Chevron Nails with China Glaze For Audrey and Cleopatra

Hi guys,

Another mani revamp post for you today! Well to be truthful China Glaze Cleopatra was on my nails for less than 3 hours before I decided to add to it. I paired Cleopatra with For Audrey which is one of the most popular China Glaze polishes ever.

Chevron Nails with China Glaze For Audrey and Cleopatra

This mani started off with China Glaze Cleopatra, an awesome fine gold glitter with holo particles which I reviewed here. Cleopatra is soooo blingy, which is really not my style. I used Cleopatra as a base for a mani I had in mind. A polish fanatics Facebook group I belong to had a Chevron theme going on and I decided that this was the perfect time to break out For Audrey as I haven't used it yet!

Chevron Nails with China Glaze For Audrey and Cleopatra - Sun

To completed the chevron strips I painted patches of for Audrey onto a plastic sandwich bag and let them dry for about 2 hours. I also painted some triangle gold studs with For Audrey to get the matching stud on the ring fingers and thumbs. Once everything was dry (enough) I lifted the patches of For Audrey off the plastic. I then broke out the zig zag craft scissors and cut chevron strips of For Audrey. To make the strips stick I painted a layer of clear on my nail and then positions the strips and studs with tweezers. I then covered the whole mani with top coat. 

Chevron Nails with China Glaze For Audrey and Cleopatra - Sun

This is a very time consuming process and if you have a chevron stamp or nail vinyls I recommend using those. For Audrey is quite opaque is one coat and I think would do quite well as a stamping polish, but I can confirm that. I don't know if I'll be trying this technique out anytime soon, it took ages! Also, note: only use two chevron strips of the accent colour, the tips don't need to be done. Because I folded the excess underneath the nail it became very thick and made me want to peel it off. 

Chevron Nails with China Glaze For Audrey and Cleopatra - Shade

I do quite like this mani, but the execution was lacking a bit. I had to touch up with For Audrey here and there and there are little bubbles underneath the chevron strips. I hate this. Also the mani isn't completely smooth (except for the accent nails). The chevrons made it a bit bumpy and I don't think this mani will last too much longer on me, I will pick at it. 

Chevron Nails with China Glaze For Audrey and Cleopatra - Shade

All in all the the colours go well together the sparkliness of Cleopatra makes is fun to look at. I just wish for Audrey had gone on smoother. I may need to get some nail vinyls . . .

What do you guys think of chevron nails? Still cool or too outdated?

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