My alma mater (lol, high school) is here at my university because we host an academic competition, so they’re here to participate. Currently I think they are winning 7 to 2, and will play in the national section tomorrow. Our colors are royal blue and white, so I painted Sally Hansen Insta-Dri In Co-bolt Blue, which is gorgeous! Over it is China Glaze White Lightning crackle.
Began with three coats of Essie Lilacism. Yes. It is sheer and streaky. Pretty pastel color though.
Layered Sally Hansen’s Hidden Treasure over it… Too subtle for me actually, but it was pretty.
China Glaze Crackle in Fault Line over it. Liked this one quite a bit.
Was hard to see the flakies through, though. Maybe if I added several coats of the flakies? Anyway I scrapped it, and ultimately went outside with…
Essie Lilacism, stamped with Fauxnad and used bullion beads from the BM gem set over the natural dots in the stamping pattern. Stamp color: Sally Hansen Chrome in Royal Purple
Pretty 🙂 The bullion beads were a tad too bumpy for me though.
Began with three coats of Essie Lilacism. Yes. It is sheer and streaky. Pretty pastel color though.
Layered Sally Hansen’s Hidden Treasure over it… Too subtle for me actually, but it was pretty.
China Glaze Crackle in Fault Line over it. Liked this one quite a bit.
Was hard to see the flakies through, though. Maybe if I added several coats of the flakies? Anyway I scrapped it, and ultimately went outside with…
Essie Lilacism, stamped with Fauxnad and used bullion beads from the BM gem set over the natural dots in the stamping pattern. Stamp color: Sally Hansen Chrome in Royal Purple
Pretty 🙂 The bullion beads were a tad too bumpy for me though.
I began with Color Club’s Where’s the Soiree, which is a GREAT one-coater black. I originally tried out Orly Liquid Vinyl and it was horrid– it split apart when it dried, wtf? It was also brownish black, eww. I am also not sure why the quality is so crap in this photo.
Layered the black with Jesse’s Girl in Confetti, I think the effect is similar to RBL’s Scrangie– it definitely reminds me of beetle wings, but a lot more purple. It looks rough, highly textured and cray cray in the picture but I promise you everything was smooth.
Layered over this is China Glaze’s Cracked Concrete, from their Crackle collection 🙂
Right hand. Topped with Seche Vite, I feel this helps the shimmer show through while the matte effect kind of quietens things down.
OFF TOPIC, sorta: I ordered two half pearl wheels from Born Pretty, and there is SOOO much static cling in them! The pearls literally fly out when they’re turned. How do I reduce the amount of static that’s built up in them? Swipe a dryer sheet over it??
I began with Color Club’s Where’s the Soiree, which is a GREAT one-coater black. I originally tried out Orly Liquid Vinyl and it was horrid– it split apart when it dried, wtf? It was also brownish black, eww. I am also not sure why the quality is so crap in this photo.
Layered the black with Jesse’s Girl in Confetti, I think the effect is similar to RBL’s Scrangie– it definitely reminds me of beetle wings, but a lot more purple. It looks rough, highly textured and cray cray in the picture but I promise you everything was smooth.
Layered over this is China Glaze’s Cracked Concrete, from their Crackle collection 🙂
Right hand. Topped with Seche Vite, I feel this helps the shimmer show through while the matte effect kind of quietens things down.
OFF TOPIC, sorta: I ordered two half pearl wheels from Born Pretty, and there is SOOO much static cling in them! The pearls literally fly out when they’re turned. How do I reduce the amount of static that’s built up in them? Swipe a dryer sheet over it??
Paired Color Club’s What A Shock! with China Glaze Broken Hearted over it. Why? ‘Cause I can!
Neon green and pink? Yes, indeed. This only stayed on a few hours because the topcoat I used is pretty much almost out, and because of this it’s really goopy and causing mad shrinkage as you can see on my ring finger up there. And shrinkage BUUUUUUGS me.
Paired Color Club’s What A Shock! with China Glaze Broken Hearted over it. Why? ‘Cause I can!
Neon green and pink? Yes, indeed. This only stayed on a few hours because the topcoat I used is pretty much almost out, and because of this it’s really goopy and causing mad shrinkage as you can see on my ring finger up there. And shrinkage BUUUUUUGS me.
Paired Color Club’s What A Shock! with China Glaze Broken Hearted over it. Why? ‘Cause I can!
Neon green and pink? Yes, indeed. This only stayed on a few hours because the topcoat I used is pretty much almost out, and because of this it’s really goopy and causing mad shrinkage as you can see on my ring finger up there. And shrinkage BUUUUUUGS me.
Quick photo of the collection. And yes, that is my work keyboard you see. It must be a really slow day here if I don’t get nagged at by the boss for the lacquer smell huh? 😛
What did I do when I opened the package? Immediately put them on! I’ll do better swatches in a bit.
Thumb: Broken Hearted; Index finger to pinky: Cracked Concrete, Crushed Candy, Black mesh, and Fault Line.
White lightning– it did crack pretty well but my hindsight wasn’t 20/20 when I put it over Alpine Snow 😛
Quick photo of the collection. And yes, that is my work keyboard you see. It must be a really slow day here if I don’t get nagged at by the boss for the lacquer smell huh? 😛
What did I do when I opened the package? Immediately put them on! I’ll do better swatches in a bit.
Thumb: Broken Hearted; Index finger to pinky: Cracked Concrete, Crushed Candy, Black mesh, and Fault Line.
White lightning– it did crack pretty well but my hindsight wasn’t 20/20 when I put it over Alpine Snow 😛
Kewtified Nails 