Saturday, May 26, 2012

Ciate Caviar Inspired Nails DIY!!

Heyyyyy Guys! so i know you guys have heard about the new Ciate Caviar Manicure Set which is now avaiable at Sephora..if you havnt its basically a new trend thats going on where you can microbead your own nails! Heres a Picture of Ciate Set..this set includes A bottle of beads, polish, & a small funnel to apply your beads for $25!

                                                         So idk about you guys but i thought $25 was a bit pricey for one bottle of microbeads so i decided to do a lil DIY to save myself some mulllaaa! :)
Sooo the other day i was at Michaels & i found this microbeading set! its a 12 pack by Martha Stewart & its multipurpose use sooo not just for nails, you can get lots of use out of this specially if your into crafts! Cool, right? lol soo yeah picked these up for around $16 something i believe !
I thought this was cool because instead of going to sephora & picking up one bottle you can get 12 different colors & get creative with it! you can pick your own colors Mix & Match, if your not feeling the whole Mixed beads colors & you just want to add a little 3D to your nails! I know they also sell more micro beads which include blacks, white, copper & all that for like $6 bucks but ill just stick to this one for now! soooo now on to the tutorialll :)



First off your gonna want to paint your nails, as you normally would you can use the polish of your choice doesn't matter the brand.

I'm using this REALLY gorgeous light pink by Sally Hansen in I Pink I Can.. I really like it specially cuz it dries super fast!
So here are the colors i chose, i was going for a bright fun look!
So once you have the colors you will use ready, you will need a container or bowl whatever you want to use to pour & mix your beads. I am pouring a small amount of each container to my bowl.
If you will be microbeading all of your nails you will want to add a little more amount of each. I will only be microbeading my ring fingers today so im using small amounts!
so once you have all your colors in there your gonna want to mix all the colors together with your finger very well, this will give you that look Ciate is going for.

It should look something like this in the end :)
okaay so now that you got your beads ready your going to apply a generous amount of nail polish on to your nails, i find it easier to do one by one since the beads stick on very easily when the polish is fresh.
 kay so right after you apply a coat of nail polish make sure you have a second container ready to catch the beads! im just using this small box here whatevvvvsss lol! put your finger that you will be microbeading in one of the containers then with your other bowl that has the microbeads start sprinkling them onto your nail, make sure you move your nail around while they are dropping they will stick fairly easily but you want to get the sides & everything too. Once you do that wait a few seconds and start pressing the beads onto your nails from the top and sides just to secure them.
 Heres what it should look like!
After thats done and your happy with how your beads look, you will want to apply a top coat onto your nail, its important that you ONLY apply the top coat AROUND your nails that are microbeaded, like the sides top & bottom you dont want to cover the whole thing with top coat cuz it will melt the beads! As for the rest of my nails i have already applied a top coat!
Yayy soo heres the final look! im really happy how they came out & the fact that i could still save myself a few bucks! *ignore my index finger lol just took off my acrylics :(

I hope you guys liked my first tutorial lol yayy & hope it was helpful to some of you! I had alot of fun trying this new trend out! Let me know if you guys tried this out & how it worked for you.
Also let me know if you would want more tutorials like this!

 MUAH XOXO

1 comment:

  1. thank you for fixing it hun!!! yay i can follow now!! omg i knoww i need to buy this ive seen lotss of ppl talk about this i need it thanks for reminding me sweeite

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