40 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Red

Hello Dahlings!

This week the Tarts are showing you

40 Great Nil Art Ideas using red polish.

My pattern/technique this time is nude base.

So I did this...

I went with sticker stencils. 

I had a few small user error issues, but you get the idea.

 I started with 2 coats of L.A. Colors Mauve Glaze

over my usual franken base coat for my nude base.

This is a crelly-ish polish that isn't quite opaque at 2 coats,

but I knew the stenciled design would help hide the VNL.

It's a bit of a chameleon in that depending on the lighting

& your personal skin tone, it may look pink, peach or light tan.

I tried quite a few nude 'manikin hand' polishes

before I found this one that actually comes close

to my weird pale corpse skin with yellow & red undertones.

I had to putz a bit in editing this pic to get the polish color right

cuz my camera would only see it as tan

when my eyes were seeing as peach in the LED light.

My skin isn't usually that color.

 I used these test design stencils from She Sells Seashells.

I had a few spots where I dinged the polish while removing the stencils.

So I used a tiny dotter to fill those spots in

then didn't wait long enough for the patches to dry

& ended up smearing the design a wee bit.

It still looked pretty good at arm's length.

I used Carpe Noctem Cosmetics Classy As Fuck for my red.

This thumb swatch is 2 buttery luscious coats,

but I easily could have gotten away with just one!

It's from the Inspiration Collection currently available.

AND...when you buy $15+ now thru March 8th

at Carpe Noctem Cosmetics

& use the code ALLTHETHINGS

you'll get 15% off your order!!!

This includes not only Emily's fantabulous polish,

but her must have Reborn Balm, Castor Oil Hair Repair

& Coffee Clay Healing Mask!

Well? Go get some!

>^. .^<

I'se classy as fuck too! Right, Meowmy?

Thanks for stopping by

& please share the luvs

with the other Tart's!

~ Inky

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