Turquoise Holographic Nail Foil Strips | DIY Nail Art Tutorial

[@EssenceofPolish]

Thats one of the things i like about your channel is that you do a full manicure, all fingers and both hands..cant wait to see you try it again with the black foil..and im happy grandma liked it!! 😊

[@OmShantiBarbi]

Yes and she is very neat and organized-- another plus.

[@muffinsarefun95]

This would be nice as a French tip as well

[@kimberlyhaller5356]

Lots of options & ideas. So exciting. I love over the top,bold, knock your socks off nails. These are it!

[@teriwieler9038]

This is one of the most beautiful nail designs I have ever seen! I look forward to seeing more using this technique.

[@KryssieQ]

I can't express how much I love this! They make me so happy lol

[@wentelteefje76]

It's like each of your nails is a blue opal stone. Stunning. Well done, and I admire your patience!

[@jaymewukmir2047]

Tfs. I loved this manicure!!! I could stare at your hands for hours, days even! Oh my goodness, please, do another color sooner than later, pleeeze!! I know everyone would agree!!

[@latrailjackson9119]

Wow! I love the foil look, it reminds me of the deep blue opal.

[@crochetbabe829]

Wow Super Gorgeous. I was amazed when you peeled it off and there was the foil. That black foil .... Oh Boy!!! A truly glam!!!

[@5MinuteNailArt]

mmm so mesmerizing. I could watch this on loop for hours I think!

[@janetsimmons2815]

Colette gorgeous manicure!!!!! Love the color foil you used. Would most definitely love to see the black one. I love that you do a full manicure on both hands. Love your videos.❤️❤️❤️❤️☺️☺️☺️

[@natureinminutes]

These are so cool! Thanks for explaining the difference between using the gel base and the glue. Makes perfect sense. I've never tried foils before but might have to give it a go now.

[@llamabeans]

Woah, I was *not* expecting the plastic to peel off the foil like that. Pretty cool and kudos to you for putting the work into this mani. I know how difficult and time consuming foil is to cut and place, but the effect is wowzers! ♡ TFS

[@manishamnaildesigns]

Absolutely stunning Colette, I love your colour choice and technique. TFS xx 😍🙋🏻💕

[@aliciawashington4799]

When you cut the strips then cut across to separate them, maybe try cutting a curve and leave them connected at the top a bit to fit cuticle better?

[@sugarbabyangel479]

Simply stunning!

[@wakingribbons]

I totally dig this manicure!! Easy enough! Maybe I will work up to it. 👍✌❤

[@conyeah]

Holy Moly!!! You surely can see them from the moon 😍😍😍 Love it! Connie

[@jenniferhogan7347]

WOW! Now I'm REALLY INSPIRED! Thank you for sharing!

[@LindaOtter1]

Stunning and a lot easier than the rubbing method, which for me did not work very well.

[@nalanimcneil728]

So pretty! This is giving me tropical island vibes!! I love it! 💙

[@charondamotley9275]

That came out very pretty.

[@sneezersmom]

I can't wait to see what you do with this technique next.

[@karolina2060]

They look like beautiful Aurora borealis 😍

[@fanatic_nailz]

This technique is so cool! Love the result.

[@gail4077]

This is absolutely stunning!

[@jillpiebest]

I love the look of these! So pretty!

[@Emjay-kc9td]

Collette, the effect is mesmerizing! I can't wait to try this... I just hope my hands are steady enough! 🙄TFS!

[@kimberlyhaller5356]

Omg! I'm so in love! I've gotta get my foils out now.

[@thesunshine0064]

Stunning!!!!!! I love this so much and really want to try it.

[@kc8ueu]

Wow! Now I know what to ask Santa for next year, if I can wait that long!!

[@jjjdwarren4]

It turned out gorgeous!

[@amysanders323]

These are EVERYTHING!!!💙💙💙

[@mariejoseeevans7733]

Wow that's new to me i love it

[@kathyranard419]

Oh my gosh these are so frickin stunning😉

[@SH125]

I have nail foils and i put them away because the glue just wasnt working for me....but NOW!!!! Thanks to you i can pull them back out and try something new!!! Great design!!!

