NOTD: Seahawks manicure

Tonight I have my current manicure to share with you-- a Seahawks themed mani to support them in their playoff game tomorrow against the Atlanta Falcons. Normally I'm more of a college football fan than a professional football fan, but of course I always support my hometown teams.

On four of my fingers, I layered Julep Harper over one of the Julep mystery colors (a bright turquoise). On my ring finger I put down two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white) and then sponged on  American Apparel Neon Green and a dark navy blue Julep mystery color. In my pictures Harper looks a lot light than it actually is-- it's much deeper turquoise.

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I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out, especially my sponging. Go Hawks!

Nail of the Day: Triangle tape mani

Today I have something a little different for you-- the current nail look I'm wearing! I was wearing OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service (swatches to come) and one of my nails started chipping (boo, hiss). Rather than change my whole manicure, I decided to try a new tape manicure-- the triangle tape mani! I ended up using Nails Inc Kensington, a blackened teal, because I was looking for something that complimented the blue flash in the OPI. And incidentally, I hadn't worn Kensington yet!

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I love the way this looks! The triangle definitely gives the appearance of elongating your nail and it's fairly simple to do. I suspect I'll be doing this again a lot in the future!