Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Valentine's Nails!

The inspiration: Valentine's Nails from CherrySue, Doin' the Do

The inspiration!

This manicure was done totally with paper clips, which I love.  I do not always have the money to invest in fancy nail tools, so I really like it when I find household items that can be used to create pretty nails.

The best part?  It actually works!

It took a little bit of playing around to get the hearts to look right, but once I got the hang of it, they ended up looking pretty good.  The curved part of a paper clip really is the perfect shape for creating hearts.

Nail polish used: Wet 'n' Wild Crystalic (blue base), Wet 'n' Wild Candy-licious (pink dots), Essie A-list (red hearts). I tried some yellow hearts (Sugarray Yellow), but they didn't show up well on the blue, so I covered them up although you can still kind of see some of the yellow in this picture.   I did my thumb and pinkie as statement nails with a base of Wet 'n' Wild Candylicious with two coats of Revlon Sparkling.

I also smudged my ring finger nail while taking this picture, but hey, documenting the imperfections is part of this blog too!

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