Tri-color Tribal Nails

Good morning! So, one of my favorite nail art methods is using tape. Sure you have to wait for each layer to dry, but it is pretty much fool proof. 

For this nail look I was channeling a tribal inspiration. Though half way through the week wearing this I realized how much the design resembles the Wonder Woman symbol. Maybe subconsciously I was thinking about that. 

To create this design I applied Revlon Red Hot Tamale and waited for it to dry. The Revlon polish is one of my favorite reds. It's very bright.  I then exposed a triangle part of my upper nail and painted on China Glaze Happy Go Lucky. It's my only medium yellow and I feel like it applies fine despite yellow's usually having unpredictable formulas. After the yellow dried I taped off my nail to expose a smaller triangle section. In this section, I used China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway. Yeah, I know it looks black. It looked nearly black in real life this time but usually it appears to be navy.In some sections I was a little careless and didn't pay attention to making sure my tape was completely flat. Though I'm still happy with the look.

All photos are taken inside with artificial lighting. 

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

You Da One Rihanna Inspired Nail Art

Have you seen Rihanna's music video for her song "You Da One"? Music tastes aside, in the video she  sports a great manicure. Rihanna is one of those stars on top of her nail game. She takes risks rather than falling back to nudes. Her nails in the video are white with black triangle v-gaps. 

To recreate her look, I used China Glaze Snow as a base. Next, I taped my nails to expose a triangle section on the bottom and applied Wet 'n' Wild Black Creme. Taking off the tape revealed the triangle pattern like Rihanna's. 

Her nail shape is rounded and pointed compared to mine. So, in order to make my nails look more like hers, I traced to the corners with black to give it some contouring almost. You can see this on my pinky nail. I'm not sure how effectively it works, but to me it seemed to make a difference. I really like Rihanna's nail shape. I'm debating whether or not I should round off my nails. All photos are taken in artificial light.

Searching online, there are many posts and videos featuring this design. Rihanna continues to impress me with her nail designs. More stars should take note of her style.

On To The Next Polish,

Katie

Lightning Bolt French Tape Nail Art

Hi! Recently I attempted a Lightning Bolt French manicure using the amazing tutorial from Nailside. All you need is tape and two nail polishes.

For this manicure, I used my trusty Wet 'n' Wild Black Creme and Zoya Trixie.

The tutorial by Nailside is great. It explains every step in detail. This design was very easy to complete in my opinion. Using tape as opposed to freehand is much quicker and allows for less mistakes.

French tip designs like this are especially useful in freshening up old manicures. For this mani, I had the black already on and tired of it. It even covers up tipwear and slight chipping on your nails.

All photos are inside, no flash, and with artificial lighting.

For my first try on one of these Lightning Bolt manicures I'm very pleased with the result. This is definitely a design I will wear again. Thanks to Nailside for the tutorial and inspiration of this manicure!

I hope to have another post up this weekend and I'm working on getting together scheduled posts for Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday as I'll be away without access to the internet.

Thanks for stopping by! Have you ever tried this or have plans to try it in the future? Hope your week went well!

On To The Next Polish,

Katie