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Snake skin nails using a scale stamping plateThere's something undeniably fierce about a snake skin manicure. It looks like it took hours of detailed brushwork, but the actual technique using a stamping…
OPI Tickle My France-y: A Soft Peach Creme ReviewOPI Tickle My France-y is the sort of understated shade that earns its place through versatility rather than instant drama. It sits in the nude family, yet its…
Tropical palm tree nails with stamping and green gradientsThere's something irresistible about palm trees against a sunset sky that translates beautifully onto a small canvas like a fingernail. A well-executed…
Best nail files for shaping acrylic and gel extensionsFiling gel and acrylic enhancements feels nothing like tidying up your natural nails. The product is harder, the surface area is larger, and a wrong move can…
How To Create A Chrome Nail Effect With Rubbing PowderA mirror-like chrome manicure looks wonderfully complicated, yet the effect comes from a fairly simple sequence: prepare the nail, apply gel colour, cure a…
Femme Fatale The Herbalist And China Glaze Tree Hugger ComparedGreen nail polish can be surprisingly difficult to compare. A bottle may look like a straightforward forest shade in indoor lighting, then shift towards olive,…
Emily de Molly Nevermore polish: a black holo with blue shimmerEmily de Molly has been one of my most-watched Australian indie brands for years. I've ordered bottles from Brisbane-based operations, chatted with the maker…
Splatter nail art with a toothbrush: messy, fun and surprisingly easySplatter nail art sits firmly in the "embrace the chaos" camp of manicure techniques. It's the opposite of crisp lines and steady-handed foiling — instead,…
Layering Sheer Jellies for a Soft Color Shift ManicureA jelly manicure is built around translucency. Instead of covering the nail in one opaque coat, you allow several thin layers of tinted polish to overlap,…
OPI Can't Find My Czechbook and Its Berry Creme SwatchesOPI’s Euro Centrale collection brought together the kind of shades that made a salon polish display hard to ignore: soft pastels, bright cremes, and…