Last Week's Mani After 8 Days

Sorry I'm late again this week, but I've had an awful week.  However, as promised, here is a photo of how last week's mani looked after 8 days.

 

As you can see, there has been some wear on the tips of some of the nails, and one of the gold decals came off the day before I took the photo, but I was amazed at how little damage there was after eight days.  This polish and top coat are definitely keepers.  Of course, you can see where my nails have started to grow out at the base of the nails, which is a good sign, I think, because it means that my nails are growing normally now.

When I went to do my mani on Tuesday night after taking this one off, I stuffed it up badly when I had nearly finished it, and I could have cried.  Also, a nail I had been nursing along that had a break in it finally gave up the ghost, so I had to file that back.  So, I will have to try again, and see if I can come up with something presentable.  I'll post my new mani as soon as I can.

I also found a great bargain online which I just had to grab - A Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat Professional Kit, which includes a 4 fl oz refill bottle of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat and a 0.5 fl oz bottle as well.  All this for just $45 AU, which is amazing value.  Over here in OZ the normal price would have been about $100 for a kit like this.  I just couldn't miss out on finally finding some Seche Vite that I could afford, because I haven't been able to find anywhere in Australia that sells it, and it will last me for ages.  So, at least something went right that day.  I can't show you a photo of the set I bought, because the sale has finished and I forgot to save a copy of it, but I will show it to you as soon as I receive my package.

Hopefully I will have my new mani to show you later today or tomorrow - if it works, of course!

Have a great day, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Christine

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Quilted Nail Art with Gold Decals & Glitter

Sorry this is a bit late being posted, but I've had an extremely busy week, with lots of doctors' appointments, etc, but I really wanted to show you what I did this week, because I am so pleased with the way it turned out.  Here is a photo of the mani for this week, taken just after it was done on Sunday, 2nd November.

I apologise for the picture being slightly blurred, but we are still trying to work out the best way to photograph my manis, etc.  However, you can see pretty well what it looks like.  

The colours I used were Maybelline "Tart", which is a beautiful, rich, dark plum colour, and MUD "paparazzi", which is gold and silver hexagon glitter of different sizes in a clear base polish. On the feature nails I added gold striping tape and placed 1.5mm gold decals where the tapes crossed over each other.  The"Tart" went on really well, and I only needed 2 coats to get full coverage.  The "paparazzi" only needed one coat to get this effect. I started with 1 coat of Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat and finished off with Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat, using 1 coat on the glitter nails and 2 coats over the taping and decals on the feature nails.  I am topping it up each day with another coat of the top coat.

Unfortunately, the photo just does not do it justice, because it really looks amazing.  The dark plum colour is so rich, and the gold and silver glitter, and the taping and decals, shine so brightly that the result is really eye-catching. Everywhere I've been this week people have said how gorgeous it looks, and asked how I did it, which has been really encouraging for me. I, myself, am really chuffed with the way it looks.  It took me ages to do, because it was my first time using the striping tape, but I just love the effect it gives and I have heaps of different colours, so I will definitely be using it more tapes in the future.

Thank you for checking out my blog, and I hope you'll come back to see what I have for you next week.

Have a wonderful day, and God bless you.

Hugs

Christine

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