At the Pink of Perfection

I have seen this manicure a couple of places recently, and even have a picture of it saved to just look at.  Those of you on Pinterest may recognize it... I actually bought the Essie Matte About You topcoat a month ago, but couldn't bring myself to paint my nails black whilst I still had bright summer colors to wear! It took me a few weeks to actually wrap my head around matte nail polish.  I kept telling myself it's supposed to be shiny...but it's so cool looking matte.  Take my word for it! Well, last night I went out to dinner with the hubs and my in-laws, wearing fall-like clothes, so decided it was time. And I am SO happy I did.  This is one of my most favorite mani's of all time.


This picture screams that I need to use a ridge filler! There's an in-depth nails post coming, so I'll explain that to you soon if you're unfamiliar. Please forgive the sub-par cuticle clean up job...

This is 2 coats of Orly Liquid Vinyl, followed by a top coat of Essie Matte About You.  After allowing this to dry, I painted the tips with Orly Liquid Vinyl again.  The next time I do this I'll use the french manicure stickers, but I was in a hurry and didn't have enough time to allow the undercoats to dry sufficiently.  So, I eyeballed it.  Not too shabby though, right? I decided I wanted the tips to be a little shinier though, so I then went over them with Seche Vite top coat.


So, whilst thinking of a creative way to portray this manicure, I kept singing Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On,' maybe due to the fact that black matte nail polish looks like records?? I guess the np's name 'Liquid Vinyl' may have played a part in that..


I thought this song also fit as we're starting to say goodbye to summer...