First of all, YES, I subscribe to Teen Vogue. I am not a teen. And I like it. (Big-kid Vogue has too many subdued colors and too few necklaces with little trinkets on them. (Getting Vogue-Vogue is like getting a McDonald’s hamburger not only without a toy, but with a 100 page advertisement supplement.) Anyway, the March issue had a delightful feature (page 158) called “the bright stuff.” And, yes, I was turned on. Each spread not only contained accessories in hues that could burn your retina in a single glance, but also painted nails nails nails that could burn your retina in a single glance.
I am always jealous of prettily painted nails, esp when they are all shiny and have delightful designs. Then I try to re-create them. Things go terribly wrong from the start. I spill nail polish. My room spells like nail polish remover. I forget to wait until things try. Colors run together. Always a disaster. Forget straight lines or multiple colors. I can hardly get my nails to be ONE color.
Anyway, I was totally thrilled to see these fabulous leopard print nails on page one of the photo-set. (See the picture next to “Nails” in the mini collage above — those are the Teen Vogue nails, the rest are mine.) No need to watch for running colors! Who cares if you blotch or drip?!
And thus, my first foray into sort-of-not-ruining-my-nails-but-still-having-them-look-cool. After the jump, a little how-to.
