Ok so I first have to say this was incredibly time consuming and did not turn out exactly the way I wanted it to but it's cute when it's all finished. It took me well over an hour from start to finish because for each color it needs to dry completely or the stickers will rip off the color you just finished obviously. I'm impatient and my left hand (my first try at this) did not try out that well because I didn't wait long enough before coats. But I'm going to walk you through the steps!
First start with your base coat, which is extra important when using reds because reds tend to stain your nails, I used my Essie Protein Base Coat. Then I started with my lightest shade (the picture from pinterest shows starting with the darkest color, I didn't want to do this because it would make covering the base color harder leading to more coats and a crazy amount of polish). I did two coats of my lightest shade (Selena by Nicole), my first being the thinnest I could possibly get it and the second be fairly thin as well. This once again was just so I didn't have a ton of polish on my nails by the time I was done.
Very thin first coat of Selena by Nicole:
Second coat of Selena by Nicole:
Then apply your stickers close to the top of your nails to create your first 'heart' shape:
And apply medium shade, Camera by Essie (do to all nails):
Then apply your stickers the same way but half way down and apply your darkest shade (She's Pampered by Essie) and your top coat, I used Seche Vite:
Happy Valentines Day!
xoxo Lea
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