Rose Romance. Fresh Paint Quickie. [Essie]

nails and photo by hollyannaeree

Playing with roses again.

I just couldn't help myself!

What I used: 

What I did:

1. Apply a base coat (I use OPI Nail Envy for Natural Nails)

2. Apply 2 Coats of Essie Mod Square over the entire nail except for the ring finger on each hand. 

3. For the ring fingers apply Essie Sugar Daddy over the entire nail. (base color for the french)

4. Then use Essie Blanc to paint a white tip to the ring fingers. (I do this free hand)

Now for the Nail Art:

5.  Using Essie Mod Square paint 3 squiggly circles. (You want an organic shape! This is going to be your rose.)

6. Taking a small brush (either a nail brush or in my case I used a Sigma E11 eyeliner brush) dip it into Orly Lucky Duck to create the leaves on the side of your roses. (You can either make a leaf shape or just make kind of a dash mark) 

7. Wipe off your brush and then dip it into Orly Gum Drop to highlight the leaves. All you need to do is draw a line or two within the darker green section. 

8. Wipe off your brush one last time and dip it into Revlon Cafe Pink to highlight the inside of the roses. For this I just draw little half circles or C's and swirl the paint around a bit. (Most likely your little glob of Essie Mod Square will still be wet so the polishes will mix together some. This is okay and can sometimes add to the effect as shown below.)

9. Finish off with a fast drying top coat. I use Seche Vite. 

Finished Product:

nails and photo by hollyannaeree

nails and photo by hollyannaeree

Overall I think this was a really fun look! This is my second time doing rose nail art and I really enjoy it. It's a really simple and easy way to add some interest to your manicure. 

Of course you can do this any why you'd like - Here's another example of how I've used the roses before. (This was my first time ever trying the rose design on my nails. LOVED IT!)

nails and photo by hollyannaeree

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Thanks so much for reading! I hope you have enjoyed this post! 

Don't forget to check out my latest videos on YouTube as well - TWO new ones this week so far. Hits & Misses as well as a nail polish haul will be up as well. 

Talk to you soon,

Holly 

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