Dip Painted Nails... or Messy French Tip Manicure

Eager to try out the Messy French Tipped Manicure I was inspired by last week, I grabbed my two favorite blue hues and got to work. In the end, my left handiwork looked indeed like a messy French tip. But my other nails, painted with my right hand, looked more like clouds at the end of my nails. Cute, but not what I was going for. The blue only helped the cloud appearance. So then, reminded of my recent Dip DIY for Re:create, I decided on a combo: a dip-painted look meets messy French tips, which I liked just as well.

Here's what I used...

* Sephora OPI "My Personal Serpent"... which has apparently been discontinued. Find all the other Sephora OPI colors here
* Essie "Lapis of Luxury"
* Essie "Matte About You"

Steps...

* Apply two coats of your base color and let dry. I chose My Personal Serpent, but any contrasting color combo will do. {photo via my instagram stream}




* Apply two coats of your lighter color onto 3/4 of your nail... at an angle. I generally used about three strokes per nail, then repeated with a second coat.



* Apply your matte top coat to just your lighter, tipped section.


NOTE: Using a regular glossy top coat will cancel out your matte effect. I used no overall topcoat and my nails lasted about a week.

Voila!

above shot also via instagram and about a week later




Delilah insisted I paint her nails the same...

 

Photos above courtesy of my sister in law, Morgan :)

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