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Saturday 14 September 2013
A break from the norm.
Hi all, hope you're having a great weekend so far. Today I have a mani for you that involves a lot of glitter, and not a stamp in sight! Don't worry, I have not taken leave of my senses. I just wanted to post something a bit different today. I will be back tomorrow though, with a massive post about basic stamping. I don't really want to call it a tutorial, as I'm not an expert, but really, it kind of is. Hopefully some of you who are not familiar with stamping will find it useful. There's definitely a few things I've picked up that I wish I had known when I started!
The base for this mani is Headline Colors - Poolside Party. I had never heard of this brand before, but got it in my very first Beauteco Box (now called Love Me Beauty) and I think it retails for about £9. A bit pricier than what I'm used to, but it is very nice. Lovely colour, good pigmentation, and the formula was nice to work with. It's smooth and creamy, a lot like Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream formula wise. (Anyone else love the way that polish applies?)
I was planning to tape off half of each nail, I even had the tape pre-cut and everything, but when I was waiting for the base to dry, I lost my patience and decided to just freehand it. The glitter here is China Glaze - Snow Globe. This was a massive impulse buy for me. I saw some swatches, and immediately ordered one off ebay! I couldn't really afford it, but damn it, I wanted it. I actually ordered it from America as it was only £4.41 including international shipping here. My way of telling myself I was still being somewhat frugal and therefore responsible! I then added some little aqua holographic circle glitter that I picked up off ebay a while back, down the middle of the nails, and top coated. By the way, they stained my nails like a b**ch! Half of each nail is very blue where I've pulled downwards on them with the cotton pad. Looks like it's dark colours for me for now!
This is really pretty, the colors are fantastic! The big glitters are cool! Sucks they stained your nails though, meh haha
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