Saturday, 13 April 2013

Orange and black glitter triangles!

First post yay!

Helloooo :)

This weekend's design is quite simple but still manages to stand out!


It looks great with any colour combination but I decided to go for a bright base. I think subconsciously I'm trying to encourage the sun to come out!

Here's what I used:

Gold hexagon glitter from Born Pretty Store

- Seche Vite topcoat
- MUA in shade 4
- W7 in cosmic black
- Gold hexagon glitter
- a toothpick
- Sally Hansen Advanced Hard as Nail Nylon + Retinol Strengthener base coat



Here's how I did it:

1. After 2 coats of Sally Hansen base coat, I applied 1 coat of my MUA polish
2. I then painted a triangle using the W7 polish. I did this freehand - wasn't too worried about it being dead straight as the edges would be covered by the glequins anyways. However, you could using striping tape to create the triangle and fill it in with polish, or use a thin brush/toothpick to draw a triangle outline and fill it in!
3. I used a toothpick with a dab of clear polish at the end to pick up a glequin and place it carefully on the outline of the triangle. I continued doing this until I'd formed the outline. 
4. I finally placed one glequin in the centre of the triangle, towards the tip of the nail, and sealed the design with Seche Vite 

What do you guys think? If you try this design let me know what colours you used! The possibilities are endless :)

I have to say I love this combination of orange and black...it doesn't just have to be used for Halloween ;) 








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