Saturday, 8 November 2014

Sheer Delight: A Tutorial


 
  • On a plastic baggie, paint three stripes of coordinating sheer polish, blending the edges just into each other.  I put a white piece of cardboard inside the baggie for stability and so I can better see the colours.

  • With a pin or any fine tipped something, drag a design into the sheer polishes, careful to drag only the polish on the top.  If you go all the way through to the baggie, it may leave a completely sheer streak in the design.  For these nails I pulled the red into the other colours to create flames.

  • Let the polishes dry.  This takes some time.  The strip must not be tacky, but must not OVER dry to the point it's flakey.

  • Once it's dry, carefully pull it off the baggie and set aside.
  •  Prep your nails with base, you don't need to use white, but knowing my design would feature yellow, I used the white to ensure it was vibrant.

  • Once your base is dry, apply the glitter bomb.

  • Before the glitter coat is dry, while it's still a bit tacky, trim the polish strip in pieces to fit your nail and apply them just as instructed in my previous tutorial, Stained Glass Nails.

  • Tidy up, if required!



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