Bundle Monster nail art wheels!! Little rhinestones, bullion beads, sequins…
Obviously I ripped off my mani and started a new one!
Orly Purple Pleather. Check out the interesting finish– not so quite matte, but more “plastic”
The hearts is from the BM nail wheel, and the bling on the edges of my nails as a funky french, is Milani Silver
Bundle Monster nail art wheels!! Little rhinestones, bullion beads, sequins…
Obviously I ripped off my mani and started a new one!
Orly Purple Pleather. Check out the interesting finish– not so quite matte, but more “plastic”
The hearts is from the BM nail wheel, and the bling on the edges of my nails as a funky french, is Milani Silver
Here’s a funky french featuring my coveted and prized China Glaze OMG, with Wet N Wild Black Creme for the tips. I found OMG to apply rather streakily and there’s something in this product that makes the fumes go nuts… good lord I got a headache and I think I’m pretty much immune to nasty polish smells since y’know… I deal with it everyday!
Brace yourself for a million pictures showing the shininess and holographicness of OMG!
Rainbow…
Looks like a fish scale doesn’t it? Catfish skin too, if one was to be specific.
Shiny sparkly!
yummy! However when I applied these the night before, I couldn’t get them to show their true brilliance as it was already dark, so I had to make do with my good ol’ lamp. Then the morning I excitedly ran out… Only to discover it was OVERCAST. So it just looked grey. It was a grey and black mani 😦 My roommate, being a smart ass, told me to check the weather before I apply my polish -.- I already plan my outfits around my nails… And now I have to incorporate the weather too? Screw that!
Here’s a funky french featuring my coveted and prized China Glaze OMG, with Wet N Wild Black Creme for the tips. I found OMG to apply rather streakily and there’s something in this product that makes the fumes go nuts… good lord I got a headache and I think I’m pretty much immune to nasty polish smells since y’know… I deal with it everyday!
Brace yourself for a million pictures showing the shininess and holographicness of OMG!
Rainbow…
Looks like a fish scale doesn’t it? Catfish skin too, if one was to be specific.
Shiny sparkly!
yummy! However when I applied these the night before, I couldn’t get them to show their true brilliance as it was already dark, so I had to make do with my good ol’ lamp. Then the morning I excitedly ran out… Only to discover it was OVERCAST. So it just looked grey. It was a grey and black mani 😦 My roommate, being a smart ass, told me to check the weather before I apply my polish -.- I already plan my outfits around my nails… And now I have to incorporate the weather too? Screw that!
It’s a cute concept but WHY is it that the white-out color of white polishes are always runny, globby (yeah I made up a word what what) in the wrong places and really hard to work with?
Orly Pointe Blanche and China Glaze Snow come to mind. Not to mention this awful French tip kit I had from Avon, during my high school years. However THAT applied like a dream on my mom, but that’s because she had insanely long, naturally white and strong nails that didn’t really need help from the french tip kit.
Anyway… Bare Rose was sheer– VERY sheer, but it matched the color of my natural nail bed so I guess that was the point. You can’t even see it in this picture, because it looks SO natural. Formula was GREAT.
Pointe Blanche, as I’ve complained, was runny and globby. It got EVERYWHERE on my fingertips, and sometimes ran underneath the french tip guides.
I didn’t find the french tip guides difficult to apply, but there is definitely a learning curve (haha here’s a pun!) to applying them. A few of my nails’ tips were painted on a bit crookedly but only a real anal eye would see it… (Thanks for your input, Nick!) I also found that I could reuse the guides twice, sometimes for a third if I was patient and took my time. This would definitely help the guides last longer. You don’t have to use a new guide for each nail. There’s only about 52 stickers in this. Why did they end in two I don’t know, you’d think they’d end in ten’s right? Oh well.
This kit also made me realize that my left hand fingernails grow a hella lot faster than my right.
Overall rating? I don’t know… Three out of five? I wasn’t thrilled with it, it didn’t blow my socks off, but it did it’s job.
