NAILS | Marimekko x Clinique Inspired #CBBxManiMonday

It feels like only yesterday that I was typing up my Canada Day ManiMonday and now we are FULL ON into July which seems ridiculously fast! Earlier this evening I had this sudden pang of "Oh God, holiday collections will be showcased in August!" The summer is just so short and I feel like I have so much planned and so little time to do it in -like finding the perfect lounge chair for the balcony or trying to find time to go to the beach! My body has not seen a bikini in 2 seasons now because I've just been either busy at work or busy at home. I am hoping that this year will be different!

This week's CBBxManiMonday theme is "Inspired by Packaging" and I immediately thought of the packaging from the Clinique Pop Splash Lip Gloss in the shade Juicy Apple* which is part of the Marimekko x Clinique collaboration!

PR samples, Affiliate links

This is one of those manicures that actually would have been faster to stamp, but because I suck balls at stamping, I went with hand-drawing each one of those motherf'ing red "scales"(?) Thankfully the Marimekko design itself has a raw, hand-drawn element to it so my nails didn't look too far off from the original.

I started off with three coats of Essie Treat Love Polish in Pinked to Perfection* and then using a fine nail art striper brush, drew "U shapes" using Essie Be Cherry!*. I waited a couple of minutes for the design to dry fully before applying a quick-drying top coat.

As always, make sure you go and see what Renee and Trysh have on their nails because all of us always have such different, but creative nail designs and if you ever want to join in on the fun, be sure to use #CBBxManiMonday so we can see your manicure!