Shorty Post--Manicures with Friends Part 3: Amber's Tape Mani

Today's hand model is Amber. She is addicted to nail polish like I am. We were going to try to make her nails look like a flower that her boyfriend had seen and thought was cool, which was orange with a burst of purple in the center. My methods for that failed, so we kept the color theme, but went for a diagonal tape manicure. (Using regular office tape to make crisp lines between the two shades of polish.) I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Orange Impulse and Color Club Pucci-licious; top coat is Seche Vite.
*I purchased the nail polishes with my own money and I am not affiliated with nor compensated by any of the brands mentioned in this post.*

Manicures with Friends Part 2: Tot's Dots

The most recent hand model for Rouge Required is my friend Tatiana. We call her Tot or Tater Tot as nicknames, thus Tot's Dot's. She wanted something that she wouldn't do for herself, and we were having trouble deciding which polishes to use, so we used several of the top choices for this 'dotticure'. 
*Products shown below were either purchased by me or received in a trade with one of the other members on makeuptalk.com. I am not affiliated with nor compensated by any of the brands mentioned in this post.*

 

I first painted Tot's nails with a base coat of Orly Bonder, then two coats of Essie Play Date. I applied Poshe quick-dry top coat before creating the dots.

The dots were created with my Martha Stewart dotting tools that I bought at Michael's. These photos are before I applied a final coat of Poshe over the dots, indoors under artificial light. If you choose to do a similar manicure, I recommend waiting longer than you think you need to before applying the last top coat. The dots are thicker than a normal coat of polish, so they tend to smear if you top coat them too soon.

The polishes used for the dots:

Blue--Essie In the Cab-ana

Green--Essie First Timer

Lavender--Julep Renee

Purple glitter--Zoya Aurora

*Products shown above were either purchased by me or received in a trade with one of the other members on makeuptalk.com. I am not affiliated with nor compensated by any of the brands mentioned in this post.*