Cupcakes and Cashmere

The Sparkling Arch Manicure

January 6th, 2013

The holidays are officially over, but I always have a hard time with the abrupt end to the festivities in January. It’s a reluctant return to my regular schedule, so I try to find ways to revisit a seasonal spin whenever I can. In the past year that I’ve been working with Estée Lauder (you can see all of my posts I’ve done with them here), we have other nail tutorials, but none that I was as excited about as this one. I love the look of half moon manicures and I was thrilled to learn how to do it myself and share my tricks with you. I hope you enjoy!

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  • http://www.thefashioneldiary.com/ Puje LK

    Love this!

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  • http://www.asliceofglam.com Amberly

    Cute nails! I hate the sudden end to the holidays too!

    Amberly
    http://www.asliceofglam.com

  • http://jetsetbabe.com JetsetBabe

    Very JETSET nails!

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  • http://stylishclindoeil.com/wordpress/ Jennifer – Stylish Clin d’Oeil

    Lovely manicure! Very elegant!

  • http://milna89.blogspot.com Milna

    Love it!

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  • http://www.CaveGirlintheCity.com Kenzie Lee

    What a great look and so easy to achieve!

    X Kenzie

    http://www.CaveGirlintheCity.com

  • http://www.xeanafashion.com Xeana

    Wow! Great manicure! It is very suitable for holiday or party!

    From http://www.xeanafashion.com

  • http://www.wearaboutsblog.com Rory
  • http://josscrapbook.blogspot.com Jo

    So pretty! It’s different, but cute!
    xo Jo

    josscrapbook.blogspot.com

  • http://seeminglytrivialmatters.blogspot.com/ Gretchen

    Wow! That seems a lot less complex than I thought…though I’m sure I would still mess it up. I’m glad I’m not the only one who tries to extend the holidays a bit :) . It helps ease the winter blues!

  • http://www.mustardandmint.com jo

    I always say – I need a holiday to get over my holidays (or well, vacation) ;D

    Great tips on the pretty mani – will be trying this out this week!

    http://www.mustardandmint.wordpress.com
    http://www.mustardandmint.com

  • http://scattergirll.blogspot.com Sophie
  • http://stylist-diaries.blogspot.fi/ Alessia

    This is very nice tutorial! I will try this but in different colors:)

    -Alessia

    http://stylist-diaries.blogspot.fi/

  • http://www.kendra-rose-fashion.blogspot.com Kendra

    I absolutely adore this nail look, Emily! I will definitely try this out!

    Xoxoxo

    http://kendra-genevieve-rose.blogspot.com

  • http://mochaandmoccasins.blogspot.ca Monica

    I wish I did this nail look for Christmas! I love the pillows on the couch – it’s a great setting overall.

  • Nico
  • http://www.fashiondenis.com/ Denisa

    That is really great video. Have a nice day.

    http://www.fashiondenis.com/

  • http://www.insparisian.com brooke

    thank you for doing this! i’d be admiring your cream and gold one in previous posts.

    http://www.insparisian.com

  • http://www.thepinkcashmere.com Sophie

    Such a pretty manicure, and a great video
    xx

    http://www.thepinkcashmere.com

  • http://www.hannamarielei.com hanna

    It looks amazing! My Blog

  • http://www.thehunterstyle.com Kait

    The end of the holidays is a total bummer I agree! But great nails, I can’t wait to try it out!

    http://www.thehunterstyle.com

  • http://scoffandstyle.wordpress.com Scoff and Style

    Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial, I will definitely be giving this a go :) !

    http://scoffandstyle.wordpress.com

  • http://www.lifeandbaby.com Evelyn

    So pretty!

  • http://www.somethingaboutpatry.com Patrizia Chiarenza

    I can’t believe how simple it is! I can even do it (I’m usually pretty spastic with nail polish) :)
    Thanks Emily!

