Recreating the Milani Pure Love nail look

If you caught my post about the new Limited Edition Pure Love collection from Milani (available exclusively at Walgreens stores throughout the month of April), then you know that many of us loved the look of the model in the photo. Not only did many of us love her eye look, but we also wanted to know which lip color she was wearing. And of course, many of us loved her nail look too:

I recently received the Pure Love collection from Milani, and I thought I'd try to recreate her nail look for you (I'll also be attempting to recreate her eye look later on this week). So here we go!

For this look, which features French tips and half-moons, I used nothing but the three polishes featured in this collection and French Manicure nail guides (I believe these were leftovers from an old French Manicure kit from Nailene, but you can also purchase them separately at the drugstore). I also used clear top coat (not pictured):

Keep in mind that the model's nails are much longer than mine, and they also have an almond shape to them (mine are obviously squared off). Also, the French Manicure nail guides didn't provide enough "curve" to accurately mimic the look of the model's nails, so in retrospect I probably should have used my hole punch reinforcements. But that said, I think this turned out to be a very cute mani, and it was super easy:

As you can see, Wedding Dress (white) and Brides Maid (camel/beige) both have a metallic finish, while Gray Tux is a black creme with small, medium and large silver hexagonal glitter. I used two coats of each color to create the look you see above, and all three polishes were sheer on the first coat, but became quite opaque on the second coat. I topped the look off with a coat of clear top coat (Seche Vite) to level everything out.

I really love the look of the sparkly tips on this manicure. It's much prettier in person, and in person you can also see the beige half-moons a little bit better than in my pics. If I were to do this again though, I would probably apply a third coat of Brides Maid for the half-moons, just to make them a little bit more pronounced.

What do you think of this mani? Is this is a look you might try for yourself using these shades (or others)? Please check back later this week for my attempt to recreate the eye look of the model!

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