The Best Country Ever

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!

I love being Canadian, it's the best country to live especially for health care. Unfortunately the company I work most of our clientele is American, so I work today and tomorrow. But I get stat holiday pay so it's not so bad and I get the 4th off. Lately I have been obsessed with manicures with a stripe but had only been successful once before (it can get really messy). I really wanted to try and see how it turned out and it turned out great! I'll show how easy it can be if you are patient and a bit of OCD.

OPI Base Coat, Alpine Snow, Essie Lollipop, Opi Top Coat

I always use a top coat  and base, no matter what. It helps prevent chipping and gives you nail a clean finish. You want to start with the colour you want as the stripe in the middle and then paint around. 

So I started with a white colour called Alpine Snow by my favourite nail brand, OPI. You don't have to make a stripe, just paint the whole nail. I decided just to do my big to in white because it's really hard to do stripes on toes and I have tiny ones.

I decided to use another one of my favourite nail polish brands Essie and the colour is called Lollipop. I let my nail dry for about a day and I don't put on a top coat until I finish the manicure. The next step is to put small strips of tape over the nails you wanna paint. I cut a normal piece of tape into four quarters and then try to place them as best you can.

Then comes the annoying part, waiting for the nails to dry and touch ups. I usually wait for 30 minutes to take off the tape and then out comes the perfectionist in me for touch ups. Needless to say it took a while before everything was finished and I was satisfied.

The Final Results

I loved the end results and I felt very patriotic, even in my little cubicle. I even got a someone compliment me on my manicure and then one of the consumers wished me a happy Canada day (the one Canadian one who called today). Hope everyone had a great Canada Day and day off tomorrow (I'll be in my cubicle). Also happy early 4th of July to all my american readers. Don't forget to follow me on bloglovin and on twitter @CarlitaPetita.

Love & Glamour,

Carlita Petita