nail art
checkmate
“bright high contrast color pairings make a big statement. i love varying the design on each nail; leaving some with a french tip and others with a checkerboard. it keeps it balanced, not busy." -Rita Remark
![checkmate](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/master/dmi/articles/nail_art/essie_articlepage_summertrend2022_nailart_checkmate_640x640v2.png?rev=de0f672c04684701975875dbb791490e&h=640&w=640&la=en-US&hash=B7656E6205C4308C45440ABEAC5943B5)
step 1: after base coat, with a detail brush dipped in bikini so teeny, apply a french tip to the pinky, index and thumb nail. polish half of the middle nail and the entire ring fingernail with bikini so teeny
step 2: with a detail brush, finely trace out the checkerboard pattern with swoon in the lagoon
step 3: with the same brush and color, fill in every other square and finish with glossy topcoat
![bikini so teeny](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/americas/us/products_nailpolish/enamels/blues/bikini_so_teeny/essie-nail-polish-bikini-so-teeny-095008007861-av4-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=ED0CD01D7660E0A26546FC8B11F0439B)
![swoon in the lagoon](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/americas/us/collections/megatrend-2022/swoon-in-the-lagoon/essie-enamel-swoon-in-the-lagoon-front-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=5C78D16CDC23D930E9D1DF17083B1E91)
![smooth-e](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/americas/us/products_nailpolish_hd/base_coats/essie-nail-polish-care-smooth-e-upc-av11-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=C038695564BBC6551C37D08DDF820E3D)
![gel-setter](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/americas/us/products_nailpolish_hd/base_coats/essie-nail-polish-care-gel-setter-upc-av11-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=1B7A2C750DEC7F349724EB63B2C1AB0A)