Tuesday, April 23, 2013

OPI Goldeneye and the Bond Girls...

I would like to show you a manicure that I have been wearing this past weekend. It was inspired by this beautiful manicure created by Cutie-cles. I instantly fell for the contrast of textured polish against the smooth, sharp gold lines and added the manicure to my 'must try' list. Rather than copy the manicure, I put my own twist on it and used the new OPI Bond Girls Liquid Sand lacquers. Staying within the Bond family, I combined the two Bond Girls with a gold beauty from the Skyfall collection...


To start out the manicure, I used three coats of OPI Goldeneye. It is a clear base packed with gold flakes and provides full coverage in three coats. When the base was completely dry, I laid out the pattern using striping tape and painted alternating sections of the nails using OPI Jinx (orange) and OPI Vesper (black). I used two coats of each to build up opacity and quickly removed the tape before the polish started to dry.


The outcome was beautiful, but a bit too sharp and rough along the edges created by the Liquid Sand. Even though I love the textured polishes, I was worried that the sharp edges would drive me crazy.  Luckily after washing/drying my hands a few times, the towel friction wore down the sharpness making me one happy girl! I wore the manicure all weekend and loved it. Good thing I didn't get bored since I had no time to actually change it :)





Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


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14 comments:

  1. amazing! thanks for the inspiration, it looks really great

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  2. The contrast is fantastic and actually compliments the James Bond theme. Great job!

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  3. super awesome, love the structure and the colors :D

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  4. So beautiful. I love the combination that u did it.
    ArtEmilly

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  5. hey girl
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    i started following in 2011 and then went mia till now im back and trying to get into the swing of things id love if youd continue to read my new posts comming soon if u havent followed already and i hope to hear from you

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  6. I love this! Is so beautiful, the colours, the design, everything! I just got my bottle of jinx, it's the only shade I got from bond girls collection, in my opinion the prettiest!

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  7. Wow, I could never get bored with that mani! And you did your other hand so well too! From recent experience, I know that that's hard!!

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  8. I love textured polishes! :-) Beautiful manicure! :-)

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  9. @Nailderella, Thank you so much! I'm so glad that you like it :D

    @maRyya, thank you for the sweet comments! :)

    @Suzi, I'm so glad that you like it! Thank you :)

    @Paint those Piggies!, Thank you very much! :)

    @Melody, I thought it would be fun to play with a polish from the first Bond collection! So glad you like it :)

    @nail crazy, I'm so glad that you like it! Thank you :)

    @Artemilly, Thank you very much!

    @BeautyBehaved, I will check it out. Thank you.

    @Natalia, Thank you so much! Jinx is such a beauty. I wore it alone for a few days and then in this manicure. Definitely a favorite of mine also :)

    @NailaDay, It was quite a challenge to keep them symmetrical. The right hand is definitely more of a challenge. I'm glad you like it :)

    @Tatjana, Thank you so much! I love the textures also.

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  10. I was googling opi bond girls and saw your mani, really gorgeous!

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  11. Thank you very much! I'm so glad you like it and stopped by to let me know :)

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