Showing posts with label glitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glitter. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Day 19: Galaxy nails

Today's challenge is about capturing the beauty of space on your nails. Here is my outcome...


For this, i used a number of nail polish colours hoping to attain a cosmic effect. I first applied a single coat of black nail polish (Dodwell Nail enamel #79), Then sponged on the following colours: Luron #108 (green), Charm Max Blue, Luron #109 (hot pink) and finally Luron #FT201 (white) in that particular order.



After i was done with the sponging step, i drew some white stars on my accent nails (which you can't see very well here) then applied a coat of fine glitter nail polish and sealed everything with a top coat. The mani may not look like much till you add glitter (and look at it from a distance). 

NB: I went overboard with the glitter. I think it would have looked more realistic if i had not used it on the sponged areas. Also adding just one holographic nail polish to the mix is an awesome idea especially if your going to be out in the sun.

There are so many variations of this spacey-mani using other different colour combinations so you can be sure i'll do it again.

Monday, 14 January 2013

Day 17: Glitter

I did this mani yesterday but didn't have time to post it then, so am doing that today. 

For the day 17 challenge, i decided to do a jelly-glitter sandwich



I had initially applied a rosy pink-coral coloured nail polish thinking it would give me the jelly-like finish but it didn't (since its a creme polish) so had to take everything off. I then remembered hearing about jelly nail polishes a few days before and realized i actually own one! I had never used it before because it appears somewhat clear and the consistency is different from any of my other polishes. I thought i had wasted my money on poor quality nail polish but turns out i just didn't know how to use it!

Anyway, i also used chunky glitter nail polish. I am beginning to hate glitter nail polish. I love the results (am actually thinking of buying 2 new bottles) but hate the process of taking it off. I know about using foil and what not but those extra seconds spent taking it off....agggrrr!