Monday, February 27, 2012

Here fishy fishy...

Happy Monday! I hope you all had nice weekends.

Today I'm showcasing a mani that I did on Saturday afternoon. I was going out to sushi with a friend of mine that just recently moved back to Arizona, and I wanted to do something cool because I knew she was going to check out what was on my nails.

So, I did another fishtail design. If you'll recall, the last time I did this wasn't that long ago!


I love the fishtail/chevron design because it doesn't take long NOR is it very difficult, but it still looks really awesome.

For this lineup, I started with Orly Fresh as the base. Then I added on layers of China Glaze For Audrey, Zoya Charla, OPI Who the Shrek Are You?, and OPI Fly. The only one I was sort of unhappy with was OPI WTSAY, but only because it wasn't as opaque as the others. I did love the bit of yellowness that it added to the manicure though -- I think it is importance for the color balance.


For those of you that missed the first post or need a quick refresher on this technique, the layers are painted on freehand with the brushes that come with the polishes. It is really a lot easier than you might think to achieve this look! I usually end up with a bit of polish on my finger areas surrounding the nail, but those are easy enough to clean up.


Have you tried this design yet? I think it might be one of my go-to designs from now on!

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31 comments

  1. I love these colors together! It reminds me of the sea.

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  2. Love the colors! Especially that glittery strip right in the middle. Perfection! <3

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  3. So great! I love this (: My glitter happy person would probably have topped this off with some Fairy Dust though haha.

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  4. Very nice! I'll have to try it some day. =)

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  5. looks nice :-D might try in the futire!

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  6. Free hand? DAMN....I'll try my free hand is getting better.

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  7. I love it! You picked great, complimentary colors.

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  8. It looks lovely! And I love the colour scheme. :) Maybe use Sinful's Innocent instead of WTSAY? They're super close but Innocent is a one coater. ;)

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  9. Wow! You always amaze me! Love the color combo!

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  10. I really love the colour pattern !! Charla really seem to be splendid!

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  11. Beautiful! I love the colours together. They go so well. :)

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  12. This is such a gorgeous color combo! I love it!

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  13. I love this, Sarah! I'm going to have to try it--your color combo is super sweet, too!

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  14. this looks amazing!!! :) i love it!

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  15. Super fun!

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  16. Love it! Charla really pops. It looks almost 3D.

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  17. Wow ! This is awesome!

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  18. Really awesome once again! I should try this sometime!

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  19. This is reaaaaally cool! I love it ! I will maybe do one like this, I'll give you the link ! You're so talented <3

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  20. love love love all the colours!!

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  21. Free hand? I would absolutely need some sort of guide to do this. Lol.. So pretty

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  22. I tried doing the chevron pattern but it doesn't look as nice as yours!

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