Sunday, August 6, 2017

Simple Sunday: French Twist ft. MoYou London Frenchy 11

Hello Readers!



Today's Simple Sunday is one I am really excited about. When I first saw some of the newer "Frenchy" plates from MoYou London, I totally fell in love with them, especially with Sunday manicures in mind. They have so many beautiful images on them that are perfect for simple, elegant looks.

Today's mani uses more decals that I would typically use on a Simple Sunday mani, but because they are french tip decals, they are probably the very simplest kind of decals to make and great practice for beginners. I also like using decals for french tips because for me, it's a little easier to position them uniformly across all the nails than it is to stamp them perfectly on.




So I ended up with a French mani with very traditional colors, but with a little added detail for a twist.


Now, a quick word about the polishes in this mani, particularly the pink: I've been seeing some people haul these Kiss Gel Strong polishes from the Dollar Tree on YouTube for a month or so now, so I've been keeping my eye out for them at mine but yesterday was the first time I actually saw them.

I picked three colors up, though they had a bunch more, just to give them a try. I have to say, I really like this polish. These light pink colors can sometimes have a hard time getting opaque, but this was perfect at two coats for me and had a great formula. So definitely keep your eyes out for this polish brand at your Dollar Tree- it's a great deal for a dollar!


So, my image comes from the MoYou London "Frenchy 11" plate. I did make decals with this image, but each one was really quick as all I had to do was paint diagonal lines onto the top portion of the image with the nail polish brush.

I find that using the french tip images can be a bit tricky, so making a decal out of them can be a good compromise to make it easier to get them all lined up right on your nails. This trick will work especially well if you don't own a clear stamper- I can't image trying to line up french tip images without being able to see what I was doing!

8 comments:

  1. This french mani is exquisite :) Love everything about it, looks romantic in my opinion!

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    1. Thank you so much! I really love this one, too.

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  2. Looks very elegant. Absolutely loved it :)

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  3. Awwh this is so pretty! One of the best french manicures I've seen, it adds a really cute twist to it! I bet this could look really cute with flowers for spring!

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    1. Thank you so much! Yeah, there are some really adorable flower french tips in this collection too- can't wait to try those out!

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  4. Oh this is such a beautiful look, love the leaves on the tips!

    Love Aysh xox

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