Tutorial Tuesday, The Digit-al Dozen DOES Black and White Day 2: Adipose Nail Art!

Good morning, readers! It's time for another combined post of Tutorial Tuesday AND Day 2 of Black and White Week with The Digit-al Dozen! Today's design is another Doctor Who character-- the adorable Adipose!

Below is a preview of the tutorial. You will find full sized pictures and step by step instructions further down in this post.

Digit-al Dozen DOES Tape Day 5: Matte vs. Shiny!

Hello, readers! It's the final day of Tape Week with the Digit-al Dozen! I think I've loved this week so much because of the simplicity and I think everyone can recreate the looks I've been showing!

This final post is something I've wanted to try for a while and just never did. Matte vs. Shiny-- as in, part of the nail design matted and the other part top coated for the shiny contrast. I used another untried for this post: Manglaze Lesbihonest. I only have a few Manglaze polishes but they are gorgeous mattes and I really like them! They don't play well with Rejuvacote base coat, though, and crackle like a crackle polish, so wear them without base coat on the bare nail for best results.

• I started out with two coats of Manglaze Lesbihonest.
• Let completely dry because you can't use quick dry top coat on top! I think I waited like 2 hours!
• I used craft scissors to cut tape in a fun line and applied verically on the center line of the nails.
• I then painted one coat of HK Girl Top Coat over the untaped side and carefully peeled the tape off.
• For some added contrast, I used a dotting tool and more top coat to do some dots on the matte side of the nails.

It was really easy and a subtle, but fun, nail design. It was also really hard to photograph.

Have you tried this look before? Thanks for reading! I hope you've enjoyed Tape Week as much as I have!