BLACK ON BLACK MATTE FRENCH MANICURE- DIY

Today I got in Essie MATTE ABOUT YOU and I was so excited to finally try this out!  I’m sure there’s another way to do this but I thought I would share my step by step process with you all.  It’s really easy once you have everything that you need, but I messed up a few times.   I had to redo some of my nails.  The most important thing is to make sure your nails are 100% dry before applying the tip guides.  I get so impatient waiting for my nails to dry so I learned the hard way.  Also, after doing a little bit of research online, I learned that you should definitely apply a top coat before adding the matte finish because it prevents the black polish underneath from stripping and it also adds more gloss to the tips.

Here’s what you need- base coat, black polish, top coat, matte finish, french manicure tip guides.  All of the polish I used is from Essie.  The black polish is called Licorice.

STEP 1: APPLY BASE COAT

STEP 2: APPLY 2 COATS OF BLACK POLISH

STEP 3: APPLY TOP COAT

STEP 4: WHEN COMPLETELY DRY, APPLY TIP GUIDES TO TIP OF NAILS

STEP 5: APPLY THIN COAT OF MATTE FINISH

STEP 6: WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND REMOVE GUIDES

Mine came out pretty decent.  Not perfect but next time it will be better 🙂 It took a lot of patience to do these for the first time.  Would you do your nails like this? XO.