Wednesday 1 August 2012

Gold Stripes

It feels like ages since i did a post so here's a really nice simple design that had a great effect. I own so many silver nail polishes or silver glitter nail polishes that i really need to get a gold one. The only one i have is this one below and it isn't as glittery as i'd like so i had to try and jazz it up a bit without loosing the gold colour.



I didn't have much time to do this so i just used my models own nail art pen to create the stripes. I originally wanted to do the stripes criss crossing but i thought that might be a bit too much and overshadow the gold.



For this i used 17 nail polish (not sure what shade) and models own black nail art pen. i didn't use a base coat and just applied 2 coats of the gold 17 polish followed by the the stripes on top once the gold had dried.


I was pretty pleased with how straight i managed to get the lines and how little i managed to get on my skin (for a change!) It wasn't anything complicated but it looked quite cute :) 

please let me know though of any good really glittery gold nail polishes!

xx

6 comments:

  1. Will have to try that they look gorgeous! Love your blog- now following, maybe check out mine if you have the time... Aly xx

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  2. Lovely nails! You must be super patient!

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  3. China Glaze's Blonde Bombshelle is a super opaque gold glitter polish, maybe check that out? This manicure looks great, I wouldn't ever be able to get my lines that straight :(

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  4. This is lovely - I'm useless with nails but this looks so pretty I may just have a go!

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