Saturday, May 26, 2012

Red, White & Blue Stringy Mani

Hello my lovely readers. I am keeping with my Memorial Day Weekend theme and went with a patriotic Red, White & Blue manicure. I tried out a technique that is new to me and I really don't know what it's properly called. I am going to refer to it as a stringy mani, but I have also seen it called the "sugar spun technique" and simply a "slim line" mani. I came across this tutorial video through another blog, though I cannot recall whose. Manicurator's April Showers Brings May Flowers - Rainbowl is probably my favorite stringy manicure.




Colors used:
   ● ZOYA Tosca
   ● ZOYA Robyn
   ● FINGER PAINTS Papier Mâché

This was no quick and easy mani. It took a long time and I will let you in on a little secret - my right hand looks nothing like my left! Don't you hate when that happens? It looks more like a splatter mani. However, now that I've done it I can perfect on it! I love the look of stringy manis and I plan on using this technique again.


Thanks for popping in!

8 comments:

  1. Love it! LMAO at your rage builder, too funny!

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  2. I'm so jealous at your first attempt! It looks awesome! String manis do look very neat. I tried one not too long ago and it was very bad... I'm definitely not a natural when it comes to art. :p And the right hand... that about covers it, lol.

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    1. Thanks. You should try it again since you've learned the basic concept. It can only get better! Right hands be darned.

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  3. This looks great! I love it :) And I know what you mean..when I did it, my "other" hand looked like a kindergarten kid painted it :P

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    1. Thank you, Victoria. Lol at calling it the "other" hand. When people ask to see my nails I always try to make sure I show them my good hand. ^_^

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  4. this looks amazing!! i like it better than the ones on the video :P

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