Dinosaur Nails over Ninja Polish 100% Colombian!

Laura is a happy Laura cos Laura has shiny dinosaur nails! Woo! I have fought long and hard with these metal whatevers and I finally defeated them. Which means I get dinosaur nails! They're even better when they're paired with a sparkly multichrome polish, even if it is brown. Rawr, I'm a Laurasaurus :D

There's quite a process to get these nails because these metal decals are thin and surprisingly sharp. I will warn you now that unless they are fully covered in at least two coats of top coat, you are at risk of scratching yourself. So, I wanted quite a thick base for these dinos so I could press them down as I applied them. I started with one coat of OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow and then applied two coats of the stunning Ninja Polish 100% Colombian. I have no idea if this polish is still available but if you can get a hold of it somehow, damn, the red-orange-green shift in the brown base is amazing. So shiny. I then went with the usual top coat application but I took the step of curving each of the decals before applying them. I found the best way was to lay it face down on my finger then roll and orange stick over it until the curve matched my nail. I placed my columns and finished off with two thick coats of Seche Vite. More is better here, trust me.

The Verdict: I LOVE how these came out. I have quite a few different styles of these metal decals and haven't been able to get them to sit flat enough until now. Curving them made such a difference. I maaaay be officially obsessed with these now :D

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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