Monday, 1 September 2014

Nailed It!

I was in the drugstore the other day restocking makeup essentials and I came across a new nail varnish that I'd never seen before, ombre top coat by Catrice! This product claims to give an ombre effect over pale nail varnishes when numerous coats are applied.
There have been so many new developments in nail trends recently; textures, matte, magnetic, and I've never tried any of them. This ombre varnish was pretty cheap though, I think about €2.30, so I decided to put it to the test.

I originally first tried it out a couple of days ago, but then I ended up spending a day doing garden/painting work at Oma's and my purple nails got speckles of green and chips on them.
As well as this little set back, I don't think the colour I chose was light enough for the ombre varnish to really make enough of a difference.

So, onto attempt no.2. I picked out the lightest varnish that I own, a very pale french pink that I've featured before and then began layering on the topcoat. Luckily it is very thin, so it doesn't take long to dry and doesn't end up leaving the nail feeling thick and tacky.

Number of coats L to R: 4, 3, 2, 1 

In the light the varnish is a dark purple

I left the thumb without ombre varnish for comparison. 
This wasn't a bad purchase for something so cheap, it's not a brilliant finish and I've noticed that some little bubbles have appeared on a couple of nails (although I'm not sure if that is the varnish or just because I had my hands in some seriously hot, steamy things when cooking).
I'm interested to see what it would look like over a light green or yellow polish, I wonder if the purple would effect the colour in any way?  
 

1 comment:

  1. A pretty colour. Prefer with more coats but that is a personal choice Lucy x

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