[@jaykb6587]

Maybe you need another glue? Make sure to let it dry thoroughly, but don't leave it for an hour or so before using it. Then press it FIRMLY onto your nail. It shouldn't be a problem to get foils to transfer completely.

[@SH125]

I have done it before and have done exactly what you said..came out great but didnt last longer than 3 days...now using it with gel and curing is totally different..i didnt want to mix the two (didnt want a disaster so to speak) i found doing soak off gels are easier for me. Trying this out will be my next design...thank you..i appreciate the advice..i will get some more glue and try again, i really like the fact that you can move it around a little to get it in the right spot ❤

[@sharonbuchanan3123]

Oh!! My Colette 😍😍😍 absolutely stunning , I've gotta get my foils out and try this 😋 alot of fidderly work but the result is gorgeous ... I'm not surprised it got Grandma's approvel 💝 Lovely tutorial TY 🌼😘xox

[@sarahgreiner2694]

Interesting effect. I'd love to see what the black looks like and maybe even possibly a combination of the two colors. And the one strip down the center would be cool to see too. Or some other nail art, like framing a gradient?

[@ChaosCatsClub]

This looks so amazing

[@Rose_from_UK]

Wow! Fabulous

[@itsjoanne.x]

Wow, they are gorgeous!!! 😍

[@nvnailperson_]

Absolutely beautiful Colette! 💙

[@rscnails]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. That is gorgeous.

[@nicoleduden5774]

These look amazing!!

[@Anew1008]

This is so beautiful!! I love it!

[@TessaLCastro1216]

Really found this video interesting....reminded me of Dorothy's ruby slippers on Wizard of Oz, but in blue!💅🏼👠👠💅🏼

[@fifi6958]

wooooooooow i want gel so i can try this! i don’t do nail art much because i can’t do it on my non dominant hand but i think i could manage this!!

[@Guylene325]

Wowzers!!!! Love love love.

[@grandmimm]

I love LOVE this look, oh & Happy New Year

[@dizzyantennae5883]

I wanna dive into those nails! They remind me of one of your favorite manis, the Colors By Llarowe blue gradient nails. Gotta try foils with gel, bc this is awesome!

[@michellescott3496]

Wow! Pretty!

[@Taviaz]

This is so beautiful! Looks like a bit of work but I may be able to manage an accent nail or two!

[@whutzat]

Good idea!

[@RAMONAEYES]

Wow beautiful💖💖💖💖💖

[@michellemans6956]

This is so freaking awesome

[@spencerallegra]

Ahh this looks awesome!!

[@songbyrd0001]

Stunning!

[@janicet917]

Beautiful I wish mine was like that

[@yvonnadodson9232]

omg amazing love it the results

[@krncharms]

Gorrrrgeous ! 😍

[@hatengoogle4969]

I can’t wait to try this...waiting for foils from China. TFS, since I don’t instagram, I would have never seen it! 😍

[@barbarastrickland8360]

Gorgeous

[@nicolenailz_25]

Beautiful 💖

[@allieb.2712]

I'm loving it

[@carolinanoriega3813]

Looks neat!

[@jennw6809]

Cristine just did a peelie bag video - highly requested -- so apparently I'm not crazy for wanting to see yours then :-) Fabulous mani!

[@rehhornchen7694]

That looks sooo nice :)

[@whutzat]

It's stunning at first glance, but my OCD would never allow me to do this manicure. Cutting the foil in an EXACT manner would kill me outright. Never mind that the imperfection around the cuticle gives me a fit!

[@jaykb6587]

You can do this with a gold or silver holo polish and use striping tape over that. It works, but you have to carefully trim the striping tape before the tips of the nails give the same unevenness. But a careful buffing helps this.

[@jaykb6587]

Provided you have the holo striping tape .. about $1.00 on eBay.

[@zoethecat7935]

Me too! My compulsive nature would NEVER allow me to achieve this!

[@llamabeans]

Same, whutzat, SAME. I *might* be able to do one single strip on one single nail, but even that's a stretch. Lol :D

[@OmShantiBarbi]

My OCD tells me the easy way to get this to work is use the whole foil for the nail and skip cutting them in strips. Not quite the same effect, but it works for me. Pretty foil, though.

[@jackieblue3938]

Very cool!

