Monday 28 January 2013

NOTW: Geometric Tape Mani

Hi there :-) Welcome to my blog! I have picked up a veritable TON of new followers lately and I really can't believe it - I'm really grateful for each and every one of you :-) So make yourselves at home; grab a beanbag and enjoy :D

Today I have another tape mani to show you! This one gave me hell ~.~ First off, let's see my handiwork:

My thumb is pretty too!
Sadly I couldn't quite capture the silver-green-purple
flash of  the multichrome on camera :-(



























This is REALLY pretty, but I will probably never do it again. Cutting the tape up into all the right shapes was making me tear my hair out - and getting everything symmetrical was such a headache! Call me lazy, but I never want to spend that much time with scotch tape EVER again. Also, the tape is now EVERYWHERE. Ugh. Of course, had I planned this mani properly, I would have applied the colours in reverse order, starting with the purple... and come to think of it, I bet it would have been a doddle with striping tape (which I don't own)... oh the gift of hindsight! ;-) At least I had pretty fingers (albeit just on the one hand...) :-)

Here's the polishes I used:

  • Essie Trophy Wife (teal base)
  • Barry M Silvery Lilac (strong silver multichrome - flashes purple and green)
  • Kiko #315 (purple)

This is quite a short post today - go me! All I have left to show you is a full swatch of the base colour, which is perhaps the perfect teal :-) Take a look:

Please ignore the imperfections - I managed to mess up application
big-time but the angle of the photo hides most of it :-P

Y'all don't know this, but this colour is my weakness. If it has turquoise/teal on it, I automatically love it, regardless of what it is. I just can't help myself! My go-to turquoise has always been Rimmel Green With Envy, which is a bit brighter than this Essie, but the formula is awful (much like that of my beloved Black Cherries). In fact, the polish makes me so ANGRY that I don't use it anymore - but now I have a replacement :D

This Essie polish was an untried (staining is my enemy) and is my first ever Essie colour :-) I love, love, love the colour and finish, and I quite like the brush, but I don't love it; I normally always look for a wide brush, but this brush is a bit too wide for my tiny pinkies. It's not a big deal, I guess; it just means I have to paint more carefully! :-P

EDIT: The wear-time on the Essie turned out to be poor! What a shame. On the plus side, no staining :-)


What do y'all think? I enjoyed this mani but would definitely not approach it in the same way again! I'm really enjoying my tape mani spree this month and I can't wait to show you my next mani - perhaps my favourite EVER so far! DON'T MISS IT!!! :-)

'Til next time, curlettes! :-)

- Skye x


10 comments:

  1. Looks AWESOME! Great job. Ok, my goal is to try a tape mani by the end of February....LOL, can't put too much pressure on myself.

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    1. Thank you, Essie :D You really should do a tape mani :) But learn from my mistakes and plan it better ;)

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  2. This looks great! I understand your frustration with the tape too haha. I don't have the patience to work with it >.<

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  3. You did an amazing job!! I've done a tape mani once, to pretty decent results the second time around, lolol... Nothing this complex, but I've always had it in the back of my mind to do another one.

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    1. Thank you so much Liesl :D It did take a while but that's just bad planning. The taping itself is straight forward and very speedy :D

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  4. Hey gorgeous, you have been nominated for the Versitile Blogger Award! :)

    Check out what you need to do next at http://briesvernis.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/versatile-blogger-award.html

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    1. Gosh Brie thank you so much! Just as soon as I have more time I will investigate further :) Not really sure I understand the whole 'Versatile Blogger' deal :) x

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