I told you I wanted to keep expanding the topics covered here this year… and I’m following through! I’m excited to start bringing you more manicure tutorials! HOORAY! Especially when they look as good as this one… wink wink! This mani is surprisingly easier than it looks, and the full how-to is below! Plus, BONUS! To get prepped for more beauty content in 2015, I teamed up with Target to get a fancy-pants, organized vanity working in the studio!
Since I’m hoping to do more beauty shoots this year, I gave a corner of the studio a little makeover to create a vanity! Little containers with nail supplies, a toothbrush holder to hold makeup brushes, a mirror (FINALLY!) and a few other things to keep us from running down the hall to the bathroom 45 times during a shoot! I’m pretty jazzed about how it turned out. Here’s my vanity essentials:
Hand Towel / Large Oilcan Bath Canister / Small Oilcan Bath Canister / Toothbrush Holder / Soap Dispenser / Pedestal Bowl / White Mirror
Now, that I’m all organized, about these nails… Eyes are everywhere. Like, literally. They seem to be quite the trend now. Are eyes the next pineapple!? 😉 I’m on board. So Alex stepped in again to create a flirty little “wink wink” manicure that I am OBSESSED with! Lashes for days, folks. Let’s get to it.
All Photos by Jeff Mindell / Manicure Tutorial by Alex Michael May / Illustrations by Bouffants & Broken Hearts / Creative Direction + Sweet Hand Modeling by Studio DIY
So who’s giving this mani a whirl!? I feel a girls night coming on!!!
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Neha Sharma says
Okay, initially when I scrolled down, I saw all the fake eyelashes and panicked because I thought you were going to be gluing falsies to your nails.
*ahhhh, hairy nails?!*
I scrolled back up (crisis averted) and I actually love this! I remember seeing something similar to this a while back and I think I might have even pinned something like this once! Seems easy enough that I just might be able to do it 🙂 What a fun tutorial you’ve put together! Love it!
Neha // http://nehasharmaphoto.com/blog
Brittni says
I absolutely love this manicure DIY. So cute.
Yolonda says
How cute. And fun! Love it! Keep the DIY’s coming
Helen says
I love this manicure DIY tutorial! I saw the picture that you posted on Instagram and immediately headed over to the blog to see how I could accomplish this myself. Haha! This is a great post, and I’m really looking forward to more “beauty” and manicure tutorials in 2015.
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Aileen says
Looooove it! I’ve been eyeing this eye trend too. This mani is the perfect take on it. Fun, and not TOO creepy 🙂
Stacia says
How cute! I adore this idea!
Monique | WritingMonique says
I love this! So cute 🙂
Lauren | Ordinary Daze says
Love the presentation of this whole post! It kept me interested from top to bottom! Well done! Cant wait to see more beauty shoots!
Kelly says
Thanks Lauren!! I’m really excited for more beauty posts too!
Anna Liesemeyer says
Perfection. Love this Kelly!
Marie | happy paper place says
Love every shot…so pretty! Now I gotta go do my nails. 🙂
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