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Lauren’s Beauty Blog: A New Twist To Your Favorite Spring Mani

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UCSB chapter.

There are all kinds of new, fun spring nail trends that are being featured in magazines, online, and by our favorite celebs. One of the chicest ways to spice up your plain mani is to paint one nail with sparkles. While this is cute and easy to do, there are lots of other ways to play up the sparkles in your average nail polish. I tired out this fun new design over the weekend that was surprisingly easy, so follow these easy steps to get your own:
 
What you’ll need: base color nail polish, sparkle nail polish, topcoat, tape, scissors
 
1. Pick your colors. (Next time I am going to try black with gold sparkles!)
2. Paint all your nails the base color you picked out (except your ring finger!)

3. While your nails are drying paint your ring finger with sparkles. Wait AT LEAST an hour before starting the sparkles- I didn’t and the tape pulled all the nail polish off L
4. After your base coat is completely dry, cut a normal strip of tape in half and line them up to create a triangle at the bottom of your nail

5. Paint sparkles into the triangles
6. Wait for the sparkles to dry a little bit (like 5 min) and peel the tape off
7. Go over nails with topcoat and admire your auh-mazing new mani!
 

This type of nail design was surprisingly easy to do and came out really well! Even if I was a little impatient and messed them up a bit… so get creative and let me know what kinds of cool color schemes that you can come up with! Thanks for reading!

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Rachel is a senior at UC Santa Barbara and studies Communication and Global Peace and Security. Rachel is from a small, beautiful town in southern California called Palos Verdes. However, Palos Verdes is just one of the many places Rachel has lived. Rachel spent her childhood moving and traveling all over the world, living in places such as Indianapolis, Indiana; Santiago, Chile; Vienna, Austria; and Orlando, Florida. Rachel has found her heart and her home in California, choosing to spend her college years in sunny Santa Barbara. However, Rachel continued her wanderlust when she studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain in Fall 2012. At UCSB, Rachel is an immensely dedicated and involved member of her sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma, where she held the positions of Panhellenic Delegate, Inter-Greek Counselor, Rho Gam, and a member of the Nominating Slate. Best Buddies, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is a passion of Rachel's, as she is their Social Media Coordinator as well as an active and proud member. As a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honors Society, Rachel is able to implement her prowess and affinity for communication and communication-related issues. When Rachel is not writing, participating in Kappa events, or volunteering, you can find her in the gym, on the soccer field, watching Modern Family, or cooking. Rachel's love for sports, food, and writing often times go hand-in-hand, as one may see in her weekly blogs. For the past two summers, Rachel has been freelance writing for the Los Angeles Times, and hopes to continue her career pursuit of journalism after she graduates. Rachel is elated to be a part of Her Campus's fabulous team and loves every moment of it!