Netflix is evil. They recently changed how they play TV
shows so that the next one starts 20 seconds after the last one ended. I have
watched a shameful amount of How I Met
Your Mother over the last few weeks but there are so many freakin episodes
that I’m pretty sure I’m going to be watching this show for the next few
months. Oh how TV helps me to be so lazy.
I had a first today! I was asked to do a step by step for my
tuxedo nails that I did in June (as part of my wedding nails). I’ve never done
a step by step before, but I hope this helps you to recreate my tuxedo nails.
For this manicure I used Orly White Tips
and Liquid Vinyl, Sally Hansen CSM Wine Not, and China Glaze Rich & Famous. A few disclaimers about
my step by step: 1. I didn’t actually want to have tuxedo nails so I only
painted two nails 2. I’m a really messy painter so please disregard all the
paint that appears to not be on my nails and 3. I don’t actually have a third
disclaimer, but it felt like I couldn’t just have two.
I start these nails like I start all nails, with a coat of
OPI Nail Envy and SV base coat. On
top of that I did two coats of Orly.
To start my tuxedos I painted a V with a black striper and
then filled in the bottom of my nail with the Orly brush. To get in the ‘tight’
places I used a dotting tool. Try to get the V as centered on your nail as possible;
I didn’t do so well on that front.
Ok, it looks like I did a lot in this step, but I really
didn’t. To create the bow tie I did one smallish center dot and then used a
dotting tool to create two small triangles off of it. I then put buttons on my
tux and the dots on my black nail (I think they sorta look like buttons too). I
put one larger white dot on the black tux so I could create the boutonniere.
To make the boutonniere I put a pink dot on top of the white
dot and then took my wine color and made small c shapes in the pink with it. It’s
ok when you are doing this if the pink swirls with the other color a little, it
just makes it look more like a rose.
That’s how I did these nails! If you don’t have a striper
you can use any small brush dipped in polish. If you don’t have a dotting tool
that’s ok too, you can use the pointed end of a toothpick for the small stuff
(like the detail on the flower) or cut the toothpick in half and file it smooth
to use for a larger dot (like for the bow tie or buttons). For even larger dots
you can use the end of a quilting pin, although you may want to put the pointy
end in an eraser or something so you don’t injure yourself.
Hope this step by step was helpful, if you do these nails I
would love to know how they turned out, be sure to let me know in the comments J
