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Like Miss Ladyfinger? Show your love! Zoya and Birchbox teamed up to create a custom polish inspired by your favorite beauty bloggers and they asked yours truly to participate. Please help me win this fabulous opportunity! Voting is open for one week and you can vote once a day. Simply click http://bit.ly/wWMSyZ to vote on Birchbox’s Facebook page. Plus, by voting you also have the opportunity to win the entire collection. Let’s make it happen ladies!
Rodarte Nails for Intermediate Artists: Guest Blogger
You may have noticed that here at Birchbox, we have a deep, abiding love for all things nails. Which is why nail artist extraordinaire Taryn Multack, a.k.a Miss Ladyfinger, is a great fit as this week’s guest blogger. Multack, who’s spent time working at fashion staples like Oscar de la Renta and W Magazine, uses trends and looks straight from the runway to create gorgeous, imaginative designs for her digits. The most impressive part? She does all of her art while keeping a day job in the fashion world. This week, she teaches us how to make our nails just as fabulous as hers.
Prada’s killer bold stripey collection from last spring reminded us that stripes never look boring, and never go out of style. Stripes are a foolproof way to ease into nail art. You can change the scale, change the color, change direction — so the options are endless. If you’ve had one too many coffees or you just can’t draw a straight line, there’s an easy answer: tape.
For this intermediate tutorial, I was inspired by Rodarte’s spring 2012 collection. Rodarte is, absolutely, one of my favorite labels. The Mulleavy sisters always design a breathtakingly poetic collection (I’m still not over the hair and makeup from the fall collection, btw). This spring, they were inspired by Van Gogh, and while most of the collection consisted of painted party dresses, there were a couple of quirky striped sweaters in the mix, too. To recreate one of those styles, I used Scotch tape, Papaya Punch by China Glaze, Lapiz of Luxury by Essie, and True Blue Instant Artist by Orly.
Click through for a step-by-step tutorial on how to do this yourself.
Chanel Nail Tutorial for Beginners: Guest Blogger
When Birchbox approached me to be a Guest Blogger, I was beyond excited. I’m not only a huge fan of Birchbox, but also a subscriber. If you’re not familiar with it, Birchbox is a beauty subscription site that sends a customized box- based on your needs- of sample products for just $10 a month… a beauty lover’s dream. I gifted a subscription to my mom for her birthday and she loves it too. This week I give tricks, tips and nail art tutorials. Be sure to follow! xx,
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You may have noticed that here at Birchbox, we have a deep, abiding love for all things nails. Which is why nail artist extraordinaire Taryn Multack, a.k.a Miss Ladyfinger, is a great fit as this week’s guest blogger. Multack, who’s spent time working at fashion staples like Oscar de la Renta and W Magazine, uses trends and looks straight from the runway to create gorgeous, imaginative designs for her digits. The most impressive part? She does all of her art while keeping a day job in the fashion world. This week, she teaches us how to make our nails just as fabulous as hers.
Let me just first say that I am not a nail technician. I repeat: not a nail technician. I’m simply a fashion industry gal with a steady hand, but we all need to start somewhere, right? Miss Ladyfinger started out as the typical nail blog, swatching colors as I purchased them. (Side note: It’s embarrassing, but I admit to spending more money on polish than on clothes.) It wasn’t until I bought my first nail art pen that things got interesting. Like any art form, a blank canvas can be intimidating. Luckily, my day job requires that I immerse myself in fashion runway images to gain inspiration, so that’s exactly what I did. I’m here to tell — and show — you how you can, too.
Click through to get these Chanel-inspired nails in five easy steps — this is a tutorial created for nail art beginners!
