This is for Nancy, an amazing, generous, kind lady…

Tropix is my favorite CND Shade and it’s perfect for summer time!

I just am so excited about this product I can’t wait till Day 7 to review it, my initial plan, because I wanted to show a day by day slideshow of the durability of Vinylux. I am still going to review this on Day 7 so it’s possible you might be sick of hearing about my Vinylux mani by next week! 🙂 I really hope I am chip free by Day 7 but I am EXTREMELY skeptical. I am even going to wear gloves any time I do hard physical labor (which is all the time because I am such a hard worker! wink wink) and I am going to protect them somehow when I do my friend Tennille’s nails on Monday. After all that, I am curious how they will look next Wednesday…

My Vinylux Spread! I bought Tropix, Fedora, Negligee, Cream Puff, Wildfire, Rock Royalty, Strawberry Smoothie, Black Pool, and Midnight Swim plus two top coats

I prepped my nails by filing into a nice square shape, pushing back my cuticles, buffing smooth, and cleansing with 99% alcohol. CND recommends ScrubFresh to cleanse but I’ve always used 99% alcohol and it works great.

I love Vinylux because it doesn’t require a base coat! I applied two color coats of Tropix (Coral) on all but my ring finger and then did two color coats of Cream Puff (White) on my ring. I waited till each coat was dry to proceed to the next coat and made sure to cap the free edge. I did a fairly generous Vinylux top coat and let it dry thoroughly, and then hand painted the black roses on the ring finger, let the rose dry thoroughly, and did another top coat on the ring finger. CND says it takes approximately 8.5 minutes for Vinylux to dry. I waited a few minutes and my nails were dry to the touch and within a half hour they were completely dry. Here’s a few more pics….sorry my cuticles look retched! I’ve been cleaning all morning and should have worn gloves! Oops!

Here’s a good full sun shot!

I’ll try to do a tutorial for these roses soon! Super simple!

Coral, black and white Mani with Vinylux by CND

Instagram Giveaway To Win Vinylux Summer Brights Kit

Make sure to follow me on Instagram to win this Vinylux Kit! Rules are on my Instagram account @chicnailstyles

Follow me on Instagram and find out the rules to win this kit! The kit includes four new CND shades and a top coat in the new Vinylux system! Super Sweet! And so easy to win! Also, be sure to enter my Mother’s Day Giveaway! Details are listed under my DIY Pedi tutorial or click on the Giveaways link to the right…the prize is amazing, I promise. 🙂

Well that’s all for now but I’ll be back Friday with a post about the nail salon of my dreams…check back soon! Thanks for reading!

Tootles-Anna