Our theme this week over at Mommy’s Mani Monday was scented polish. We could either use scented polish/topcoat/whatever or if you didn’t have a scented polish, create a theme that evokes a scent, like flowers or fruit. I happen to own one scented polish, so my path was pretty clear!
I started off this mani by painting 3 coats of Revlon – Wintermint (part of the parfumerie line) on all of my nails. I topped it with Seche Vite and allowed them to dry completely.
It is at this point where my dilemma arose. I really wanted to do a winter theme to go with the name/fragrance of my polish, but I needed these to be wearable for a few days. Being sensible won out lol. Wintermint is a near dupe for Deborah Lippmann – Mermaid’s Dream, so I decided to just do a basic, mermaid inspired stamp. I used Bundle Monster plate BM-XL24 and stamped with Funky Fingers – Dark Knight. A final coat of Seche Vite and I was done.
POLISHES:
- Essie – Grow Stronger Base Coat
- Revlon – Wintermint
- Funky Fingers – Dark Knight
- Seche Vite – Dry Fast Top Coat
- BM-XL24
I always love mermaid nails and I was happy with how these turned out, even if they aren’t exactly what I had originally envisioned!
Absolutely beautiful! I wear crazy manis to work all the time. I can only polish twice a week, so whatever I do for the blog, I wear! (I’m not sure if that is why you needed it to be wearable ;))
Absolutely beautiful! I love the mermaid feel the stamping gives your base polish.
Pretty mani but for me scented polish is a no go as it makes me feel sick x
This is absolutely beautiful! I hope you don’t mind if I do an inspired by mani, this gave me some ideas!
No, I don’t mind at all! 🙂
So pretty!!! I have so many of Revlon’s scented polishes (I love the bottle shape lol) but the scent makes them near impossible to wear 😛
Haha I only bought this one because I loved the DL polish. I do love the bottle shape of these though, so cute!
I have this baby in my untrieds and its def calling for a mermaid mani too!
Wow!!! This is so pretty. Love the base color used and the design is simply amazing. Great job girl!
I love these kind of mermaid-looking plates! Lovely mani.
I love the mermaid scales! Pairs perfectly with the base color
I love the combo you did! So beautiful Jen!
Beautiful mani!
How is the scent on this? I’ve always been curious how it smelled. Love this manicure. It’s beautiful!
Such pretty manicure. Loved your base nail color and stamping design both.