Hi Goddesses
This month, Digit-al Dozen is doing tape manis, a style that has fascinated me for 2 years. They're not easy - a bit like stamping, they demand practice, practice, practice - but the pay off is immense, so much so that I think today's nail art is possibly THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE!!
I first came across tape manis on Nailside's blog, with her famous laser manis. Since then, I've seen others - mainly Nailasaurus and Manicurator - take them to new levels of patience and precision. My week this week is quite mixed up - there are a couple of more complex manis, as well as 2 extremely simple ones.
So, remember last week how I said Neon Week wasn't really over? Uh huh, Exhibit A, m'lud :) I did this last weekend and didn't take it off for 4 days, somewhat of a record for me! It's just so damned bright and cheerful.
It's also one of those manis that's a sum of more than its parts. It works, spectacularly, but not because I've done anything special, just because the colours ROCK, especially that green, which I almost didn't use.
So what do we have going on? Well, the base was Jacava Mont Blanc, which I reviewed yesterday, and then I laid my tape on top. Using small nail art brushes I then used -
* Sally Hansen Limestone
* China Glaze Papaya Punch
* OPI A Roll In The Hague
* China Glaze Igniting Love
* w7 Fuchsia
Enjoy - I'll be back tomorrow with a reciprocal gradient tape mani. Yeh, dig that! Lol xx :)