31DC2014 Day 17: Glitter

Hello there!
For today's nail art I attempted to do my first glitter gradient and I think it worked out!

Now to the polishes I used!

I started with Dance Legend peel-off glitter base just so I dont have horrible time removing my polish later. When that was dry I applied one coat of Chanel #583 Taboo. The polish is extremely pigmented and 100% one-coater. I picked it to match my Shambolic glitter from Butter London and I think they made a perfect match. Shambolic is a delicious mix of purple and lilac shimmer and hex glitters in a navy blue gelly base.
I have tried doing glitter gradient before using the "drag-glitter-polish-with-dry-brush" technique but it never worked for me. But today I thought: just try to sponge it on, you fool! And that worked pretty well, was quick as hell too, like literally 15 seconds per nail! For my thumb, index and middle fingers I applied just one coat of Shambolic over Taboo as the glitter payoff was great! I used 2 coats of Seche Vite for glass and shine. I'm happy that the sun peeked out today when I was taking my pictures.

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31DC2014 Day 04: Green - Ruffian nail art

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For today's green nails I decided to try and create a ruffian nail art which seems to be quite popular these days. I used Butter London Jack the Lad for green. I'm going to make a large Butter London post in near future, so I won't talk too much about it right now - it's a deep green shimmery shade with gold and blue sparkles. Instead of freehanding ruffians (which would be an impossible task for me) or using french tip stickers I started with two coats of OPI Push And Shove and then applied Butter London Jack The Lad. It turned out to be very easy, kinda like painting your nails normally but with an imaginary cuticule :)) I was cautious about using a topcoat, I tried it on my right hand first, and it actually dragged Push And Shove a little bit, just as I expected. So I didnt use any top coat on my left hand and swatched it as it was.

This polish is a bit hard to capture, my camera (which is to be honest just a phone camera :) ) has a trouble focusing on it's shimmer. But I managed to take an okay picture on my way home from work when the sun peeked out for a minute or two :)

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