Ciate Sequin Manicure

As you all know we have decided that our nail blog, Misa Avenue Nails, will no longer be updated, instead all of our fun loving nail tutorials and posts will be posted here. Our past posts will also be re-posted as part of our flashback Thursday. 

So lets start off our first nail post with a bit of a BANG! (and some glitter)

 

 

Get ready for picture overload in this post!

So Mia purchased the Ciate Sequin Manicure from ASOS for $22.99, and of course free shipping to Australia. And of course I was going to try it out and blog about it. If you recall Ciate came out with the caviar nails, and I'm not sure when the Sequin manicure came out but it's not actually on their site. 

If you're living in the States I'm sure you can find it at Nordstrom or Sephora.

Box Contents:

- little black brush

- Pot of sequins

- Glitter grip

Nails by Ciate uploaded a video on how to apply the sequins which can be found here. 

Step1: Clean off nail polish, and make sure its all off.

Step2: Apply one coat of Glitter grip on all nails and let it dry.

Step3: One nail at a time, apply a second coat of glitter grip

Step4: Dip, Roll, Dunk (anything you can really think of ) immediately into pot of sequins

Step5: (different from the video) Let it rest for 10-20 seconds before patting in the sequins. 

 This resting period allows the glitter grip to become tacky so sequins can be patted without it sticking to your patting finger. The tackiness will allows the sequins to adhere to the nail bed better.

Step 6: Use the little black brush to sweep off excess sequins. 

Step 7: Repeat the process with the rest of your nails 

Step8: Apply one more coat of glitter grip over the sequins, let it dry for 15-20 mins

Step 9: (different from Ciate) Apply one layer of top coat to seal in the sequins.

note: If you want to speed up the process after step 4 do the rest of your nails so you can pat all of them altogether and then sweep away. 

Look how shiny they are in the sun!
I was actually distracted that my nails were so pretty whilst I was driving.



- Step 8 is suppose to seal in the sequins, however, I realised an extra coat of top coat seals in the sequins better so they last longer.

Picture on the left is sealed in with two layers of top coat.

The removal process 

These nails are gorgeous! But they are hell to get off. I love how pretty they look and I received a tonne of compliments asking what I did. They last as long as you want, because I put top coat they lasted around a week before my habits kicked in.  If you've read reviews online of the Ciate sequin manicure many bloggers will tell you the same thing. So how did I get them off? Because they aren't a thin layer of polish if you get bored a lot like me I started picking at the edges and generally they will rip off like stickers (No, definitely not painful, kinda fun if you ask me).

So aside from picking at the sequins, wrap a soaked cotton pad in nail polish remover around your finger and let the remover seep into the sequins. Let it sit for a minute and do the usual circular motions and most of the sequins should come off.

This removal process definitely requires a lot of patience. Check out our foil technique here.

Disclaimer: We are not sponsored by Ciate and everything written is entirely my opinion.

P.s. We would LOVE to be sponsored by Ciate because we love your products!!!