Review: Clipart Nails with Big Ruby Tattoos

I like to keep up with what other bloggers are doing, and if one of them does something cool, I kiiinda need to do it too. When I saw this nail tattoo mani over at Chalkboard Nails, I knew I had to get the tattoos too. That's a lot of O's in a sentence. I'm ok with it. Anyway, an order to Big Ruby Tattoos and brainstorming session consisting of having them sit on my desk for a week, let's take a look at my manly nails!

Since the internet has already seen the "Hers" set of tattoos, I had to go for the "His" collection. I've tried temporary tattoo manis before and have had issues with them breaking apart with the top coat so I approached with caution and low expectations. Turns out, Big Ruby tattoos are totally fine. I wanted a bold, non-girly colour to go with my manly tattoos so I started out with three coats of Urban Outfitters Sunshine, a really bold yellow. It was a little streaky at first but after three coats, it was fine. Next, I cut out all my tattoos and applied them one at a time. I didn't have any real trick here, just choose one, line it up, press on the wet cotton pad for 20 seconds and done. I could even apply a full nail's worth at once without layers of top coat. Once I was done, I applied two coats of Seche Vite, because I wanted them to stay. So in your face, it's awesome.

The Verdict: I love how these came out. The yellow and black turns out to be the perfect combination for bold, manly nails. The tattoos applied super easily too.

The Other Hand: I'm going to start doing this as a section because I feel I probably should. I didn't use the tattoos on my other hand as I wanted to save them. I used the same base colour in Urban Outfitters Sunshine with Cover Band Sticks 'n' Stones, as it seems to fit colour wise. Yay honesty!

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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