Duo-Duochrome: A Tutorial

• Apply two duochrome polishes with similar tones (but different accents!) each to opposite sides of a square stamper pad.

•  Using a long and thin striping brush, flick it back and forth, from one side to the other, using soft strokes.  You can chose to only flick part of the stamper, or the entire length.  The amount of your flick with vary the amount of blending the two polishes achieve.

• Set it aside and let it dry about 15 to twenty minutes.  You don't want it to be wet, but you don't want it to be completely dry to the point it flakes.

• Carefully peel it off from the stamper and apply it to your nail like you would the decals in my previous tutorials.

• Tidy up, if required!

This is a fairly complicated look although it's very simple to make.  The effect is completely depended on the duochrome aspect of the polishes you picked and even more intense in varied lighting!

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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