Monkey See Monkey Do Mondays: Striping Tape Plaid

 

Monkey See Monkey Do Mondays are where we re-create manis from different blogs or pictures we have "pinned" on Pinterest, and link back to the original blogger!

Today I decided to put on my big girl undies and try a striping tape mani! For some reason tape manis of any kind scare me! >_<

Here is the original that I decided to attempt. This is from The Polished Squirrel, a cute blog that you all should follow! (please click on the image or the blog title to be sent to her site!) I love the colors she chose! So fun! And the design, I thought to myself, I can do that too! (hopefully!)

I love how mine turned out! Yes, there is a little boo-boo on the pointer finger but I still lurve it! :) I used China Glaze Kalahari Kiss as the base with OPI You Don't Know Jacques Suede as the over-color (is that the word I'm looking for?). I love how it looks all warm and comfy like a fall sweater! :) Oh and this suede rocked as an over-color(?), perfect application and opaqueness! :)

Here is a photo to show you China Glaze Kalahari Kiss on it's own. This color is so unique in my collection! It's gorgeous! Like a straw/khaki color!

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Amber Did It!
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A Polish Addiction
Beaching Nails
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Cherry Sweets
The Clockwise Nail Polish 
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The Cute-icle Chronicles
Dressed Up Digits
Drugstore Junkie
Enigmatic Rambles
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Esta Cerrada la Drogueria
Fancy Phalanges
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Follow The Yellow Polish Road
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Gnarly Gnails
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Jens Painted Tips
Kawaiinize Your World
Lacquer or Leave Her
Lacquered Libra
LeSamowen: Life, Love, and Nail Polish
Little Fairy
Macabre Manicures
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Manicurity
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The (mis)Adventures of a Wanna Be Martha
My Wet Nails
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Nail Tales
Nail Wish
Nailpolish is My Crack 
Never Naked Nails
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Pointless Cafe
Polish Crazed
Polish Lover
Polish My Mind 
Rin's Nail Files
Secretary's Nail Art
Susy In Color
Sweet Sugar
Tales of Knit and Nails
Toxic Vanity

Teal Tuesdays - Tape Mani

Our challenge for this weeks Tealicure is a tape mani! Gulp! I've been putting this trend off because I was nervous! :) I decided to go to Nailside for a tutorial because she does some amazing tape manis! Her tutorial that I used was: Nailside: Tutorial: Mummy tape mani. My mani turned out to be more tiger stripes than mummy wrappings but I was happy with it. My right hand was way better because I did it after the left hand (more practice), so that is why my right hand gets the starring picture! :) But sorry for the less than perfect polish job because my left hand isn't as good as applying the polish, so there's a bit of cuticle flooding. :)

My base coat is Essence Bella from the Nail Art Twins that I got from Jewli from Fanning the Fumes in this awesome swap. Like all other Essence polishes it went one like a dream! Look at that shine! Bella is a gorgeous teal creme that everyone should have in their collection, that is, if you can find it! Sadly the Nail Art Twins are discontinued! :(

Here's my left hand. See, not as great as the right but still not horrible! I'm proud of myself! :) I used Essence Nail Art Twin in Romeo as the over color. He is a lovely grey creme with purple undertones.

Have you ladies every done a tape mani? Do you like them? I love the look of them but it takes time and work! At least for me it does! :)

Teal Tuesdays was started because teal is unloved and needed its own day of celebration!
Teal is a medium to dark bluish green color of low saturation; a dark cyan.
Open to interpretation, anything green with a hint of blue or blue with a hint of green is welcome here!
Aqua, Turquoise,Tiffany Blue, etc etc...all are welcome - we do not discriminate!

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Some of the other blogs participating are
Colorsplash Nails
Gaga for Nails
Fancy Phalanges 
Gnarly Gnails
Geeky Owl
Mandy's Polish
Nails Beautiqued
No Holos!
Persistently Glittery
Simple-and-Beautiful