NYC Raindrop
China Glaze Tart-y For The Party
Barry M Crush
Browsing Tag:
Purple
I laid down piCture pOlish Pandora on my nails fully intending to create some glittery nail art over the top. But as soon as I finished, held out my hand and took a second to admire Pandora, I decided it really didn’t need anything extra.
It’s somewhere in between a holographic polish and a glitter. I feel like the chunkier holographic particles push the finished look towards a glitter but it applies (and removes, yay!) incredibly easily like a holo.
I used 3 coats in these swatches with HK Girl Top Coat. This polish is the up to the usual high standards I’ve come to know piCture pOlish for – smooth application, lasting wear and truly stunning, unique looking shades.
Where to buy Pandora
Pandora is available directly from picturepolish.com.au and their international network of stockists.
How many cheat days do you suppose we’re allowed on the 31 Day Challenge? Since I used water decals for this mani, I’ll count today as one of mine!
These are from She Sells Seashells and it’s the first time I’ve ever used all-over water decals so I didn’t really know what to expect. I was really impressed by how easy it was to trim them to the right size and then how smooth they applied. There are a few creases here and there, but nothing too noticeable, and that’s mostly my fault for rushing. What I liked about these was they disintegrated with acetone so it was very easy to clean up around the edges where I didn’t cut them to quite the right size.
For this nail art, I used Essie Go Ginza for my base colour. You definitely need a very light base with these decals.
The water decals are from She Sells Seashells and I topped it off with Glisten & Glow HK Girl.
I’m a day behind on the 31 Day Challenge but determined to catch up over the weekend! These are my stripe nails for Day 12 (yesterday) inspired by Globe & Nail. When I was scrolling through piCture pOlish’s Instagram profile at all the amazing manis created with Nail Vinyls, Emma’s just really stood out to me so I was chuffed when I realised I had everything I would need to recreate it.
Items used
Barry M White
Straight Decals from She Sells Seashells
piCture pOlish Bonkers
piCture pOlish Swagger
Sweet Color White Liner
and a Nail Art Brush
I think I managed to find a colour combination that I haven’t used yet for today’s gradient. I’ve been on a bit of a blue blue streak since the colour restrictions were lifted and I’m carrying on today. Third time’s lucky as they say!
For this gradient, I used 2true Shade 15 as my base colour, then created the gradient using Rimmel Keep Calm & Party. There’s a gradient tutorial here!
I topped it with a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and then finished off with Glisten & Glow HK Girl.
For Day 6 of the challenge, we have to create Violet nails but I have always taken that to mean purple in general. Nevertheless, I’ve embraced it today and even used a polish with Violet in the name!
To create this harlequin look, I created my own decal using a stamping plate and stamper. I picked up the diamond design from MoYou Hipster 08 with BK Matte White and left it on the stamper. Next, I used a nail art brush to fill in the diamonds using a few purple shades. After a few minutes, I coated it with a thin layer of clear nail polish and once that was dry, I peeled it all off the stamper in one piece and placed it on my nail. There’s a video tutorial here if you want to see the method in action. The other chevron design is stamped from the same plate with The Lacquer Lab Ultra Violet.
Items Used
Essie Go Ginza
BK Matte White
NYC Lavender Blossom
Barry M Lavender Foil
The Lacquer Lab Ultra Violet
MoYou Hipster Plate 08
I’ve always been a strong believer in ‘less is more’ but sometimes you just gotta go for it. This mani has a little bit of everything – gradient, stamping and embellishments – but boy oh boy, does it work!
For the gradient, I used The Lacquer Labe Ultra Violet as my base colour and created the gradient with Sally Hansen Back to the Fuschia. There’s a gradient video tutorial here.
I topped the gradient with Cirque Liquid Laminate and snapped a few pics (below) before I added the art.
I stamped on the fishnet / mermaid scales pattern from Bundle Monster plate BM209 using The Lacquer Lab Moonshine and used another coat of Liquid Laminate.
Finally, I added all the little gems using top coat and a wax pencil. The selection you see is 1mm Swarovski Flatbacks, Gold and Silver 3.5mm shells and 1mm Flat Back Pearls with a shell embellishment from She Sells Seashells (currently out of stock).
After I took these pictures, I added a layer of Liquid Laminate over the details and not a single thing fell off before I removed everything 24 hours later!