It’s a cute concept but WHY is it that the white-out color of white polishes are always runny, globby (yeah I made up a word what what) in the wrong places and really hard to work with?
Orly Pointe Blanche and China Glaze Snow come to mind. Not to mention this awful French tip kit I had from Avon, during my high school years. However THAT applied like a dream on my mom, but that’s because she had insanely long, naturally white and strong nails that didn’t really need help from the french tip kit.
Anyway… Bare Rose was sheer– VERY sheer, but it matched the color of my natural nail bed so I guess that was the point. You can’t even see it in this picture, because it looks SO natural. Formula was GREAT.
Pointe Blanche, as I’ve complained, was runny and globby. It got EVERYWHERE on my fingertips, and sometimes ran underneath the french tip guides.
I didn’t find the french tip guides difficult to apply, but there is definitely a learning curve (haha here’s a pun!) to applying them. A few of my nails’ tips were painted on a bit crookedly but only a real anal eye would see it… (Thanks for your input, Nick!) I also found that I could reuse the guides twice, sometimes for a third if I was patient and took my time. This would definitely help the guides last longer. You don’t have to use a new guide for each nail. There’s only about 52 stickers in this. Why did they end in two I don’t know, you’d think they’d end in ten’s right? Oh well.
This kit also made me realize that my left hand fingernails grow a hella lot faster than my right.
Overall rating? I don’t know… Three out of five? I wasn’t thrilled with it, it didn’t blow my socks off, but it did it’s job.
Been a tad busy, so there’s a backlog of photos to be posted which might result in a little spam. I apologize in advance.
I got this French Duet package from Orly, which I will be doing a little product review comment thing soon but anyway here is my nails, with the “french tip” look… Excuse the messy application, it was extremely hard to clean up! The white french tip polish was v. runny and a lot of trouble for me.
This is my best hand. Anyway after having a few hours on this mani, I felt it was way TOOOOOO plain… Solution? Glitter, of course.
I liked it a lot better after that particular addition 🙂
On a side note… want to see what happened when I decided to forgo base coat?
That’s right, BLUE thumbnail!! 😦 It even went on to show up in my left hand’s french which is shown next…
Frankly it’s still there and this manicure was done last week. 😦 I forgone the base coat because I was in a hurry and wanted to post that Shatter video and well. Shouldn’t have huh!
Been a tad busy, so there’s a backlog of photos to be posted which might result in a little spam. I apologize in advance.
I got this French Duet package from Orly, which I will be doing a little product review comment thing soon but anyway here is my nails, with the “french tip” look… Excuse the messy application, it was extremely hard to clean up! The white french tip polish was v. runny and a lot of trouble for me.
This is my best hand. Anyway after having a few hours on this mani, I felt it was way TOOOOOO plain… Solution? Glitter, of course.
I liked it a lot better after that particular addition 🙂
On a side note… want to see what happened when I decided to forgo base coat?
That’s right, BLUE thumbnail!! 😦 It even went on to show up in my left hand’s french which is shown next…
Frankly it’s still there and this manicure was done last week. 😦 I forgone the base coat because I was in a hurry and wanted to post that Shatter video and well. Shouldn’t have huh!
Here we have a OPI Russian Navy in Suede. Suede is an interesting finish and I love this– it’s between matte and shimmer, it has the texture of matte but is still glossy. I painted on a top coat on the very edges– trying to make a glossy french tip kind of look, but it’s really hard to detect because of the suede finish. You kind of have to *look* for it.
And my thumbnail broke.. 😦 I hate the winter!! I am totally blaming Orly Nail Defense as well– I don’t believe my nails peel or break this easily.
Here we have a OPI Russian Navy in Suede. Suede is an interesting finish and I love this– it’s between matte and shimmer, it has the texture of matte but is still glossy. I painted on a top coat on the very edges– trying to make a glossy french tip kind of look, but it’s really hard to detect because of the suede finish. You kind of have to *look* for it.
And my thumbnail broke.. 😦 I hate the winter!! I am totally blaming Orly Nail Defense as well– I don’t believe my nails peel or break this easily.
Kewtified Nails 