Today's is a nice simple manicure, a bit of a punk-rock take on the classy French tips. The colors are the Sally's Beauty StripeRite in neon orange (the only StripeRite I will ever truly love. It has the perfect consistency. As I said previously, the others leave a lot to be desired.) The base is maybe my favorite polish of all time. The brand is Savina, which is always, always available at Nordstrom Rack for a mere four-ish dollars. This particular color is "White Lavender," which is neither white nor lavender, but the perfect opaque peachy-pink-nude. I really love it as a neutral base, or for a more mod-looking French. The peach also makes a really nice base for any design just by virtue of it's opacity and color - it doesn't show through, and while it's not as brightening as white, it won't darken your top color (which I HATE!!!)
The neon orange against the softy-lingerie peach looks so wrong it's right. It's got that awkward '70s color vibe that I just love!! (One day I'll show you a picture of my living room decor. I think will explain everything!)If you don't have nail art brushes or a steady hand, you can totally tape off this manicure and do it that way - usually I see it done where the tip color is done first, then masked off with a corner of scotch tape, over which the main color is applied. I do the base coat first and free-hand the triangles on top, so they're not quite uniform as you can see, but it's not hard to get these looking right free-hand.
