Lately I've been gettin jiggy with 3D Nail Art. This week I attempted to work the Caviar Mani, and I've gotta say it's awesome. I was inspired by the Ciate version but didn't want to fork over $25 bucks for the official kit at Sephora. In a DIY mood, I headed over to Michael's and picked up some micro-beads and a small arsenal of glitter.
- I mixed a small mixture of opaque black micro-beads and a delicious, iridescent Martha Stewart glitter called, Black Licorice, into an empty glitter tube.
- On the first three nails I laid one light coat of a dark purple Essie polish in Sexy Divide.
- On the second coat of purple, I shook the bead/glitter mixture directly over the wet nail, working one nail at a time.
- After cleaning up the side with an orange stick and lightly pushing the beads into the polish, I waited for them to dry a bit.
- And for the last step I added two very light coats of Seche Vite clear top cloat. For this step, you'll want to have very little product on the brush when you drag it across the nail. To much top coat may take away from the three-dimensional aspect by filling the area---making the beads disappear. *this only applies to dark colored beads.
Its a super fun, edgy look. Definitely not meant to endure or last very long---maybe 2-3 days at most---MAYBE five. But if you have a special event, party or dance---its a cool eye-catching look. And with the vast array of colored micro-beads at Michael's, you can taylor your caviar to your party dress!
