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Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Independence Day!

Today I have some nail art that actually went as planned.

A couple of days ago someone posted a mani on the nailboard (that's since been poofed, or I would have linked it).  I thought, "Hey, I might actually be able to do that!"  Historically, I am terrible at nail art, but this one actually came out almost exactly as I wanted!


These are all the polishes I used to create this.  From left to right:

Wet N Wild French White Creme
China Glaze Frosty
Love My Nails Glory
Red glitter nail art striper
China Glaze Dorothy Who?
Kleancolor Silver Star

Here's the finished mani:


And here is my thumb:



Basecoat:  Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (1 coat)
Color: WnW French White Creme (3 coats)
Color:  China Glaze Frosty (2 coats - I debated 3 but the second coat didn't really seem to add a whole lot)
Topcoat (everything but thumbs):  Love My Nails Glory (however much dabbing and fishing out to get a decent coverage and at least one star per nail)
Topcoat:  David (2 coats)

On my thumbs I did the same thing except that I used the striper to paint three diagonal red lines, and then filled in the corner with Dorothy Who?  I fished stars out of the Kleancolor, mostly because Glory doesn't really have that many stars in it that I felt like it could spare eight, and because the Kleancolor stars are holo.  I followed this with one coat of David.

This is really thick and I'm sure it's not going to last a horribly long time, but I really just need it to last tonight, and then it's all good.

Have a safe and happy holiday!

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Fourth of July nail art: Orly - Star Spangled and Royal Navy

First of all, I don't understand how you girls with the 3D nail art wear it multiple days. This is already driving me crazy and I've just finished it. No worries, I have tomorrow off so I'm changing it anyway.

I used Orly Star Spangled and Orly Royal Navy. I had some clear crystal stars that I used.
I am pretty happy with the way that this turned out.

Here it is outside under partly cloudy skies.

The total damage:
Basecoat: Orly Ridge Filler (1 coat - please please please don't stain!)
Color: Orly Star Spangled or Orly Royal Navy (3 coats)
Topcoat: HUGE GOBS OF SECHE VITE.

Both these colors are really pretty. In the bottle Royal Navy's glitter looks a little more teal than blue but on the nail it's perfect. Star Spangled's glitter is more obvious on the nail.

Tomorrow I plan to compare China Glaze IDK and Milani Hi-Res, then the usual mani for the week.

Have a happy and safe Independence Day!