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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Berry Blast Off


This is 3 thin coats of NYC Manhatten, followed by 2 coats of At Deco pink stripe polish, a purposely messy addition of Raspberry glitter and a few of those fake rhinestones set into wet Top Coat. I really should have used 2 coats of top Coat, becuase this glitter textured and marred what should have been a shiny surface.

It's strange how some glitter nail polish is smoothe and only needs a light coat of Top Coat, and some glitter polish needs 2 or even 3 coats to get a shiny even surface. I got these fake rhinestones from the DollarRama and if they are covered by polish, any polish, the shiny finish clouds over. So now I just set them into wet top coat.

These fake rhinestones hung on for the day despite being placed into wet Top Coat..... My thumb nails and ring nails lost a few gems towards the evening but none of them got stuck in my hair.... this time!


NYC New York Color Manhatten, Art Deco Pink Stripe Polish, Icing Raspberry Glitter






I used a piece of spaghetti ( not cooked lol ) to pick up these gems and place them into wet TC

My Right hand, which I plan on adding to more posts.... my left hand gets all the glory

Icing No-Name Glitter...... I think I'll call it Raspberry Glitter

 2 'coats' of Stripe polish

with the glitter & gems

24 comments:

Emma said...

Wow this is gorgeous, I think I'll have to look out for the NYC Manhattan it's beautiful :D You are so amazing at nail art, I have major nail envy xxx

feedkmayeorchids said...

Super cute and love the colors!

Nail Stories said...

Wow. These look super. They definitely look like icing on a cake! Lol! I'll definitely be trying that out with my nail art polish :-)

Natalie said...

I love the glitter polish. The whole look is pretty!

TheSwatchingSprite said...

This is beautiful and SO eye catching!

Lalica said...

Amazing, I love it.

CherryColors said...

This is gorgeous! I totally love it <3

AbsolutelyAddicting said...

I absolutely love this! its so gorgeous!

Alissa said...

Gorgeous! I love these colors together. I can never get the swoopies to look right on myself, so I am jealous :)

Minnie said...

Wow! This is very pretty!! Thanks for making gif:D Easy to follow step by step:)))

Dani ♥ said...

super lindooo

Paola said...

Really lovely as usual... great colours!!
But this time I have to confess I would have skipped the glitter over the design... I think the stones and the shapes would have stand out more without it!

LipGlossGossip said...

I love this! :)

Natalie said...

So gorgeous! What a beautiful design! :)

Laura said...

That looks amazing! I'd never be able to be so neat or accurate freehanded. You're certainly talented :-)

Unknown said...

i love these they are really cool :)

shel xx

Fiona said...

This is pretty awesome, I'm loving the Icing glitter and this color combo. I want a berry sundae now...

Lucy said...

I'm so happy your using so many NYC polishes. Also happy that I've got them all. This is a beautiful shade. I think I like the manicure before the glitter.

Paulina said...

it looks wonderful!

Anonymous said...

The color combo is gorgeous!

A Polished Touch said...

What a great look! I own NYC 'Manhattan' and am very tempted to try something similar with this polish. Thanks for a great look. :)

Sminkan said...

Really pretty! You are so good at creating nice designs!

ABOP Laquerlove said...

Well named! I love the colors together. Oh, and I think that polish may be a mini of Icing's Party Hardy (just checked my stash, boy do I have a lot of untrieds!)

Minty said...

Those nails are FIERCE! I love it!