[@aprilbennett6280]

pretty

[@glenda4605]

Colette, I'm wondering if you take the foil over the cuticle, then gel top coat & cure. Then take clean up brush with acetone around the cuticle, if that would work to remove foil & give a nice looking cuticle. Same idea as clean up for NP. Beautiful nails!

[@llamabeans]

Glenda Hartland Yes! I believe you're right - that would be the way to go, since foils are soluble with acetone.

[@MSLP]

that might work - the problem I had was my cuticles were making the foils not lay flat, if the foils went past the base of my nail

[@glenda4605]

What if you took a cuticle stick & pushed the foil down onto the nail at the cuticle & then top coat & cure & clean up. There has to be a way to do this & not have uneven foils at cuticles. :) Now I am going to get my foils out & play :)

[@heatherwelberry1]

These are gorgeous but I suffer from OCD also and would never have been able to leave the cuticle areas as uneven as they were. I would have had to make sure they were perfect and that would have taken forever so I would probably just apply foil glue to the nail and this gorgeous blue foil as a solid sheet over the whole nail. Very pretty.

[@elainetucker6960]

Your nail art design is so pertty that looked like a time consuming thing...but I bet it was worth it

[@patriciabusch2876]

I noticed you used a no-wipe gel polish can I use a wipe-off gel polish or is there a difference for this because of the foils. Hugs and Blessings!

[@MSLP]

I think one that requires wiping would be fine too - I just have a no-wipe because usually all I use gel for is chrome & other pigments

[@MsKala]

I fist pumped when you said this mani was grandma approved.

[@dolphinslife1314]

I like.

[@vixhawaii]

love it😍😍

[@emoreland]

I wouldn;t reccommend the Unt as a base coat. Foi;ls soak off really easy without the Unt. Just use a regular base coat and the manicure will last longer. I love the idea of cutting them in strips and placing them on and how the light bounces off them.

[@MSLP]

I use peel off base coat for almost all of my nail art, as I often change my mani twice a week & I enjoy having peelies

[@PareeshayNoor]

*Awes0me...*

[@kunjalgorule9109]

Subscribed for no reason .🙈

[@Oonagh72]

1. So pretty. Literally my favorite technique. 2. Suggestion…get yourself a rotary cutter and a self healing matte (both at the crafts store). That way you can easily cut super thin strips, and you can buy different blades (like wavy or zig zag) for different patterns. I may have suggested this before, I’m getting older I can’t remember much anymore. 3. By Natasha kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHqUd3eggNh3r6s did this technique to do a diamond nail. It is my favorite diamond nail, because as you said, you don’t get the wrinkles. She did a holo base under the foil.

[@MSLP]

I do have a set of pinking shears with different patterned edges, but I would love to get a rotary cutter & mat too. I checked out that video & it looks beautiful! I was thinking about doing something kind of similar but with several colors of foil.

[@cerisekarpinski9697]

Really pretty & a lot easier too.

[@LolliMolly09]

Did this last better than with foil glue? When I use foil glue with gel, it ends up peeling up after a couple hours

[@MSLP]

I've never had very good luck with foil glue; I don't remember how many days I wore this but it definitely lasted longer than a few hours

[@mrs.schrado7421]

Love this!!!! The cuticles would drive me nuts, but there are always learning curves. This almost makes me want to get into gel polish. Almost XD Are you gonna do a regular base coat next time to make it last longer? It's just too cool to only have on for 3 days.

[@MSLP]

I don't know about a regular base, because taking gel polish off the normal way is a huge pain (that I usually reserve for long vacations) but I have a new peel off base coming that I hope will last a bit longer

[@llamabeans]

My Simple Little Pleasures Ooo... a new peel off base coat? Looking forward to your review and demo for us :)

[@OmShantiBarbi]

Ok, I have always been a natural nail girl. But I realize if I want to do foil or chrome powders, I'm going to have to give in to gel top coats & buy a lamp. It looks like that is the only way to protect the design & give it that 3D effect. But which is the best ?? There are 100 on Amazon, UV or LED or the combo lamp. What is with the wattage? Has anyone in the gel community figured that one out ? It ranges 6 watts to 56 watts. I noticed the price goes up depending on the wattage and all the fancy timer features. Colette, could we talk about this on your Twitch channel this afternoon at 2pm? I really need your advice before I pick the wrong one and waste my money. Thanks, BarbiDog (loyal subscriber)

[@MSLP]

I think we covered most of your questions during stream, but if you have any more let me know or feel free to ask in discord - I don't really feel like I'm any kind of expert on the gel stuff yet, my experience is really limited

[@lshulman58]

Since the foil color only sticks to the gel on the nail, could you avoid the jagged edges at the cuticle by laying the strips further down, beyond the cuticle edge? No gel on your finger should lift the excess at the base the same way it does beyond the tip of the nail. As to top coat, why the gel rather than your regular shechvette?

