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Name the Dress Contest #103!

Contests | 04 June 2012

The contest has ended. Be sure to enter again next week!

Winning Dress Name: Thai Breaker

Winner: Lynn

Manicure Monday: Caviar Nails with Syl and Sam

Beauty | 28 May 2012

(Photo by Carrie Jade)

Hi there, we’re Sylvia and Samantha! We’re two Canadian sisters who are obsessed with fashion and all things DIY. On the internet people know us as Syl and Sam and we’ve run an online store called Lipgloss and Black for about 8 years now. We make clothes, reconstruct things, do our nails, cook & make tutorials of the things we think people will want to learn to DIY too. We grew up making the things we wanted & love to inspire others to do the same. If you’re a regular reader here, LuLu*s recently featured us in their Blogger Spotlight, and we’re so excited to now be guest blogging here with some nail tutorials!

So let’s get started with our first post… Here’s the look we’re going for:

(Photo from Ciaté)

What you’ll need:

-A base colour (we used black)

-A top coat

-”microbeads” (they can be purchased from eBay or Michaels Craft Store)

-a large bowl

We bought our microbeads from eBay & it was only a few dollars for a rainbow set! There is only enough of each colour to do one or two nails though, so we decided to do an accent nail instead of doing a full caviar manicure.

Start with a couple thin coats of your base colour. Make sure to let your nails dry completely between each coat of polish!

When your nails are dry, top coat a single nail with your clear top coat. Make sure to do only one nail at a time!

Holding your hand over your bowl, pour your microbeads over your wet nail.

If necessary, rotate your nail slightly while pouring to make sure that microbeads catch onto the entire nail! Then press them down gently with your finger to make sure they are set in the polish. Repeat with as many nails as you would like to cover

No need to topcoat or anything.

And there you go! Let your nails dry completely so that they beads set & don’t get knocked off too quickly! The Ciaté Caviar Manicure is said to last about 48 hours. It’s true that after a few days, some of the beads close to the tip of your nails do start to fall off but most of the beads have lasted almost a week now! Is a caviar manicure something you would try out? Let us know what you think or if you try it, show us how yours turns out!