sasquatchk

So I had seen lots of photos on the internet of flakie nail polishes and they looked soooo good! I scoured the internet for places that I could buy them. I found that my local superdrug stocks flakie polishes by Nail Pop so I made my way there on a weekend and bought two. I got one with flakes that shines orange & green called sequin effect shade 24 and one that shines blue.

I decided to try out the orange and green one first atop a brown base. I used George nail polish in boomerang and Nail Pop sequin effect 24. I really like the effect of the flakes, however I was a bit disappointed. I would have liked the flakes in this polish to be a bit more dense. I didn't want to put a thick coat on and the flakie polish took a little while to dry so I decided not to try and build up the flakes.

I really do like the effect so I might just have to try this design again sometime soon and see if I can get it looking a bit more full.

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For these nails I'm not really sure what I was going for, maybe just an abstract look. Well anyway, I thought they would look nice and after finishing them I don't think they looked too bad. I first painted my nails with Nails Inc. harley street ridge filler. I then used a Gosh polish in Gasoline with a silver polish called Metal Fast Silver Speed (from Maybelline I think, the name kind of rubbed off the bottle) and a Barry M black polish with no name.

I tried to make a gradient kind of effect with the Gosh polish but a gradient throughout the hand, not on individual nails. What I mean by this is that that the polish is more transparent on the pinky and gets bolder as it works its way to the thumb. I did this by applying one coat on the pinky, two on the ring finger up to five coats on my thumb. I don't think this effect was as prominent as I would have liked.

I then added the silver stripes on my ring finger and the hash on my thumb using a striping brush. I used the same striping brush to do the black lines, after I had cleaned it of course.

I haven't got the most steady hands so the stripes didn't exactly come out perfect but I guess practice does make perfect.

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Until next time!

Since I was still in school at the time and nail polish was not allowed, I decided I would wear a semi nude colour to try and not get caught. Up close it was quite noticeable that I was wearing nail polish, but from a distance these nails did the trick. I used a Nails Inc. base coat in harley street ridge filler and then painted on Nails Inc. st james's park. I then painted over the top using Maybelline shimmery off white colour which I could not find the name of.

However, I find fault in that it is really difficult to use it and not come out with streaky nails.

And here's a cat.

Thanks for reading, until next time!