Wednesday, July 25, 2012

NOTD: Pink & Green Tribal Ikat

Well, here goes nothing- my first post! I have wanted to start a blog up for some time now to accompany my Instagram posts and to go into more detail on my manicures.

I'll start with a manicure I did a couple days ago: a pink and green ikat pattern over nude.


The base color I started off with was OPI's "Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh?" Then I added thick stripes of the pink (OPI's "If You Moust, You Moust") and green (Essie's "Mojito Madness") on alternating sides of the nail. Next I added an off-white blob in the middle of each thick stripe, and for this I used OPI's "My Boyfriend Scales Walls."Last but not least I used a black Sally Hansen nail art pen to draw a staggered pattern both in the middle of the white and around the pink/green. I sealed with Seche Vite topcoat, and that's it!

I like this pattern. It's different from a lot of other nail art which can be really girly. I wasn't sure about the color combination because I am one of the seemingly few people who don't think pink and green go together, but I ended up liking it a lot. I also really love the Sally Hansen nail art pens. I use them for leopard print nails as well and they work so much better than a striper polish or using a toothpick or dotting tool!

What do you think of this manicure? Do pink and green go together?

2 comments:

  1. Welcome to the blogging world Laura! :) Love your ikat mani, I have yet to try this nail art but I think it's super cute! Thanks for sharing! :D

    Elissa / Lissa's Polish Addiction

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  2. Love! So happy to see you blogging! We gotta get you a logo ;)

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