  • http://norebeccaforayear.blogspot.com/ Cassidy Short

    So cute! I agree, I try to do something fun/special in January to prevent it from being the most depressing month of the year :)

    xoxo
    Cassidy

    http://norebeccaforayear.blogspot.com/

  • http://poorlittleitgirl.com Cathy, your Poor Little It Girl

    Always loving your unique manicures! So easy!

    xoxo
    Cathy, your Poor Little It Girl
    http://poorlittleitgirl.com

  • http://www.niamhkelly.wordpres.com Niamh Kelly

    Love it. I’ve seen this design before but always thought you needed some tools in order to create the half moon shape. Love how you did it free-hand. Something I’ll now be trying myself! :) Niamh x

    http://www.niamhkelly.wordpress.com

  • http://www.bakingincouture.com Inna

    Nice I’ve always loved your half moon manis.

    Thanks! Xo Inna

    http://www.bakingincouture.com

  • http://glamourgirl-bg.blospot.com Iliyana
  • http://vittoriafiveinthemorning.blogspot.com/ Vittoria

    I love that manicure :)

    Vittoria from 5 IN THE MORNING
    http://vittoriafiveinthemorning.blogspot.it/2013/01/louboutin.html

  • Erin

    Cute vid and the manicure is too!

  • http://chiccoastalliving.blogspot.com/ desiree {CHIC COASTAL LIVING}

    Love this look! Today is my birthday so I think I will try this to spruce things up a little! XO

  • http://allisonbc.blogspot.com/ Allison

    I was wondering if you were going to share with us that amazing manicure. Thanks! I feel the same way about the holidays. I wish they could go on

  • http://www.styleclouds.de Styleclouds

    Love this! xo, Christina

    http://www.styleclouds.de

  • vera

    Thanks,I was wishing that you would do this tutorial!

  • http://chelsea-recently.blogspot.com Chelsea Recently

    Those nails! Tres chic!

    http://www.chelsearecently.com

  • http://www.lapetiteolga.com/ La Petite Olga

    Such a great manicure idea for holidays! Especially if you don’t want to have too glittery tips! Thanks for sharing!

    xx Olga
    La Petite Olga

  • http://kristinadoestheinternets.blogspot.com Kristina

    I love this manicure, it’s so different from other half moon looks. Great video!

    Kristina

    Kristina does the Internets

  • http://www.ohmycaramel.blogspot.mx Ana Valeria

    Hi!! Well You are such a big inspiration to me! Love your blog!!!
    and well those are pretty nice nails!

  • http://www.kateathome.com/ Kate

    Gorgeous nails!

  • http://www.thriving-wives.com Thriving Wives

    What a coincidence, I was just admiring my friend’s gel manicure with this look and wondering how I could do it myself at home with regular polish – looks so much easier than I thought!

    Strive to Thrive,
    Nic
    http://www.Thriving-Wives.com

  • http://justaspoonfulofsugarblog.blogspot.fr/ Just a Spoonful of Sugar

    Très joli!! Love from France!

    http://justaspoonfulofsugarblog.blogspot.fr/

  • http://sweetcherryblogger.blogspot.de/ Irene
  • http://www.elegantesque.com hannah

    Stunning video ! i love it

    Kisses
    Hannah
    Elegantesque Blog

  • http://www.lilieslattesandlace.com Kendall

    Cute video – I am suffering holiday withdrawals as well :)
    xo K
    http://www.lilieslattesandlace.com

  • http://fashionedible.blogspot.com FashionEdible

    Super informative video! Definitely looks harder than it is. Thanks!

    FashionEdible

  • http://joliejouel.blogspot.com Ashleigh @ Jolie Jouel

    So cute! Love this look…you did a great job for free-hand-ing it! ~ ashleigh from Jolie Jouel

    My jewelry blog: http://joliejouel.blogspot.ca/

  • http://fig-and-olive.tumblr.com Nelou

    love the tutorial! just a question, with coarse glittery nail polish, can you use the same method? in my experience, it changes the texture of whatever polish goes on top of it :(

  • http://www.creativityandchocolate.blogspot.com EVa

    LOvely idea but I never get that beautiful round line you made ;) xx

    http://www.creativityandchocolate.blogspot.com

  • http://laminlouboutins.blogspot.com Stephanie

    I always loved the half moon nails!! Love love this color combo though!!

    -Stephanie
    @LaminLouboutins.blogspot.com