Metallic Zigzag

After seeing this on Pshiiit, I’ve always wanted to try it out with a different color combination. I don’t understand French but the diagrams are pretty self explanatory (and there’s always Google Translate if you need it). Initially, I wanted to use these colors for a needle marble but that was an absolute failure so I switched to this. I’m glad I did because I’m happy with how this turned out!

For the base, I used a black cream from Beadstreet. I just have to mention how awesome it is: full coverage in one medium coat and it cost less than $2! As for the zigzag, I sponged on Deviantly Daring because I didn’t want any brushstrokes – plus it creates a speckled effect that prevents it from being too flat.

I hope you enjoyed my attempt!

Polish peels:
• NailTek Foundation II (1 coat)
• Michelle S79 (1 coat)
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat (1 coat)
• • China Glaze Deviantly Daring – sponged
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat (1 coat)

Under The Sea

Doesn’t this remind you of the Mediterranean and mermaids? I did this same combo last month on my toes (without Heartbreaker) and loved it so much I had to replicate it on my fingers too! I got Heartbreaker recently and it’s a perfect match. Both the flakies and shimmer have a blue-green shift to them that’s really hard to capture.

I was thinking of doing a fish scale stamp over this but I changed my mind and made it matte instead. I really like how the flakies pop when mattified! I usually take two sunlight shots but since they don’t do anything for flakies, I included more shaded images this time.

Polish peels:
• NailTek Foundation II (1 coat)
• OPI Fly (2 coats)
• Nfu Oh 39 (1 coat)
• Pure Ice Heartbreaker (1 coat)
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat (1 coat)
• Ettude House Help My Finger Matte Top Coat (1 coat)

Polish Days: Geometry

I’m so excited to be participating in my first Polish Days! It’s an event organized by Hannah for bloggers to post a themed mani simultaneously across the world.

LA Girl Turntable

A green-based turquoise jelly from the Disco Brites collection. Turquoise is one of my favorite colors, especially green-based turquoise. I even have bed sheets that are almost the same shade, just a touch more blue. Unfortunately, I didn’t take a picture of my nails against the bed sheets as my camera couldn’t differentiate between the two colors. I had a hard time trying to capture this shade and my usual camera settings made it seem too blue. The swatch above is warmer than my usual photos to bring out its true color.

Turntable applied beautifully, I used two coats for full opacity. The consistency was just nice, not too thick or too runny, and it dried very glossy like any other jelly. The most important thing to note is to never ever use this polish without a base coat. It stained my nails yellow in less than 24 hours the previous time! To make sure this didn’t happen again, I used Poshe Fast Drying Base Coat and viola, no staining. As usual, no top coat was added.