Beauty DIY: NYFW diagonal colorblock nails via OPI for Lauren Moffat

We may not all have invitations to fashion week, but we can definitely take inspiration from fashion week to create our own fashion week looks!  I was definitely inspired by looks on the runways and magazines when I did my chevron Reverse French Manicure and polka Dot Manicure.  When I saw these simple and bright nails (colors can be interchanged so simply for darker shades!) at Lauren Moffat for NYFW Spring 2013, I jumped at the chance to recreate this fun look.

The manicure at Lauren Moffat, NYFW Spring 2013

Here are the materials you need to create your manicure:

• base coat
• top coat
• 2 shades of contrasting nail polish (I recommend one neutral shade and one bright shade)
• pieces of scotch tape to cover each nail
• a good/entertaining TV show while nails dry (optional)

Here are the steps I used to create this manicure:

1. I trimmed and shaped my nails and painted it the base coat.  Then I layered on my base color.

2. I ripped out 10 pieces of tape that were about 1″ each.

3. I used the midpoint of one side of my nail as a start point and the diagonal corner on the other side as an end point.  I used one side of one piece of tape to connect the start point and end point to cover the bottom half of my nail. I left this on for 5 minutes.

4. I painted the top, exposed part of my nail with the darker color.  I peeled off the tape after 10 minutes.

5. Finally, I used a top coat to seal in the two colors.

Remember to shape, buff, and seal per my instructions for a perfect at home manicure so your look will last for a few days!

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