Reverse French Mani with cute bows - tutorial

This week's theme at  http://cutenailstudio.blogspot.in/ is reverse French or French nail art. To tell you the truth I have never  done either before but I had to give it a try.

For French I had to get the tips perfected and that to me seemed quite difficult. So I scratched my brain and decided to do the reverse French instead.

I am sure there are lovely tools available in the market to make life easy when it comes to doing French nail art but I had no clue. So I decided to make use of the good old tape! Yes that is what I used. I cut out small pieces of tape and cut one side of it in an arc. I stuck these on the nail where I did not want the colour and then it was simple nail painting.

Reverse French Step 1: Paint the nails with taped out area

Two coats and then I waited for it to dry. Once it dried off all that was needed was to pull off the tape and volla!

Reverse French Step 2: Peel off the tape

So my basic reverse French manicure was ready. I know it is not perfect but hey for a first time attempt I am pretty impressed - my short nails look really cute to me :)

Next I thought of jazzing it up a bit - I wanted to make it very girly - so I went ahead and took a lighter nail paint and painted small bows on the sides followed by a trail of dots. Below are a series of pics of my nails.

Reverse French Step 3: Paint light pink Bows and a trail of dots

Reverse French with Bows

Reverse French with Bows

Reverse French with Bows

I will do a separate tutorial post on how to create the little bow.
I hope you guys like my simple attempt!

Diana of London City Glamor Nail Paint - review

Diana of London is a relatively new brand to most of us. A lot of their products are available on many online websites.

Here I will be reviewing one of their nail paints – Diana of London - City Glamour – Triple ‘S’ formula nail varnish with Vitamin E.

First look at how cute my nails look with this nail paint – I’ve been staring at them for so long!!!!

Ok let me talk about the packaging – it comes in a cute little glass bottle with a nice shape. The cap is a light shimmery bluish purple shade made of plastic.

The bottle mentions that the nail paint is toluene free (yayee!!!) so it is surely not harmful to the nails. The bottle also states that it is a nail varnish with Vitamin E which is again good for the nails.

     

The nail paint shade I’m reviewing is Jasmine (48). It is such a nice pastel pink with a hint of brown (not the bubble gum pink that usually comes in pastels). The moment I opened the bottle I was dying to apply it and I was so happy when I did. I am in love with the color. It’s so soft and gives the hands a very gentle look. Absolutely a must for my day wear collection.

The nail paint does have some smell (almost like nail polish remover) but it goes off in a second or two. The finish is satin smooth just as claimed by the company. I have applied this only for about 24 hours so can’t comment on the staying power but it has not chipped at all after a whole day of typing. And I am glad that none of it has come off despite my maddening hand wash sessions (yes I like to have my hands clean at all times!).

Two coats are needed to coat the nails well. The brush takes 3 vertical swipes on my thumb (which is same as all other nail paints I use).

Overall I am very happy with this nail paint.

Details at a glance
Packaging       : glass bottle with plastic cap
Pigmentation  : good

Fragrance      : smells off alcohol for a second when you apply the first coat
Staying power: too early to comment – looks promising
Price              : Rs. 210

What I like:
1.The colour (I love it!)
2. Satin Finish

3. Vitamin E content and toluene free

What I don't like:
1. Value for money – again this one is on the more expensive side for a nail paint

Style Tip: use this shade as a base for all your floral nail arts – it will look gorgeous