Nailed It! Summer Orange

Summer has long started and people are starting to hit the beach!  Summer also means the perfect time to don very colorful nail colors.  Lucky for me, I bumped into a nail polish sale at Skin Food, SM Baguio.  I bought Skin Food Fruit Drink Nail in No. 5 Orange Drink for only Php79.00 (~$1.75)! Yipee, what a steal!

For my first nail post, I opted for a simple nail art using this new polish. Check it out!

To achieve the above effect, you'll need:

• any orange nail polish color
• a clear top coat and base coat
• small strips of masking tape, big enough to cover half of your nail
• q-tips for cleaning out the edges

What to do:

1. Apply a thin layer of base coat on clean nails. Let it completely dry.
2. While waiting for your base coat to dry, weaken the adhesive on your masking tape by sticking it to your skin and quickly peeling it off.  You don't want your tape to be too sticky as it might peel off the coats that you've already applied.
3. Stick your tape diagonally on your nail, covering only the bottom half of the nail.
4. Apply your orange nail polish on each nail.
5. Wait for about two minutes and apply a second layer of orange nail polish.
6. Very carefully peel off the tape.
7. Let the orange color dry.
8. Apply top coat.

Voila! Super easy summer-ready nails! :)