Catrice: 470 Snow Motion! & OPI: NL E62 Silver Shatter.

Yesterday I gave myself a new mani. Information and pictures are below.

BASE COAT: The Edge "Nails." 5 Star Base Coat. 2010009 Basecoat.

This is the only base coat I tend to use, when I do that is. The varnish looks a light pink color in its bottle. Its application is very nice, and it dries clear and to a smooth and shiny finish.

ONE/TWO/THREE COATS: Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer." 470 Snow Motion!

Catrice: 470 Snow Motion! is quite a thin nail varnish, so I had to apply three coats. It dried to a shiny finish and took about half an hour for each coat to dry. Pictures are below. Sorry about the messy cleanup.

Pictures above are actually only with two coats on, as I had to go out and pick up my son from school mid mani. So I took some pictures in case I messed it up while I was out, but after seeing the varnish in the sunlight I decided to add another coat of it when I got back home.

ONE COAT: OPI "Shatter." NL E62 Silver Shatter.

NYC: 105 Lights-Camera-Glitter

Earlier today I finished doing my nails. Had to pop out, so didn't have a chance to do my blog until now.

(Above Picture: It's the one on the far left.)

NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 105 Lights-Camera-Glitter is a clear polish containing lots of silver glitter and small hex pieces of blue and light pink glitter.

ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR COATS: NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 105 Lights-Camera-Glitter.

Application: Application was smooth, and I got nice coverage with the little hex pieces, as long as I didn't go over where I had already painted. There was no dragging or ruined application of polish or glitter on applying further coats.

Catrice: 060 Bloody Mary To Go & Kiss "Nail Artist" Stencils.

Well, finally my nails are dry, and my mani from today is complete. You can find all the details of what I used below.

BASE COAT: The Edge "Nails" 5 Star Base Coat.
FIRST/SECOND COATS: Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 060 Bloody Mary To Go.
STENCIL KIT: Kiss "Nail Artist - Paint & Stencil Kit" MDK01.
STENCIL/FREEHAND WORK: Kiss "Nail Art Paint" SPA10 Silver Glitter, and Kiss "Nail Art Paint" SPA12 Black.
TOP COAT x2: NYC "Expert Last Nail Polish" 138 Classy Glassy.

Firstly I applied the base coat to my nails. It went on smoothly and looks pink in the bottle, but it dried to a clear and shiny color.

Then I applied two coats of Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 060 Bloody Mary To Go, as one coat just wasn't enough. Application was also smooth, but unlike other Catrice nail varnishes it took quite a while to dry, so I had to wait a whole hour for each coat to dry properly. I was quite messy too, so I had to clean up a good few mistakes after each coat also.

Birthday Shopping Spree

So, today was my birthday, and I took me and my son to Galway for the day. I hunted down nail polishes and nail art etc that I couldn't get hold of in my town as a treat for myself.

Oodles of pictures below. As always, click on a picture to see an enlarged/original sized version.

 (BACK - from left to right: Models Own "Smash-Up" CP007 Purple, Claire's "Nail Polish for Nail Art" x3, Essence "French Glam Nail Stickers" 01 We Love French, Sinful "Nail Enamel" Romp, Essence "French Glam Nail Stickers" 03 Nothing But French, Models Own "Smash-Up" CP002 Silver. *** FRONT - from left to right: Essence "Color & Go" 38 Choose Me!, Essence "Color & Go" 04 Space Queen, Miss Sporty "UV" Disco Tech, The Edge "Nails" 5 Star Base Coat.)