Rainbow vs. Monochrome Matte Circle Glitter Nails!

Awww yiss, check it, two days in a row! With complicated glitter each time, no less! I am a blogging master! Ok so if there's one thing I like almost as much as sparklies, it's matte circle glitter. No idea why - maybe something about the extremely consistent size and shape. I heart it and it's surprisingly hard not to use all the time. I felt like using it yesterday so let's take a look at my rainbow monochrome matte circle glitter chevrons, shall we?

For some reason I felt like this needed a hot pink background so I started off with two coats of Urban Outfitters Hottub. You want a medium thickness base for round glitter: enough to let it sink in a bit but not enough to squidge up between the circles. Bet you would never have guessed that I started with a centre column of glitter, right?? Anyway, make it nice and straight and you'll have no problems fitting any of your pieces in. For some reason I kept losing my end pieces so be careful to trim them so they're a tiny bit away from the edge. You'll want to do at least two coats of Seche Vite too.

The Verdict: Someone "accused" me of having a fetish for rainbows on Instagram the other day and they're totes right. No idea why. There's just something very pleasing about having colours be so organised. I think that's why I like this glitter too. Very need and looks orderly. I <3 matte circle glitter! Even though you don't sparkly!

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