Heart Shaped Ikat for V-Day!

I decided to do some heart ikat nails to get in the Valentine's Day spirit!

These are done just like the regular ikat design, except in a heart shape instead of the typical oval!

Colors used:

OPI - "Pink Friday" (base color)

Black & white nail art stripers

Sinful Colors - "Fusion Neon" (pink inside of the hearts)

Essie - Luxe Effects glitter topcoat "A Cut Above"

What are you doing to get into the Valentine's Day spirit? :)

Teach Me Something Thursday: Ikat Patterned Nails

My friend Michele from shortgirllongisland has a fun feature on her blog called "Teach Me Something Thursday".  

She had asked me a few weeks ago if I'd like to do a special nail art tutorial exclusively for her blog, and of course I was more than happy to oblige! 

I did ikat patterned nail art, which is a lot of fun and pretty easy to do.

Ikats are patterned textiles and fabrics produced by tying and resist-dying threads before weaving, similar in process to tie-dying.

**For the full tutorial, check out Michele's feature Teach Me Something Thursday: Volume Four **

There was a bit of a glare indoors so I ventured outside to get another photo :)