Severina
Chameleon ~ 615
Dark dusty
greyish green with shimmer
meets
Fingerpaints ~ Late
Night Rendezvous
Blue glitter
I’ve been wanting to try out
my striping tape for quite a while, but haven’t really been up to it before
now. So let me show you my very first striping tape mani!
I started out with a polish
that I got from sweet Anastasia from Little World of Coloured
Nails. It’s Severina Chameleon #615, and it’s a dark dusty green with lots
of grey in it. I’ve had it sitting in my pile of untrieds for quite a while,
but today is the day!
The formula was OK, and the
pigmentation was fine. It was opaque in two coats, and the drying time was good.
I like it when polishes dry before I dent them, LOL!
Here’s what 615 looks like,
without top coat:
I’m quite impressed with
pretty much all the polishes Anastasia sent me, and this is no exception.
Pigmentation is great, and the polish evens out nicely, leaving a really good
result! Score!
Now for the actual purpose
of this base: Striping tape! I cut out little bits of tape and put them on my
nails. Four pieces of striping tape on each nail. And then I painted the whole
thing with Finger Paints “Late Night Rendezvous”, which is a gorgeous blue
glitter with a teal undertone.
I did one nail at a time,
and removed the striping tape right after applying the glitter. And I sealed my
mani up with NYC fast drying top coat in the end.
The funny thing about this
is that the Severina is also called Chameleon, and that’s exactly how it made
the Finger Paints react. It turned green! I was amazed!!
Here’s the bottle shot. The
Finger Paint is holding the striping tape on the brush handle :)
I must admit that using
striping tape was more work than I expected it to be, and very fiddly - but I
really love the result, so it will not be the last time I do this. Next time
I’ll try with polishes with bigger difference between the colours.
What do you think – is this
something you’d do yourself? Have you any great bit of advice about striping
tape for me?
Wow, this is so pretty - one of my favorites from you :)
ReplyDeleteOoooo, I love to hear that!! Thank you so much :)
DeleteI love the result too!
ReplyDeleteYay, two in a row!! :)
DeleteI love the result! Looks great :)
ReplyDeleteThank you sooo much! I appreciate it :)
DeleteOne of the best striping manis i have seen in a long time!
ReplyDeleteThe color combo is beautifull :)
Tape manis are a great fiddle... But worth it :)
The most difficult thing to handle is that I'm doing hand number two while the nails on the first hand are still wet - that definitely doesn't make it easier :D
DeleteAnd thank you soooo much!!!
I like manicures with striping tape, they're looks amazing! And your mani is one of them :) So I need to try it right now! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm glad that you are enjoying polishes from my parcel. I find them very good looking on your nails :)
I absolutely love the polishes you sent me, and find it very difficult to wait until the next parcel show up here :)
DeleteI'm looking forward to seeing you using striping tape as well!
I love it! I'm awful at using striping tape but I love the effects you can create with it
ReplyDeleteMe too! It was quite a lot of work with the tape, that wouldn't always do as I wanted it to do. But I'm so pleased with how this turned out :)
DeleteSo pretty! I really want to try a striping tape mani. I just need to track down some tape first. :-)
ReplyDelete~ Yun
I'm really looking forward to seeing a striping tape mani on you - I know it'll look really great! :)
DeleteYAY for striping tape!! Yes it is a pain to work with-but it gets better with practice
ReplyDeleteI guess I just have to practice a lot! :)
DeleteNice tape mani! :) I didn't know Severina has polishes, but I'm using Severina nail polish remover at the moment :)
ReplyDeleteCan you get Severina in Germany? I have got to look out for that next time I come around :)
DeleteWhen I got my striping tapes, I said I'll do ALL THE striping manis in the world. SMH, I've only used them like 3 times ever since.
ReplyDeleteBut I digress.. Lol.. Your result is awesome and inspires me to get my taps out for use.
Please, please do! I would love to see some of the amazing tape manis you can do! :)
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