Lace nails

My month of social weekends has begun. Last weekend I went to a co-worker’s bridal shower at the arboretum. My mom has always wanted to go to there and the bride-to-be was nice enough to let her come along, so on a very unseasonably cold Saturday, my mom and I made our way to the arboretum. It was probably them most fun I have ever had at a bridal shower (not including mine of course). As part of the shower we got to go on a tram ride, it was so much fun to learn all about all the flowers and trees and everything was so pretty. Without a doubt it was the most educational shower I’ve ever been to J I do also feel it necessary to point out that I kicked ass at one of the shower games and won a cute butterfly coffee mug, I don’t think anyone knew how competitive I was until that game started.

I wanted to have nails for the wedding shower that fit with the bride’s wedding theme. She told me one of her colors was wine and her theme is burlap and lace, since burlap didn’t really intrigue me, I decided to try the lace. For this manicure I used Sally Hansen CSM Wine Not and Orly White Tips. I love how shiny these nails turned out, they are some of the classier nails that I’ve done recently.

Lace nails

My pictures for these nails didn’t turn out very well. They were kind of old by the time I took pictures of them and the tip wear is very evident, I think I also had trouble because the nails were so shiny that they reflected a lot of light and it makes them almost look spotty. These are definitely nails that I preferred in person. I didn’t wait long enough to do my top coat and smeared the white on the lace a little bit, but aside for that the lace turned out how I wanted it to.

Not my best photography

I want to try lace nails that actually have real lace on them next. Maybe I can do that for her wedding, although by then I should really figure out how to do something that looks like burlap. These nails were nice for the shower because they weren’t too flashy; I didn’t end up keeping them for very long though. I guess I just like gaudy nails more J