Today's letter is the letter "I". I struggled with this one - so many cool options! But in the end, I decided on an Ikat print, since it's been on my to try list and I really wanted to play with some cool new goodies sent to me from Mash Nails. That and I figured a few of us would try out Ikat designs and we could be twinsies!
Since Ikat print is so bold already, I decided to go even bolder and use Neon colors. Nevermind that neons do interesting things to my skin tone - I dig bold, ulta bright colors on occasion. I chose Orly Skinny Dip, a bright blue neon with some secret shimmer as my base color, and whipped out my Mash Nail Art Pens in black, white, and pink.
Click "read more" to see the final result!!
I started with 3 thin coats my base color, Orly Skinny Dip. Unfortunately Skinny Dip proved to be streaky, bubbly, and gloppy. Thankfully my awesome HK Girl Top Coat evened things out beautifully. Next I went in with my Mash Nail Art Pens. I used the white pen to creat the Ikat print triangle shapes, then the pink to add the splash of color at the center. Finally I outlined the white with my black Mash Nail Art Pen and added the black area to the center of the pink. Add topcoat and voila! Easy Ikat!
I loved this look shiny, but couldn't help but think a Matte top coat would look really nifty, so I grabbed my Mash Matte Topcoat and added a thin coat over my designs. I really love the way this turned out!
My skin tone doesn't like neons, and I promise you it doesnt really look this washed out IRL. :)
Not too shabby, right? Neon felt pretty ambitious for my first attempt at this design as well as my first go with Nail Art Pens!
Despite my issues with my base color, the rest of this design was so easy. The Mash Nail Art pens are so easy to use, highly opaque, and pretty darn precise. The Pink is a bit more Vibrant IRL, but my lighting really wanted to wash that color out along with my skin tone. The pens are the kind where you depress the tip to get the polish flowing, then just use on your nails like an actual pen. It did not take much pressure at all to get them saturated with polish, and I was highly impressed with how long I could use these without needing to depress the tip for more polish. The only issue I had was with clean-up, and that's my own fault. I did not wait for the nail art pen polish to dry completely, and that created a bit of gloppiness around the bottom edge. When I allowed my right hand to dry completetly before cleaning up, I had zero issues.
Mash Matte Top Coat is equally impressive! It works quickly, leaving a perfect matte surface on each nail. I've washed my hands countless times since I applied this, and my nails are still just as matte as the moment I applied this top coat. I've tried almost every matte top coat out there, and Mash Top Coat is now my fave! This is the same Matte Top Coat i used when I shared Daring Digits Ricky, and that manicure held up just as well. Love it!
You can pick up Mash Nails Nail Art Pens and Matte Top Coat on their website at Mashnails.com. The nail art pens retail for $5.99 each, and the Matte Top Coat is currently on sale for only $3.99! Time to stock up!
What do you think of Ikat print? Have you tried any Mash Nails products (I personally think their stamping plates are awesome!)?
Be sure to check out all of the incredible "I" Manicures that the ladies have created for your viewing pleasure!
Stay tuned for a couple of post tomorrow - including White Owl Lacquers and some awesome Handmade Jewelry!
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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