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Black and White Dotting Experiment

Last night I was looking through my list of followers and their sites and came across a style from GretalRabbit that I just had to try, white dots on black and vice versa.  I'm so happy with how it came out!  I started with two coats of Wet n Wild Black Creme and added different sized dots to the corners.  I thought I'd play with the accent finger too, adding two coats of Love and Beauty silver bar glitter.  The glitter covered really well, by the way.  Finally, bonus matte version!  I think I prefer it in this case as it makes my nails look like pieces of a mug, which I actually like!








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  1. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    Beautiful!!! :D

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  2. JayneJanuary 17, 2012 at 9:15 AM

    Ooh, cool! Haha, pieces of mug. So true!

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  3. GretalRabbitJanuary 17, 2012 at 12:55 PM

    Your version is so much better than mine- my dots were nowhere near as even as yours! I love that bar glitter too :)

    xGretalRabbitx

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  4. PixelJanuary 17, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    I realy love this manicure, because black and silver is my favorite combo. I love it matte best. I can't tell from the photo if you mattified the glitter, but I think it would be great without the glitter mattified. Make it more of a "statement" nail, being so far and away different.

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    1. LauraJanuary 17, 2012 at 1:38 PM

      Thanks for the kind comments! I did add matte to the glitter but you're right, it would have been better shiny. One day I'll learn to just stop :)

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