Seventeen Bright Peach
Essie Good as Gold
MoYou Tropical Collection 06
Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat
Rimmel Matte Finish
Browsing Tag:
Orange
Items Used
CK One – Playful
Sally Hansen – Pinch of Punch
Sally Hansen – Back to the Fuschia
BK – Matte White
I must confess, I’d never heard of Sorbet Seams but was immediately taken by their exciting range of glitter toppers when I came across this Belgian brand on Pretty Polish. The polishes were offering some pretty unique glitter combinations and the labeling was just too kitsch to ignore. Those are real punched Dymo labels on the front of the bottles. Old school! Today I have swatches of two of their polishes – We Are Golden and Chewing on a Candy Bar.
We Are Golden is made up of mostly fine gold glitter with two shades of pink hexes and little person shaped pieces… or Skull x Crossbones depending how you want to look at it I suppose!
I only had to use one coat to get a good spread of glitter for this swatch over NYC Peach Popsicles. Seeing it like this, I’d label it as a very summery glitter but it could also great over a moody, dark colour in winter, and especially around Christmas time.
Chewing on a Candy Bar has a good mix of glitter including some white bars and really pretty, iridescent purple squares. I had to use two coats for this swatch over Barry M Heather but I kind of expect that whenever there is chunky glitter involved.
With the bars and squares in these bright colours, there’s a very digital, technologic feel about this polish. I think it would look amazing with 3 coats over white.
Where to Buy Sorbet Seams
Sorbet Seams polishes are available from prettypolish.com with shipping all over Europe.
RRP €9.95 / (approx.) £7.90.
When I was introduced to new Etsy shop on the block, Nail Doodles, I had a look around and quickly discovered that the creator behind the hand drawn, hand made water decals lives but 10 minutes away from me. Small world, huh?
One of my favourite things about being a blogger is having the opportunity to collaborate with small businesses and introduce them to a new bunch of people that share my hobbies and interests (that’s you guys!). Most Indie makers and Etsy sellers that I’ve worked with are US based so I always love it when I come across one that’s in the UK. Now to find an Etsian, by chance, who lives down the road… just amazeballs!
I snapped up The Sweetheart Collection v.2. Most of the designs come in colour or outline options and I went for the outlines because I wanted to get adventurous with my backgrounds! The instructions say to snip closely around each decal, place it on your nail (with the backing paper still attached) and submerge it in water to separate the decal.
Of course I thought I knew best, didn’t bother reading the instructions first, and went ahead with dunking the whole thing in water until the decal and paper separated, then placing the decal on my nail with tweezers. My way worked too but I’ll try it the ‘proper way’ next time!
I’m really impressed with the colour on these decals – it didn’t fade at all and has stayed jet black. I was left with a few bumps at the edge of each decal but it wasn’t anything a lick of top coat couldn’t sort out and may have been to do with my application. Overall, I love the decals and next on my wishlist is the Davy Jones Collection. Arrrr!
For the gradient underneath, I used W7 Baby Pink and piCture pOlish Totes with a thin coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust over the top. There’s a gradient tutorial here. The whole manicure is topped with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.
Where to Buy Nail Doodles
You can get Nail Doodles decals from Nail Doodles on Etsy and the seller ships worldwide. RRP £6.00.
Last night, I had a proper sit-down nail art session for the first time in about a week and a half and this was the result. I tried a few things that went completely wrong and was going to go back to my watercolour gradient when I had the idea to try something else along the same lines, with a different twist. The result is this kind of bleachy, streaky, pastel watercolour ensemble and I really love the way it looks.
I started with the pink streaks and then picked the other colours as I went along so the result is quite fun and spontaneous. Knowing me, if I’d have picked the whole selection beforehand, it would have been a selection of blues or purples!
Polishes Used
Barry M Matte White
Sally Hansen Lady Lavender
NYC Blue Sky
Sally Hansen Tahitian Sunset
China Glaze Pink-ie Promise
Technique
I started by painting on my white base and letting it dry completely.
I dotted out one colour at a time on to a sheet of plastic and thinned it out using a flat brush dipped in acetone.
Using the brush, I worked the polish/acetone in circles on the plastic until it was very thin and then painted it on to my nails in streaks. Instead of acetone, you could also use nail polish thinner or remover.
I repeated this with each colour a few times until I got full coverage and then topped it with Glisten & Glow HK Girl top coat.
