Found this lovely Valentines inspired manicure
here and I thought it was SO gorgeous, I decided to share it with you all!
What you will need:
Base & Top Coat
Dark Pink
Medium Pink
Light Pink
Reinforcement stickers
Steps
1. Start with either your darkest pink or lightest pink. (I will do
both for you!) Try to use colors that have good coverage with just one coat, you want this layer to dry completely before the next step.
2. Put 2 reinforcement stickers together (should look like an “8”)
and place them towards the bottom of your nails. You are going to do
this twice so look at your nail and cover 1/3 of each. We want to make
room for all 3 of the colors for the final look!
3. Paint your medium color. If possible just paint 1 coat, you will
also want this to dry completely before placing stickers on your nails
again. I personally like to use quick drying nail polish for the first
and middle layers. (
Sally Hansen has a bunch of great colors that are “Insta Dry”!!)
4. Remove the stickers when the paint has dried with your medium
shade. Waiting for it to dry is important because removing the sticker
too soon will cause the nail polish to smear and not have clean lines.
TRUST me. :)
5. Now repeat steps 2 & 3 this time using either your darkest
pink or lightest pink. (I was able to reuse my stickers so I used 20
stickers total.)
6. Remove the stickers once that layer has dried and check out those
nails!!! At first they may look choppy and layered but once your apply
your top coat it will even out and complete the look on your nails. Plus
putting stickers on your nails can dull your color some so this also
helps your colors be bright and shiny again.
