Fall nail design: Purple and Teal French Tip

Sorry for not updating for a while. In fact, I have been busy with some remodeling of my house. Now I am done with painting the walls. It's time for me to go back with painting my nails. ^^

About a month ago, I bought 2 nail polishes from the China Glaze Fall 2013 Autumn Nights Collection. One of them is a dark blue creme called Queen B. The other one is this dark purple creme called charmed, I'm sure. I like the color very much. It's deep and dark and is the perfect color for fall. So I decided to do a nail design with it and came up with this Purple and Teal French Tip I am going to share with you today. A color contrast between purple and teal with a little bit of sparkles. I chose to do a French Tip twist because I wanted to keep it simple and let the colors be the focus. I hope you will like it.

Purple and Teal French Tip

 
To achieve this look, you will need a dark purple creme polish, a teal polish, a silver polish (optional), a silver glitter polish and some Scotch tapes. It is always hard to get a even coat of glitter polish especially those with the larger flakes. Putting a coat of silver polish underneath will make it look more even and opaque.

1. First, apply base coat to all your nails.

2. Apply teal polish to the thumb, middle finger and pinky. Apply purple polish to the index finger. Apply silver polish to the ring finger.
3. Apply silver glitter on the ring finger on top of the silver polish.

4. On your thumb, put a piece of Scotch tape on your nail leaving the bottom 1/4 of your nail uncovered. Paint the uncovered part with teal polish. Carefully remove the tape.

5. On your index finger, put a piece of Scotch tape on your nail leaving the tip uncovered. Paint the tip with teal polish. Carefully remove the tape.
6. On your middle finger, put a piece of Scotch tape on your nail diagonally. Paint the uncovered part with purple polish. Carefully remove the tape.
7. On your ring finger and pinky, put a piece of Scotch tape on your nail leaving the tip uncovered. Paint the tip with purple polish. Carefully remove the tape.
8. Go back to your middle finger, use a piece of Scotch tape on your nail leaving the tip uncovered. Paint the tip with silver polish. Carefully remove the tape. Apply silver glitter on top of the silver polish.
9. Apply top coat to all of your nails.

Purple and Teal French Tip

Remember to let the polishes dry completely before putting tapes on them. You can apply a thin coat of fast drying top coat before taping if you like. Before taping, stick the Scotch tape to your hand several times to reduce the stickiness of it. Don't bother about getting a super clean edge. A good layer of top coats will fix it.

Things used:

Purple polish: china glaze charmed, I'm sure 1232

Teal polish: Sephora by OPI Ocean Love Potion SE 283
Silver polish: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep 230
Silver glitter polish: Essie luxeffects set in stones 958

Polishes used in the Purple and Teal French Tip

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(I am not paid and all the materials I used in this post were bought using my own money.)

Icy blue

This week I don't have a theme for my nails. So, I just randomly picked some colors and create this nail design. This is a very simple design and doesn't require much skills and tools. To achieve this look, you will need a sheer white polish, three different shades of mint blue polishes and a silver white textured polish.

1. Apply base coats to all your nails.

2. Apply sheer white polish on your thumb and ring finger.

3. Apply one of the mint blue polish on your index finger.

4. Apply another mint blue polish on your middle finger.

5. Apply silver white texture polish on your pinky.

6. Use a dotting tool to put some dots on your ring finger with all three of the mint blue polish to create a heart shape.

7. Apply top coats to all your nails except your pinky which has the textured polish.

Some alternatives:

1. If you don't have three different shades of mint blue, you can use two or even one. When drawing the dotted heart, use different sizes of dots instead of different colors.

2. Use the round end of a toothpick or a bobby pin if you don't have a dotting tool.

3. Use a white shimmer polish if you don't have a textured polish. Or apply a thin coat of silver glitter over white polish.

4. I chose a sheer white instead of a white creme because I think a sheer white gives a more icy feeling than an opaque white creme. However, the sheer white I used here is quite opaque. It is described as cloudy sheer white on its website. If you don't have a cloudy sheer white, use a white creme instead.

Things used:

Mint blue polish no.1 (used to draw dots only): Sephora by OPI Cartwheels On the Catwalk SE 325

Mint blue polish no.2 (on index finger): China glaze re-fresh mint 867

Mint blue polish no.3 (on middle finger): Essie Absolutely shore 758

Sheer white polish: Essie marshmallow 63

Silver white textured polish: OPI liquid sand solitaire NL M49

Thank you very much for reading. I hope you like my post and find it useful. Please follow me on pinterest and instagram to keep you updated. Thank you. ❤

(I am not paid and all the materials I used in this post were bought using my own money.)