Lisl here! It's been a long time since either Arden or I posted (long story short: life happened), but Casa de Polish will not be neglected. I'm super excited because my two best friends from elementary school guest posting today! Take it away Karebear and Sher!
Hello, Casa de Polish followers, minions, and fans!
Karen and Sarah here, two of Lisl's longtime bffls. We are both beginner nail artists, with more passion than practice, and today we set out to try out this pink mani with black rose accent nail from one of our other favorite nail blogs, Pshiiiit.
We went through Sarah's collection to find colors that closely matched the original and came up with:
Base coat: Essie - Feed Me
Main Pink: Unforgettable Moments - Pink Lai
Dark Pink: Essie - My Place or Yours
Light Pink: Essie - Blanc
Main Green: Julep - Courteney
Dark Green: Butter London - Thames
Gold Highlight: Nail Rock - Venus Gold
Top coat: Seche Vite
STEPS
1. Base coat, pink coat with a black accent nail
Sarah:
First, I painted my nails with Essie - Feed Me. I don't think this is actually a base coat but I've been using it as one. Next, I painted all but one of my nails with two coats of Essie - My Place or Yours and then the accent nail with one coat of the very solid, very mysterious Noir polish of unknown origin. I've never had a decent black before, so I was very excited to find this in the cupboard under my sink!
2. Roses.
Karen:
I started by dotting two dots of Unforgettable Moments - Pink Lai where I wanted to paint the basic flower shapes. I then filled them out into irregular blobs, and waited for them to dry. Protip: Make sure the pink flowers are small enough so that you can add leaves around them.
I then added shadows in the darker pink My Place or Yours with a dotting tool. While the roses dried, I added leaves in the main green color, also with a dotting tool. I finished off the roses with white highlights (light pink would work well as well).
As you see from the photo, I started out with a dotting tool, but ended up using a mechanical pencil to do smaller dots because it had a more precise tip. I then shaded the leaves with dark green, and added gold highlights to make them pop.
Here is a handy gif if you are more of a visual learner than I am:
3. Top coat & Cleanup
Sarah:
Seche Vite is arguably one of the most useful polishes in my opinion, as it makes everything super shiny and smooth to the touch. I ran out a few weeks ago, so inviting Karen over was very strategic on my part.
4. Admire
They are so, so pretty!
We hope you enjoyed this rose mani. Try it yourself and let us know what you think!