Striped Nails: Nail Art November!

Hey everyone! Sally Hansen has been doing #NailArtNov on Instagram and the 18^th was glitter. I decided to go with a subtle glitter design and take a Pinterest look (which I’ve always wanted to do). Before I start, yes, I do have a wound on my pinky finger; I cut it on a sharp piece of metal under a desk (school is so safe). Anyway, here’s how I did this look.

The colors I used for this design were Sally Hansen’s Xtreme Wear shade in “Black Out” (#28), Triple Shine shade in “Pearly Whites” (#300), Wet n wild shade in “Tough Girl” (#34206), and Candie’s shade “Concrete Jungle” (#2191).

I started with the lighter gray, since two stripes of that color show. Then I painted, free hand of course, a black stripe, covering the tip of my nail, and a dark gray stripe in the middle of my nail. Over top of the first light gray stripe I added a coat of glitter. Finally, I added a top coat for protection and it was done! Not that hard, right?

I had pinned this look a long time ago and I’ve always wanted to do it and Nail Art November was the perfect excuse. I hope you liked this look (because I did lol). The next 5 weeks are going to be crazy; I have a Thanksgiving nail look coming up and then 8 nails designs leading up to Christmas. I’m so excited for this! I hope you guys are ready for some awesome nail looks. Until then BYYEEE

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