I designed a real snakeskin manicure (made from natural snake sluff) a few months ago, and while it makes a statement, it wasn’t very wearable. It’s perfect for one night out, but it wears off too quickly because of the texture and I’ve been promising y’all a faux snakeskin manicure ever since. I was flipping through my Bundle Monster plates recently and realized that it included a snakeskin image plate so I got to stamping.
To get the snakeskin manicure:
- Start with a clear base coat
followed by two coats of white polish. This layer doesn’t have to be perfect, as we’ll be sponging and stamping over it. I used China Glaze Snow
.
- Paint a small amount of polish on a sponge. I cut a corner out of a kitchen sponge. A medium brown works best so that it is a shade that contrasts against the light white and dark black. I used Essie Case Study
.
- Sponge on a thin layer of the brown polish allowing some of the base color to show through.
- Using a stamping kit
, stamp on the snake pattern. I used Bundle Monster image plate 215
and Konad black polish
. You want to get the design all the way to the edges of your nails, so don’t worry about getting the polish on your fingers. It’s easy to clean up.
- To avoid smearing the design, allow the pattern to dry for a few minutes before applying a clear quick dry top coat
.
- Using a short nail art brush and nail polish remover, clean the polish off your fingers and cuticles.
Here are a few manis that inspired this post, besides my own snakeskin manicure, of course :) – very emily and my good friend xoxo, Trina. Is this a manicure you would try? It’s so fun and I can’t wait to show it off today!
Also, just a quick note to let you all know that Fab Fatale is now on Pinterest. I hope you’ll join me!
Some of the products mentioned in this post were sent to me by the merchant or their PR company. All opinions are 100% my own.
