{"id":1101,"date":"2011-08-27T18:37:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T23:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gearbunny.net\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2011-08-27T18:41:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T23:41:04","slug":"nyc-inspired-nail-art-checkered-yellow-cab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/makeup\/nyc-inspired-nail-art-checkered-yellow-cab\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Inspired Nail Art – Checkered Yellow Cab"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hey everyone, I was inspired to do some NYC-flavored nail art this afternoon.\u00a0 It’s been pouring all day so I’m holed up inside, taking it easy and staying dry.\u00a0 Be kind – this is my first nail art ever.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I started with, but I felt it needed something.<\/p>\n

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So I freehanded some black french tips using Wet N Wild Black Creme.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>The yellow is Prevail Taxi! Taxi! appropriately enough.\u00a0 I used three coats which was enough to even out any streaks and create an opaque surface. My camera could not handle this shade of yellow at all. \u00a0Although it appears neon here it’s really much warmer, the actual color of an NYC Yellow Cab.\u00a0\u00a0 Anywho, I’m not certain that the Prevail brand is sold outside of NYC @ Duane Reade.\u00a0 Does anyone know?<\/p>\n

For the checkerboard nail I began with two coats of Sally Hansen XTreme Wear White Out, a basic white creme.\u00a0 After allowing 15 minutes for dry time I drew a checkerboard pattern in Sharpie.\u00a0 I used a very thin one to sketch out the squares, and a slightly thicker one to fill in the black squares.\u00a0 I was skeptical that this method would look passable, but I think it does.\u00a0 You can only tell I used marker if you’re studying my nail really closely.\u00a0 My pattern was close-to-perfect but did smear a bit on one side, where some excess topcoat settled.\u00a0 Next time I’ll use a very thin coat.\u00a0 Also, I learned the hard way to let those black tips dry completely before adding your topcoat.\u00a0 I rushed a little and my middle finger’s yellow got smeared.<\/p>\n

Does freehanding French tips sound too intimidating?\u00a0 I used to feel that way.\u00a0 But I discovered a very easy method for getting straight French tips.\u00a0 I load my brush with polish and anchor my hand on a flat surface, with the brush pointing sideways and slightly downward.\u00a0 Then I put my nail under the brush, far corner first, and rotate til the entire tip has been painted.\u00a0 The brush remains stationary and only the nail moves.\u00a0 This way I get a straight, even line every time.\u00a0 I’ve mastered this technique when I’m painting on my left (non-dominant) hand, but I need much more practice painting on my right hand.\u00a0 You would think two different people manicured each of my hands, lol!\u00a0 Therefore my right hand doesn’t make appearances on this blog.<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoy this fun mani!\u00a0 Do you prefer it with or without the black tips?<\/p>\n

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~ Allison ~<\/p>\n

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  Hey everyone, I was inspired to do some NYC-flavored nail art this afternoon.\u00a0 It’s been pouring all day so I’m holed up inside, taking it easy and staying dry.\u00a0 Be kind – this is my first nail art ever. Here’s what I started with, but I felt it needed something. So I freehanded some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[60,213,214,154,217,211,215,151,216,170,188,29,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalemily.com\/gearbunny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}