Those of you who read my knitting post on Monday will know that, having spent hours doing my polkadot nails the night before, the varnish completely peeled off after a hot bath, lasting all of 12 hours.
It's Arjan's birthday tomorrow and we're going out for dinner, then on Friday he's hosting a night at a local venue, so I wanted to do something a little fun and glittery and I figured I might as well make a post out of it seeing as I forgot to take pictures while making dinner....
The polishes I used were No7 Stay Perfect in Betty Blues and New York Color in Top Of The Gold, which is a topcoat (although I did use a clear top coat as well).
(the NYC is a lot less orangey looking when applied, as seen on the other pictures)
The No7 is a beautiful, richly-pigmented, deep blue with tiny particles of blue glitter that give a super subtle shimmer. If you were using this as a base coat for an all-over glitter polish I'd suggest using just one layer as it's thick enough and has more of a noticeable blue colour to it (it is very dark), but seeing as I was just doing the tips I went with two.
The NYC is a 'gold leaf effect' rather than a traditional glitter, so the pieces are very irregular in size and shape and give more of a flaked looked.
I would normally use nail stickers for anything with tips or similar, but seeing as the glitter wouldn't give as obvious an edge, I just free-handed which, ok, isn't quite as neat as it could have been *ahem* left hand *ahem* but it's not bad enough that I would do it differently next time around.
Apologies for being a little repetitive, I'm going to try come up with some sort of schedule for weekly posts and then stick to it! I'll have some cool stuff to write about this weekend and I'll be playing photographer at the night on Friday, so I'll show you some snaps (if they're any good).
