Thursday, March 14, 2013

My CRAZY green layered manicure!

Sop there I am, sitting in my dermatologist office reading "Harper's Bazaar" and I see a design in the back drop of an article, and it hit me!

Green layered manicure!














Crazy, Fun and super easy...I promise! Here is the "box design" that I saw, I snapped a pic with my phone.


















UPDATE: Thanks to Stephaine, she has identified this as "a painting by Josef Albers; part of his Homage to the Square series." Thank You Stephanie :)














I used OPI "Jade Is The New Black", "Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow", "Green-Wich Village",  and "Damone Robert 1968".








































Thanks to the OPI Prowide brush this manicure was easy. I applied the first layers as you would normally apply your polish.

Then, the second layer, OPI  "Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow", I just applied a minimal amount of pressure and let the prowide brush make the arc, the same with the next layer, OPI "Green-Wich Village".

The last layer, I used a nail art brush and applied OPI "Damone Roberts 1968".














When I finished I was afraid that my nails would looked "humped" from the side view, especially since I went over each color twice, but nope...














No HUMPS! I topped this off with my usual 2 coats of OPI "Top Coat", and then Seche Vite. It was layered perfection :)



























I loved this manicure and I plan o doing it again using greys, and maybe even blues...SHOCKING! LOL!


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14 comments:

Refined and Polished said...

This is so dope!!!

Freshie said...

This is insane! I love it and am definitely going to try soon!

Unknown said...

@KayJay- Thank You, I'm definitely doing it again! :)

@Freshie- Go do it, it's fun and easy! :)

Danielle said...

very cool, love this! doesn't look time consuming either :)

Unknown said...

@Danielle- It took, maybe 30 minutes from start to finish :)

JQ said...

!!!! LIKE! Storing that one in my memory banks for future fun! Thank you!

-Diana- said...

Cool.

Stephanie said...

That looks awesome. I'm commenting first because it looks AWESOME. And second to let you know that that what you saw in the magazine is actually a painting by Josef Albers; part of his Homage to the Square series. If you like that you should look him up. He's good for color inspiration.

K @ Karines Vernis Club said...

Omg just too edgy I love it

Unknown said...

@Stephanie- Thank You, I'm going to look it up now :)

@K@Karines Vernis Club- Thanks :)

Unknown said...

Jackie this is a pretty mani! I'm in love:)

beachgal said...

Fabulous! - Lucky you owning OPI "Green-Wich Village", and "Damone Robert 1968!!!!"

Carinae Letoile said...

I may have to do this! I think I actually have Green-Wich Village...I've got 4 bottles of Damone Roberts 1968. (Don't ask why, please...I get embarrassed!)

Elin the Cupcake Cat said...

Wow!! Love this mani, I have to try this!!!