Experiments with Loose Flakie Glitter

A while ago, the wonderful Jenna from Lacquistry sent me the most magical box of glitter you've ever seen. You name it, it was in there. One of the odd pots out was a pot of purple and green tinted shredded glitter. I can't tessellate this! says I, and promptly forgot about it because there was too much sparklies and my brain couldn't cope. I was going though all the glitter again a few weeks ago and decided to investigate this unusual glitter further. TURNS OUT IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF GLITTER I LOVE IN FLAKIE POLISHES SO MUCH WHY DIDN'T I REALISE THIS SOONER I'M SILLY. So, experiment time!

I wanted a darker polish to help bring out the colours in the flakies so I started with two coats of Maybelline Demin Dash. I then applied a thick coat of top coat and dunked my nail in the glitter. I then brushed off as much of the glitter as I could and pressed everything flat. With a stiff-bristled brush, I got as much of the glitter from out around my cuticles as I could. Once it was all stuck down, I added a thick coat of Seche Vite. Not exactly the most practical as it was very thick on, but whatever, look how different it is!

The Verdict: I have had this one sitting in my images folder for a while as I wasn't 100% sure of how I felt about it. Looking at it again, I really like it. I think I'll have to try it again with a liiittttlle less glitter, but it's still good with a metric crap-ton on there.

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night. My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off. I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried. I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats. Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner. It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today. Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage. That's ok, glitter dries fast. It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix. The Verdict: Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the biggest tag on y

I'm a Proper Mermaid This Time Beeeeaches

Ermerger guys, I don't have any glitter on me! Well, I do, just on my nails. I always have glitter on me. And cat fluff. It's funny how often my bf comes home with glitter in his beard. That means it's been there all day... Anyway, new nail vinyls mean something a bit different. I swear I'm not actually obsessed with mermaids, it just seems like it... Anyway, again, shall we?

Overlaid Red, Black and White Gradient Nails!

Ever since I did this mani recently I've been wanting to do a better version. The colours seemed like they would work together but it just didn't turn out how I wanted. I wanted to try again and decided to learn from my original mistakes. For example, make sure you use a super opaque creme polish on your top layer, don't bother with horizontal stripes and using thicker lines looks cool too.

Polish All the Nails

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