Strawberry Nails

Strawberry nails are one of my favourite nailart designs because they are easy (for everyone) and absolutely adorable and perfect for summer. I have done them before and figured it would be great timing for a simple how-to post. Check it out!

First, start with a red base. Here, I used Deborah Lippmann's It's Raining Men because it is a great, bright red. Use whichever red you think is juiciest, or, for a more stylized version of the strawberry nail, go for a pink or even a neon!

For the seeds, use a toothpick or a dotting tool to add on a pattern of tiny yellow dots.

The leaves are the easy part! You could use a toothpick or a small paintbrush for this step. Just draw a few tendrils on the tip of the nail - they don't have to be perfect so don't be intimidated! And voila. Adorable strawberry nails! Go for it.

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Bunnies & Strawberries

We had the pleasure of doing two sisters' nails last week and, sometimes, the manicures are so adorable and special that we must share them! They requested strawberry nails (an all-time favourite of ours) and bunny nails! We had never done bunny nails before so we were really excited. Plus, with the berry & bunny combination on our minds, we couldn't help think about spring ...is it here yet? Yeesh!

Here is Kristina creating some adorable neon coral strawberry nails:

We used Revlon's Coral Me Wild for the base.

Juicy!

Here I am improvising some bunny nails:

They are coming together! Such a cute seafoam green background - we used Minted by Revlon for the background.

 Aw!

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Last night at Victoire - so much fun!

Our second date with Victoire was THE BEST! We were so excited to be fully booked and could not wait to spend our evening chatting and finding out which manicures were chosen by old and new friends alike!

We also had a lot of requests of styles seen on our blog, which really made our day. Regine said it best when she pointed out that all the different nail art options really do speak to people differently. One of the best parts was definitely customizing the colours and styles for each manicure depending on what the ladies wanted - we love to hear your awesome ideas!

We put out the best glitters on display because glitter is obviously a priority!

Here we are doing some serious work (a.k.a. having too much fun).

Here are just some of the manicures we did last night - check 'em out!

 The "While You Were on Facebook" manicure on neon orange and pink gradient

 Red roses on a neutral background

 Purple and gold leopard

 Super gold nautical

 Pink fairy nails

 Strawberry nails

 Plum roses on a pink background

 Sparkly side of the moon

 Gold diagonals on peach

 Sparkly blizzard nails

 Neon coral zebra

 Sparkly apples

Regine getting...

...an all-seeing eyes manicure!

Thanks so much for all those who booked spots with us last night! We can't wait for the next one and will let you all know as soon as a date is chosen.

Thanks again - we had so much fun!

- Emilie & Kristina

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Juicy Strawberry Nails

Ok - I know it's not technically summer anymore BUT I can't stay away from this adorable summery mani. Plus, it is actually quite beautiful and sunny outside today in Ottawa so I will take what I can get. These strawberries are really easy to do and end up looking absolutely darling. In fact, they were quite popular this weekend at Talk to the Hand at Victoire Boutique.
For the red base, I used Sally Hansen's Insta Dry in Rapid Red.

I used this polish because it is quite opaque with only one coat and, knowing I would be adding details on top, I usually prefer to avoid multiple base coats.
For the seeds and leaves, I used a yellow by Color Club and Jade is the New Black by OPI.

And here is a pic of the manicure with a flash (these little berries are difficult to photograph!).

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