Pink and Grey Nails

Hello Again!

 

I'm still working on catching up on my old posts, bu I have almost finished all of my drafts! It's actually a scary thought because I'm scared I will run out of things to share with you! Yikes! Hopefully I will be painting my nails tonight though, so I should have another tutorial for you in the next few days!

 

I did this manicure las summer I think, and I absolutely loved it and still do! It's simple and elegant!

 

Here is the finished look, featuring the steering wheel of my old Escape (tear):

 

What you need:

• Base Coat (Avon Ridge Filling Base Coat)
• Gelous
• Gray Polish (Maybelline Color Show Impeccable Greys)
• Pink Glitter Polish (Avon Stardust Crystallized Pink)
• Pink Polish (Avon Cotton Candy)
• Top Coat (Seche Vite)
• Chevron Vinyls (Vinyl Quickies Small Chevron)

After yur base coat dries, apply a coat of your pink polish on all but one of your nails (I chose the middle finger).

 

On the nailthat you left blank, paint a coat of your glitter polish.

 

Once this coat dries, apply a coat of gelous.

Now, paint a second coat of your pink polish. A second coat of the glitter is optional, depending on how opaque your first coat was.

Once that dries, apply a coat of fast dry top coat (such as seche vite) to 2 of your pink nails (I chose my pointer and ring fingers). Once the seche vite dries, apply your chevron vinyls (I only needed three, but depending on the length of your nail you may need more or less).

Once your vinyls are appled and the edges are pressed down, paint a thick coat of your gray polish over top of them.

Remove the vinyls immediately after applying your gray polish or else you will end up with a sticky, gooey, mess.

 

Now, apply a coat of top coat to all of your nails and let that dry. Once that is dry, apply one last coat of Gelous!

 

***As you can see in the picture, you may have some polish that comes off when you remove the vinyls. It shouldn't happen if you use fast dry top coat beforehand, but I did not know that trick when I did this manicure. If you don't ahve fast dry top coat, you can list take a toothpick or a small brush and touch those spots up***

As you can see, you can't even tell that I had to touch some spots up!

I hope you all enjoy this manicure as much as I do! I would love to see your recreations posted to #countryclassdiy! I am also always looking for ideas and inspiration! Comment with your ideas or contact me through email or Pinterest!

 

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