Aggies Do It Better

Hey guys! Today I have probably one of the most fun nails I've ever done! I was loving my splatter mani so much I posted yesterday, and I needed a "Star" themed mani for an upcoming Nail It (magazine) issue, I thought I'd do something similar to the butterflies I did here  .  I really loved how they came out, and boy did these get a lot of attention every where I went! That's a good sign, right?  sun All I did was use my star paper punch to cut out a star from painters tape. Then I placed them over my nail a little off center so that there was a little hanging off so I could have something to grab when I pulled it off. I used Zoya Raven (the same I used for the base) to paint over the free space and then removed the star with tweezers!  Add topcoat then done!  shade This is what they looked like before I added topcoat. I was on the fence about adding the topcoat, you can see here the stars are matte because  I wore these for a few days matte befor...

Hey guys! I have something fun today! I've been wanting to try this "splatter" type of nail art for ever, but have really shied away from it because of the obvious mess it makes. I finally decided to just go for it once I had an idea! I used the entire Zoya Summer Tickled Collection over black (Zoya Raven). I just love how it came out!    shade  sun I will say this....I used painter's tape to tape around my nails and it still took me foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever to clean up. So I need to figure something else out if I want to do it again.  shade I added some matte topcoat and it turned in to chalkboard-looking art! love it also!  matte topcoat Method: Use some small straws, dip into polish, tap out excess, and blow it on to nail. Easy! Although, I have to figure out the secret to not getting huge blobs on your nail and just the "Spatter...