Sideways French Manicure

Hello everyone!! Tomorrow I am officially graduating high school!! It is a known fact that for graduation you have to dress up nicely (and then immediately cover that up by your gown) and I found a really nice dress during a Mother’s Day sale at JC Penny’s that I thought would be perfect for the occasion. Inserting the photo…. NOW!

I needed a matching manicure so I decided to do a simple sideways French manicure using a couple colors that were in the dress.

The polishes I used were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri shades in “Co-Balt Blue” (#320) and “Brisk Blue” (#430). I used my usual Base + Top Coat by Revlon (#965) and for the manicure effect I used PERFECT tips by Nailene.

This is a pretty simple design. I started with the darker blue as my base color (it’s an old polish I really need a new one) and let that dry. Next I put the stickers close to the side of my nail leaving space for the color to show and painted on my light blue. I usually wait 10 seconds before I peel off the stickers so that the polish does not splatter or spread anywhere. Add a top coat and voilà!

I’m excited to be graduating, but it’s very bittersweet. I’m making a video about it which will be up next week (between Tuesday and Thursday is my plan). Another reminder, I’m cutting my hair so don’t be too shocked. I’ll talk about that as well. BYYEEE

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