NAILS | Rose Quartz #CBBxManiMonday

It's my first nails of the year! This month, the girls and I will be playing with the theme of "Experimentation" which means I have been looking at new (and some VERY old) techniques that I have not tried starting with the "Rose Quartz" nail art trend from a little while ago! It looked so fast in all of the videos I watched, but in reality I'm not that great with "organic" designs so my manicure kind of just looks like wavy white lines, but oddly enough they turned out kind of pretty.

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Half the battle for this manicure was finding the right shade of pink that was sheer enough to layer while still being able to see the white polish lines. Unfortunately, I don't own a lot of these sheer shades, because I hate them and usually wear manicure that are far from neutral. Thankfully, I kept ONE sheer pink shade from the CND "Yes I Do!" Bridal collection released last Spring which saved me! 

I started off with two coats of CND Vinylux "Veiled" and then diluted some white polish in nail polish thinner to make some veiny lines. I applied one more coat of "Veiled", added a few more white lines and then added one more coat of "Veiled". I don't know if you can tell, but I also added a top coat with tiny gold flakes in it before sealing it all in with a fast drying top coat. I don't normally use TWO top coats, but with so many coats of polish, my nails were taking MUCH longer than an episode of "Fuller House" to dry!

Have a great day everyone and be sure to check out: Renee, Trysh and Eithne's blog and social media channels for their first manicures of 2020!