Yes! At last, I’ve mastered the Couture Nails….but needed help! I ordered some nail guides from the internet and they’ve turned what was a complete frustration into an absolute breeze. Here, I’m using the Duo Belle de Nuit; a very deep aubergine shade, tipped with gold. The brushes are angled to make free hand couturing easier but even with that, I just couldn’t get them as precision as this look needs to be. With the nail guides though, it’s a whole other story. I used two coats of aubergine over the entire nail and then a coat of Seche Vite. I gave it a few minutes to completely dry and then added the nail guides, moving them around until they were in exactly the right place. Then I added two coats of gold and another coat of Seche before removing the guides. I’d recommend that with this last process, you give the whole thing plenty of time to thoroughly dry – I was in such an impatient rush that the gold wasn’t completely dried out. I then put a further coat of Seche over the entire thing to fuse it all together properly. Result!
Wow! It looks amazing. Where did you get the nail guides from? I’m rubbish at doing that bit.
I need to copy this…it looks amazing. I’ve tried to do tips before but never managed to get them this neat before, it never struck me to get nails guides!
Claire
xo
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Oh, I really like that look. I’d need the nail tip guides too, they’d be a mess if I tried to do it freehand.
Looks great! No matter how hard I tried, I probably wouldn’t be able to get my nails to look that good. Love that shade of polish!
Thats exactly the same as how I do it.
Looks gorgeous. What gold polish did you use?
Love it x
Beautifully done. I’m nervous about putting the guides on too soon and ruining the first color or removing the guides too soon and smearing the second color. I guess it just requires a little patience!
LOVE!
Jo – the gold polish comes as part of the YSL Couture Manicure Set; Beautifullyinternational – I left 10 minutes after applying topcoat of Seche before putting the guides on..it was fine, and LeanneOCD – got the guides from some random site on the internet…just google!
Ooh, that colour combination is amazing! Very glam-rock chic! If you run out of tips, Maybelline has a very inexpensive set, containing the french manicure stickers, and two polishes: white and pearly pink ^_^
Woww! Amazing!Looks difficult,though:)
I really want to try them now:)
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Love this! Thanks for posting. Were the other colors ever available in the UK? I never saw them here in the US. Jo- the guides are available in drugstores in the US.
Oh that’s stunning, very Biba.
I used to be a beauty columnist, I must say I really miss all the packages I used to come home to!
Beutiful! Looks fab on you x
It looks so neat! I am completely useless at applying nail varnish so this may be a bit out of my league!
FINALLY!!! I have spent hours trying to do this with cotton buds…paint brushes…the works. These are IDEAL!!
Lovely! I lkie the way it has turned out. Neat.
Forget nail guides, they always leak! Best use painters tape or masking tape and form a curve!
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you can also try to paint from one side to the other instead of from the top toward the nail. easier.