Old Mani Turned Monochromatic French Mani

Hello!! Hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day weekend. I've spent much of mine getting some work done and today I went dress shopping for a wedding, which was fun (minus the part about not finding a dress). Today - I turned my Wet & Wild mani into a monochromatic french mani, and wanted to share!

(glad I took a pic of this - looks like I have some clean up to do on my cuticles!!)

I noticed some tip wear earlier today and was SO eager to either take the polish off entirely or do SOMETHING to touch it up. And when I was having dinner with my mom, our waitress's mani (below) inspired me to paint on some tips.

I used a SUPER old Sally Hansen I had in my stash. There isn't even a name on this polish bottle, but it looks like a deeper red and applied like a berry color. I'm eager to try this polish as an entire nail but I was pretty stoked with the look. It is very subtle but different - and most importantly, no more tip wear to drive me NUTS!

Do you have any cool french mani color combos? I am eager to keep using this trick to cover up any premature tip wear.

Sony T

Wet & Wild: Red Tape

After reading the article I posted earlier this week (posted it on May 25th for your reference!!), I figured I'd try "fire engine red" out for size. It's supposed to be DC's favorite color, so why not give it a shot right? Luckily, I grabbed a $1.99 bottle of Wet & Wild Red Tape at CVS a week ago and I must admit, I am VERY pleasantly surprised.

3 coats Wet & Wild Red Tape + 1 coat Seche Vite (no base coat, couldn't find it in my mess of polish!!)

This color is gorgeous to say the least. It is a warm, orangey red. Reminds me of the inside of a red tulip - random comparison, I know. But the boyfriend surprised me the other night with GORGEOUS part-yellow, part-red tulips and I can't help but think my nails kinda match =)

The bottle is kind of small and a little difficult to grip because of that, but the brush is thick and very malleable. Only need one stroke, maybe two - and you're all set (yes, I know, that's what she said..... but I really couldn't think of how else to phrase that)!! The coverage is also pretty good. I do have some VNL (that you can't really see in the picture) - but next time I use this polish, I'll just throw on a coat of light pink or even white underneath and that should do the trick.

Moral of this story? Don't rule out these bargain polishes and don't rule out "fire engine red." Hope you all have a great Memorial Day Weekend! And Shbecky, you will LOVE Chicago. It may be my favorite city, EVER.

Sony T