In my quest for alternative Christmas nails (they can get pretty cheesy!) I thought that these nails would be a good but cheese-less design for the holidays!
Polishes Used:
Julep's Helena
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails The Real Teal
Revlon's Gold Coin
Julep's Fast Drying Topcoat
For these nails I simply painted my base coated nails with one half thick Real Teal and one half thick Helena. Then using a stripper nail art brush, I painted a thin Gold Coin line down the middle of each nail. I took a clean toothpick and quickly did swirls down the middle of the nail, dragging the gold polish into the teal and fuchsia polish. I then waited for the nails to dry and applied a topcoat.
Pitfalls:
Real Teal tend to dry very fast so you have to be faster or you end up with parts of the nail underneath showing!
Try to do the marbling in one fluid motion because if you try to go back, the design gets muddy. Example is my index finger nail.
*Tips*
Since Real Teal tends to dry fast, I would recommend another greenish blue polish instead. These nails would probably be excellent with some metallic green and red polish but again, I was looking for alternative holiday nails. Let me know how it works for you!
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