Dior Vernis Cherie Bow Collection - Ode to Dior Nail Art

Hi everyone!!
This is a significant day for me in my blogger life. One year ago I put up my first blog post. It was pretty bad. That month I was just feeling my way around, slowly. I joined a nail art challenge the next month..and really threw myself into it. I made blog friends that I still have a year later. Waves to you, you know who you are <3 I've also made new blog friends and I'm sure we'll be friends for life. Waves to you too, you know who you are :) I've worked really really hard to improve, month after month without letting up. I'm very proud of how far I've come, of how many wonderful readers I have and of how many companies both small and large that want to work with me. <3
My BLOGIVERSARY celebration will include a very special giveaway being organized for this month, and today's manicure which I'm super proud of. I've been a Dior Beauty devotee long before I ever even had the idea of blogging. So to honor that, and the fact that I've earned the position of being on their short Blogger List, I created this..an "Ode to Dior" manicure.

Dior Cherie Bow 

I used the Dior Cherie Bow Spring 2013 collection for this. I ADORE this collection.
From Dior.com:

For this new edition, Dior has created three new shades, emblematic of Dior colours:

- Tutu: a pale pink imbued with softness

- Rosy Bow: a bright, radiant pink with a hint of coral

- Trianon Grey: a tender and delicate grey

I'm a fool for pink and grey, in fact, those were my wedding colors. So these colors speak to me. Have you noticed my blog colors include a pink gradient and grey background? At first I only had Rosy Bow and Gris Trianon..as much as I loved them, I wasn't inspired to do nail art until Tutu arrived. Gah. I loooove her!!! I had in my mind the beloved houndstooth check motif which Christian Dior loved, and adorns the Spring Cherie Bow eyeshadow palettes.

 Source: Dior.com

 

 Tutu is the prettiest light pink ever. I started this mani with 2 coats of Tutu. Then sponged on Rosy Bow by the cuticle. I topped off the gradient with Dior Gel Coat which is nothing short of amazing. I loved this so much I wore it for 2 days before I added my Gris Trianon.

I wasn't sure if I could freehand the houndstooth so I used a Bundle Monster plate, and had some troubles, some success. Let's just say I'm no stamping expert yet. In addition, Gris Trianon is not made for stamping and transferred on the light side..so I used my tiniest nail art brush and painted over each houndstooth! Again, I topped this with Dior Gel Coat.

 You can see with this lighting and the macro camera setting, that it's not perfect...but I'm certain this is my all time favorite mani so far!! :D I wore this for days, until I absolutely had to take it off.

 Sigh. I am already thinking of ways to get these shades on my nails again. These will definitely not collect dust. Each shade is $24 and can be purchased at Dior counters and Dior.com. I might need back ups :P

Thanks for being here everyone!! I truly appreciate it!
xo, Victoria


*Products provided for review.