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Thursday, 1 September 2011

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.

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Oh Là Là!

I couldn't sleep, no surprise there, so in the early hours of this morning I decided to start my very first French Manicure. Well, a slightly different version as the original, as I used a pink shimmer variation nail polish for the main color.

Below is my own step-by-step guide. Not just to help me remember how I done it, but also for reference for anyone that would like help doing their own for the very first time.

Step 1

I used Kiss "French Manicure" Tip Guides - BK132 to start off with. I applied them to my left hand first, as I am right handed. Then I used Catrice "Ultimate Nail Lacquer" 470 Snow Motion! to paint the tips of the nails of my left hand.