Monday, February 25, 2013

MOTW - The Louboutin

Hello!

So what do a $645 pair of shoes and my manicure of the week have in common?


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A bit of Sass, Class and Color Scheme! Pictured above are the Prive by Christian Louboutin who's red lacquered shoe sole has become iconic from HBO's Sex and the City.  The designer also creates some serious shoe porn!

So this week I am still suffering from broken nail trauma, and I think dark colors look better on shorter manicures, but I didn't want just glossy black nails - I wanted some sass!



So I gathered up a shiny black lacquer, a classic Red (sent to me by the lovely Nat from Gl0ssy) and a shiny top coat.  I also grabbed my roll of stripping tape which I forgot to photograph but I bet you can guess what it looks like.

First I painted my thumb and ring finger with 2 coats of red, let it dry, applied the stripping tape and then painted to coats of black across each nail.  ( The Rimmel polish was a bit thick, I should have stuck to Orly's Liquid Vinyl). 


Et viola!  But the real similarity lies in the middle picture above.  I also painted the underside of my nails red, just like the shoes ;)  

What inspires your manicures?

Jasmine

7 comments:

  1. Ok, this looks amazing! I need to try using tape like that.

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    1. I got mine on amazon for 97 cents! I think it turned out ok, I think a thinner top coat over the tape would work better.

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  2. I tried this once on long nails, but it just looked weird on me :( I think it's because I feel like long nails look weird on me in general. And keep in mind, when I say "long", I really mean "any white showing at all"...lol...I don't know why I prefer them so dang short!!

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    1. My pointer finger is the broken one and the rest are actually a little longer than usual, because I wanted to do this. Usually I don't have it much longer than the tops of my finger. I don't like "talons" either :)

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  3. I like this idea, it's really cute! This week I am also suffering from the broken nail blues!! I don't mind cutting mine down though since they have been growing like crazy ;|

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    1. Mine grow fast when their not broken - i swear if I break one it stunts it's growth for a month while the others just move on!

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    2. lol your nails have a mind of their own ;) do you take any vitamins for hair & nails?

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