Grey checkerboard

I wanted to try a full checkerboard mani with a couple grey polishes I'd recently picked up. The colors are OPI Moon Over Mumbai and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Gunmetal.

I was not a huge fan of the OPI as an all over color. It's a bit sheer for me although I haven't tried it over another shade.

I started with the OPI and Seche Vite. After that dried, I taped off all my nails as shown and painted the open corner with the Gunmetal.

I gave that a couple minutes before pulling off the tape and applying another coat of Seche Vite. Then I reapplied the tape to open the opposite corner and repeated.

I really did love this manicure even with the nail tip show through. I liked the subtlety of the greys although I wish I would have done my ring finger the opposite way. I'm a huge fan of an accent nail. I will definitely repeat this with new colors.

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Not so formal French with a checkerboard.

I liked the Orly It's Up to Blue when I used it on the Liquid Vinyl for one of my previous manicures so I wanted to try it out full nail. I really love this teal and it's great coverage.

I started with a base coat, two coats of It's Up to Blue and a coat of Seche Vite. Since I didn't want to leave my manicure plain, I grabbed my OPI Honk If You Love OPI from the Roadies collection.

I wanted to test out the check pattern but didn't want to do all my nails so I opted just for an accent nail and tips on my other nails followed by a top coat.

I thought it turned out cute although I definitely need to work on taping straight. My squares are not even and that bothered me. I ended up taking the polish off and doing another manicure.