[@MSLP]

that's what I originally planned, but because of my cuticle/sides of the nail it doesn't lay flat enough to stick. Seche vite - and most non-gel top coats that aren't water based - wrinkle nail foils horribly and ruin most of the effect

[@karenlee1977]

wow! I think my life has changed.

[@ssue4q]

OMG those are freaking gorgeous! One of my absolute favorites!! question I don't get it why do you have to cut them in strips? why can't you just put one on each nail the size of the nail bed? Really enjoyed the tutorial. Thanks for sharing PS I've noticed in the last I guess about 6 months or so is it my imagination or are you wearing your nails a lot shorter than when you started doing the tutorials? Just curious okay cool let thank you so much ttfn

[@MSLP]

I think you might be able to do one piece per nail but it would be a different look - not quite as faceted if that makes sense? or it may be the strips allow the LED light to get in between and cure the gel ... I really like this look but I'll probably try a single piece sometime in the future

[@ssue4q]

My Simple Little Pleasures thanks for replying Colette yeah that makes perfect sense now I understand it thank you

[@tookierl]

Trust me. This is so beautiful nobody is going to see any booboo's Love it!

[@maylyatebra9699]

😍

[@melissaa4168]

🤔

[@KailaniASMR]

❤❤❤❤✨✨✨✨

[@whitesun99]

Miss bling bling!! 😬

[@jaykb6587]

S.T.U.N.N.I.N.G.!!! I have seen a similar technique done by Lauren from Wildflowers. She did herswuth a silver holo base coat and then Lauren used the holo strips with the holo strips about equal distance apart from the strips showing the silver holo polish. I have done this with holo polish and Holo striping tape. The thinner, the better with the strips/Holo polish. It was a little different look from this, but equally beautiful... Hey, I did it. I Did It. I DID IT!! I tried reversing the stamps onto a second stamper. HOWEVER... It was definitely not as easy as you made it look... I have about 15+ stampers (I have a tendency to touch the bottom of my monocle stampers with stamping polish on my fingers... Replace stam

[@jaykb6587]

Sorry, Sunshine posted that... Anyway, I went through every stamper I had + most of my stamping heads... The final, successful combination... My Galaxy soft/squishy stamping head to pick up the design, then my Bundle Monster clear monocle stamping head to pick it off the Galaxy and reverse it. My regular clear stamping heads did not work at all other than to pick up the original image. But... persistence and stubbornness paid off. (# 1 New Year's resolution fulfilled.... smiles)

[@MSLP]

So glad you made it work! It dawned on me after I did it, that I may have lucked out with the stampers I chose. I think whichever is your stickiest head is probably the best to pick up off the other stamper

[@jaykb6587]

Yes, you definitely did luck out, if my experience was the norm. However, from all of my trial and error... Lots of errors which became very trying... I found that it was best for me to use my Galaxy stamper to pick up the image from the plate. The Galaxy is my most soft sticky stamper. Then I used a soft clear stamper to reverse the image. For me, this was the only combo I could make this technique work with.

[@QueenChaslee]

Not feeling this one girl, but its rare that I do not like one of ur designs.

[@nataliegonzales1724]

Is it not the foil that you pat on top of foil glue all you need is to apply foil glue and then tap it on it looks just as amazing much less work lol

[@MSLP]

as I mentioned in the video, applying over the glue does not give as good of a look (at least for me) because it's harder to apply smoothly

[@flacadiabla3193]

From a distance it looks fabulous, but not a fan of it up close. 😔 I appreciate your efforts though.

[@sahhhdudee6233]

Holosexuals were ya at

[@cakehungrygirl]

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