Good Day! Today I have a Neon Negative Space Mani for you! I've been thinking about this type of mani for a while, but did not know what colors I wanted to use. I CAN NOT get enough of Darlene's Neon polishes. Sweet and Sour Lacquer Catchphrases collection is my go to neon polishes! If I had to get rid of all my neons except one, I would keep this collection.
So how I started was first using Nails INC Nail Kale base coat. It is one of my FAVORITE base coats ever. Since I've been using it, I've noticed that my nails no longer spilt or peel. It dries super quick, smells great and does a great job holding on to my polish. It is a tad pricey ($15 a bottle from Sephora) but honestly, it's worth every penny in my opinion. I let that dry completely for about 15 minutes before moving on to the next step. You want to make sure your base coat/top coat/base color is COMPLETELY dry before using vinyls to reduce the risk of the vinyl pulling up the polish and ruining your mani. What I did next was line up 2 stripe vinyls from Living Dead Lacquer a little past half way down my nail to give the negative space and a clean edge for the black polish. I used my Winstonia Kolinsky #0000 brush to create the color blocks and black stripe, 2 coats of polish for full opacity. I first used Lou It Yourself-Riding The Fence, then Sweet and Sour Lacquer- Oh, Homie! (green), <pacifier suck> (blue), mystery neon light (pink), and Scotty Doesn't Know (black holo). Before the polish had a chance to dry, I used tweezers to pull up the vinyls to create the cleanest lines. I used a clean up brush and acetone to clean up around my nails. I topped it all off with Love, Angeline's- Topped With Love top coat and Lilly Anne's Garden Cuticle Oil in Butt Naked to hydrate my nails and cuticles. I absolutely love this mani!
This is a pretty simple mani to create, I struggled a little bit keeping clean lines with the black, but hey, you live and you learn right? The green on my middle finger is also a tad larger than any other color, but I don't think anyone will notice from far away lol. Not that I care, it's my fingers! If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all ;) Thank you so much for reading and stopping by, happy polishing and I'll see ya in my next post!
Links to products mentioned:
www.sephora.com (Nails INC-Nail Kale)
www.louityourselfvinyls.com
www.love-angeline.myshopify.com
www.livingdeadlacquer.bigcartel.com
www.sweetandsourlacquer.com
www.winstonia.com
www.lillyannesgarden.bigcartel.com
Links to products mentioned:
www.sephora.com (Nails INC-Nail Kale)
www.louityourselfvinyls.com
www.love-angeline.myshopify.com
www.livingdeadlacquer.bigcartel.com
www.sweetandsourlacquer.com
www.winstonia.com
www.lillyannesgarden.bigcartel.com