Warning! This post is pic heavy, will have a video tutorial, reviews, experiments, and ended up beautifully.
Sooo, one of my favorite YouTubers to watch is soguesswhat11. She has many interesting ideas and encourages people to try them. I've tried a couple and I know I'll be trying more in the future.
Here is the link to her channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/soguesswhat11?feature=results_main
One of the most intriguing ones to me was Cosmic Waves. The black glittery awesomeness needed to be tried. Here's how mine turned out:
Manicure:
Elmer's Glue as a base coat
2 coats Nails Inc Disco Lane
1 Coat Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food
Stamped using Bundle Monster BM 223 (Kleancolor Metallic Green, Metallic Aqua, Metallic Sapphire)
1 Coat Sally Hansen Hard as Wraps Hard as Nails Top Coat
1 Coat Dazzle Dry Top Coat
This manicure was so hard to take a picture of. If the design showed, then the glitter didn't. If I wanted to catch the holographic effect in the nail polish it had to be blurry. So, I took multiple pictures hoping you guys would get the idea, but the video shows this in all its glory.
I used Nails Inc Disco Lane (Black Holographic Effect) as a base trying to cut down on the layers of nail polish (i.e. black base color then a holographic top coat). I have to say I love the idea of black holographic nail polish. So much so, I also have Zoya's version, Storm.
Verdict?
This nail polish is applied like butter, and so dark that I think some of the glitter is lost in medium lit areas. Candlelight? It glimmers very well. Sunshine? The glitter comes to life. Flourescent lighting? It's almost like the glitter's hibernating.
I also took this as a chance to use Elmer's Glue as a basecoat. The theory is that, like when we were children and would peel glue off our nails, the glue should allow us to just peel off the entire manicure in one piece. I am hoping that my manicure lasts the week and doesn't peel off before it should. I will post another video to show if I am able to peel off the nail polish like so many have said.
Verdict?
Jury's still out on that one...stay tuned.
If all that weren't enough, I tried out Nail Pattern Boldness (don't you just love that name?) Glitter Food to see if it really smooths out glitter's rough surface so I don't end up using 10 layers of top coat for it to be smooth.
Verdict?
It does smooth out the texturing glitter nail polish gives, but
1) it dries matte (which is pretty much posted everywhere I've seen it sold, I got mine at llarowe.com for $9) and
2) still requires at least one more layer of top coat to be completely smooth
The video really is worth 1,000 words, so enjoy!
UPDATE!!!
As if that all wasn't enough, I posted a video of the actual glitter removal.
Verdict?
I will use this for special glittery occasions.
There were definitely pluses and minuses with the glue base coat.
1) It's non-toxic so I didn't really worry about using it on my bare nail.
2) The first day wore really well, the second day started to show tip wear and first thing the third morning I had a chip...which turned into a disappearing manicure on my index finger. I have no idea where the nail polish went. All I know is that one minute I had 10 manicured fingers...and then there were 9.
3) Getting lotion under the surface of the nail polish results in it just slipping off your nail.
I think it is great for a 2 day manicure at most if chips bother you. I had fun experimenting. Have any of you tried the glue base coat method? What were your results?
Wishing you amazing manicures,
Bevy of Nails
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