Art Deco striper in black to draw the diagonal line then filled it in with the WetnWild Black. I used Sally Hansen Whirl Wind White to do the dots (it's more opaque imo). You want to get as close to the black slant as possible. Then using the black, slightly overlap the white dot as you dot onto the white. It's super easy really and I love the dramatic effect of it.
Do you have dotting tools but haven't used them? Is yes don't be afraid to try them! This is a really easy mani to recreate!
