Hi everyone!
I’m Leslie from work / play / polish. I’ve been such a fan girl of Danny’s blog for so long…I can hardly believe I’m guest posting for her!
Danny
asked that I tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised in
Dayton, Ohio, USA, but had the fortune of spending six months in
Europe...so I’ve visited Danny’s hometown of Hamburg, Germany more than
once! I’m actually a licensed manicurist. I went to nail tech school
during college…with my mother. We both graduated on the same day! I
continued to do nails professionally until I finished college. Then I
started my career in business and pretty much forgot about manicures. It
wasn’t until the Spring of 2012 (thanks to a request from my daughter
to polish her nails) that I rediscovered my nail lacquer love. I started
my blog in May 2012.
Today I have a nail art design using striping tape and all four nail polishes in the Nicole by OPI Notorious! NEONS mini kit (more info here). The kit includes a White Base polish and three colors: Green Neon, Fuchsia Neon and Orange Neon. Neons are so difficult to photograph! Here is the final look.
To create this design, I started with two coats of the White Base
and a coat of Seche Vite. I then placed striping tape down the center
of each nail and diagonally down one side. I painted alternate neon
colors between the stripes. These polishes really require two coats, but
I only used one coat so the tape would remove cleanly. After I filled
everything in, I removed the diagonal pieces of tape (but left the piece
in the center). After it was dry, I repeated the steps on the opposite
side of each nail. I finished with another coat of Seche Vite. It was
really very easy!
I hope you enjoyed this post. This is only my second guest post ever…so you know I must really love Danny!
[Disclaimer: Products used in this post were provided to me by Nicole by OPI for my honest review.]
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Thank you, Leslie! I love, love, love that design! It really is summer appropriate.
Your nails are always perfekt and your designs are amazing so it's me that is honored!





