Today is a very special day… it’s Coffee & Nail Polish’s 3rd blog birthday! 🎈 So in honour of the occasion, I decided to celebrate with a gluten-free cupcake & a recreation of one of my favourite early manicures–chevron tips.
Three years, how crazy is that?! When I first started my nail blogging adventure I was still learning about nail care, nail art & taking pictures. Back then I was still using my Blackberry for less than stellar pictures, & hadn’t yet learned the magic powers of cuticle oil. I was just a girl who liked painting her nails & decided to share pictures with the whole internet instead of just her Facebook friends. 3 years, a bit better phone, & countless bottles of cuticle oil later here we are! 11.2k followers on Instagram, featured in Nail It magazine 3 times, & the occasional chance to swatch & review polish brands I love. It’s been an awesome amazing journey.
I cannot even begin to explain how much it means to me that you out there read and follow this blog. So to anyone who had ever read this blog, commented on my posts, or decided to follow: thank you. You helped make my nail art dreams come true. I used to joke that the goal was for someone to want to send me free nail polish. But honestly, having people love my designs enough to recreate them? That’s how I know I’ve made it. 💜
So enough mushy stuff! In honour of this special anniversary, I wanted to go back to the beginnings & recreate one of my favourite manicures from the early days: Green Chevron Tips. This was my first foray into chevrons, way before my obsession with chevron moons exploded. I remember creating them (freehand!) & being so excited about how well they turned out. For my recreation, I obviously still had to free hand these… & still feeling pretty proud of how these turned out!
For this manicure I used:
- ORLY Gumdrop
- Kiss Products Nail Art Striper in White
- Kiss Products Nail Art Striper in Black
- Cutex Quick Dry Top Coat
What do you think of my special recreation? Do you think it lived up to the original? As always, let me know what you think in the comments below!
Thank you so much for 3 awesome years, & here is many more manicures to come! 💜
Coffee & Nail Polish 
Congrats on your 3rd Blog-versary!! Quite an amazing feat, thanks for bringing us along your journey!!
I’ve always loved a pastel colour with black & white – they look so clean & classy! Gorgeous mani – both then….AND now 🙂
Looking forward to another 3 years… XO
thank you so much! I’m glad you like this design as much as I do–it was one of my favourites back then, and still one of my favourites! ❤