Latest manicure! Finally tried a French!

Hey guys!  I wanted to share my latest manicure...I finally decided to try a French manicure!  I've tried before with terrible results--I can never get a good tip line!  I've tried freehand,scotch  tape, stripers...nothing worked for me.  So when I saw some French tip stickers (photo below) in Rite-Aid, I decided to try them out.  I'm really pleased with the results.

First up, here's what I used:

Nailene Perfect Tips.  96 stickers for $1.99 at Rite Aid, but they should be available in most drugstores.

Left: Sinful Colors 'Snow Me White', Center: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails 'Rock Bottom', Right: Sinful Colors striper 'Love Me'

I started off with a basecoat (Seche Clear) on my nails.  Once that was totally dry, I applied the stickers.  The trick to this is to take some of the tackiness off the stickers before you put it on your nail, otherwise it will pull up the basecoat when you peel the sticker off.  To take the tackiness off, I just stuck the sticker on the back of my hand 2 or 3 times before applying to my nails.  Make sure you press the edges of the stickers down into the crease of the side of your nailbed.
Once all of the stickers were on, (I did one hand at a time starting with my dominant hand in case I really screwed up and decided to give up LOL) so once the stickers were on, I used my white polish (see photo above) to paint my tips.  Make sure you cover your nail tip all the way to the edges.  Allow the tips to dry completely before removing the stickers.
Once I had my white tips, I applied an old Revlon top coat that I had which had a bit of pink in it (I used it one too many times over still-tacky pink polish).  You can use a sheer pink or nude polish if you'd like (I'm dying to pick up Essie's 'Mademoiselle' for this exact reason!), or you can just use a clear coat.
After this was all done, I decided to do a little design on the accent nail.  I had just bought a glitter striper so I decided to use that and dot on a small heart.  I just dragged the glitter striper across the nail tip line and allowed it to dry.  Since the glitter was purple-y, I made my heart using a purple polish.  I used a dotting tool to make the two top dots of the heart, then dragged diagonally until they met in a heart shape. (you'll see in photos below)
Finally, I finished off with Seche Vite top coat.
I really love how it came out and I'll be fine-tuning it in a few weeks.

My French manicure!

French manicure with accent nail design

Accent nail design close-up.  Glitter stripe in Sinful Colors 'Love Me', heart in Sally Hansen 'Rock Bottom'.


That's it for today!  I hope you guys enjoyed and if you give this a try, or if you have any tips for making French manicures easier, let me know!

Thanks for reading, see you next time!