The Polish Diary

So as promised in yesterdays post i did a tape mani! Not that elaborate but I like it anyways. I finally got a chance to use my OPI White Shatter over my Finger Paints Tiffany Imposter. I just taped my nail diagonally and also painted the White Shatter in a diagonal pattern as well. I need to find new things to do with my Shatters. I have so many! I have seen a couple photos out there where people have done interesting things with Shatter but I can't find a tutorial for anything. Have you tried anything interesting with your Shatter polishes?

This is my second tape mani that I have attempted and I'm super happy how it turned out! The tutorial I used for this mani is from Nailside , she is a tape master! Visit her site for this mani and much more! For this mani I used Wet n Wild Black Creme as a base and I used Wet n Wild Silvivor for the tips as well as Buffy the Violet Slayer. Buffy the Violet Slayer is too beautiful for my camera but you can see a true color swatch here .  I had used scotch tape for my first tape mani, but went to grab the roll and saw it was empty. Plan B was set in motion and I grabbed the duct tape and hoped it would turn out, and it did! I also liked the duct tape because I have deep ridges along the sides of my nails and the duct tape is pliable enough to stay put there. I decided on an accent nail with the double lighting bolt and I love it.  Have you guys tried a tape mani yet?

I got inspired by Gotham Nails post about her trip to Bloomingdales. I already had white nails from my summertime mani so I decided to try out my first tape mani. Now I am not an expert at this by no means so go to Gotham nails post link I provided becase she has the "tape masters" links at the bottom of her posts. It's like the blind leading the blind over here at the Polish Diary! To be honest I scared myself with this one. It was actually super easy. I just cut small squares of tape and placed them on my nails and painted my favorite black (Wet n Wild Black Creme) that goes on in one coat. I then pulled the paint off. I will tell you that what I learned is to pull the tape off ass soon as you get your design painted. Do not allow to dry because it ruins the design when you go to pull it off.  I also submitted this design for the Wet n Wild Summer Giveaway Contest you can see the entry form here . You can follow them on Twitter at @wetnwildbeauty and while you are t...