 | Supplies: - Polishes - dark blue for the base and white for the sponging (I used Essence Underwater for the base and Wet n Wild French White Cream for the sponging) - Cosmetic wedge - Tweezers - Toothpick - Qtip with acetone/polish remover for clean up (not pictured) |
 | Set Up: - Tear off a small piece of the cosmetic wedge |
 | Step 1: - Apply desired number of base color coats (I used two coats here) |
 | Step 2: - Place a drop or two of white polish onto your palette/work surface. (I'm using a ceramic tile that I can clean for next time, but you can use a disposable surface such as paper, foil, etc.) - Pick up the torn off piece of cosmetic wedge with the tweezers - Dip the wedge into white polish and tap a few times on your palette to work the polish into the sponge - Tap the sponge over your nail adding more white as necessary. |
 | Step 3: - This is about what it should look like when completely sponged |
 | Step 4: - Using a Q-tip dipped in acetone/nail polish remover clean up any white polish that may have gotten onto the cuticles - You can also do this clean up step at the very end if you want (I chose to do it now so the next steps look cleaner :D) |
 | Step 5: - Dip a toothpick into white polish - Draw "stitches" along the edge of the nail |
 | Step 6: - Add a second row of stitches, following the 1st as a guide |
 | Step 7: - As an accent, using the same method as above you can add a "pocket" using a toothpick and white nail polish. - Add a top coat and you are done! |
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
Let me know what you think... what you like or what I should improve :D
Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)
