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Finally Master the Ultimate Day-to-Night Manicure

By Siraad Dirshe · Updated December 6, 2020
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Watch above as celebrity nail artist Gina Edwards creates a mani that’s not only office appropriate, but girl’s night approved.  

Almost all of us have been caught in this dilemma: we want to embrace fun (and sometimes quirky) nail art, but our office environment says otherwise. Well fret no longer because nail artist Gina Edwards has just answered our nail art conundrum with this perfect day to night mani. 

The distant cousin to a French mani, this remix is super simple to recreate. Prime nails with a clear base coat, then grab Essie’s Blanc and Deborah Lipman’s Fade to Black polish to create opposing diagonal lines on the tips of your nails. Finish with a top coat and voilà, your perfect mani in 1-2-3! Don’t believe us? Press play above and watch for yourself.