First = That Vaseline thing is a big time saver, it's only been two polish changes and the corners of my cuticles are a little softer.... I will give it a few weeks for prognosis = but I can say that it saves alot of time, and I do not have a "Nail-Polish-Halo" for my photo shoots! I am heartbroken without macro mode.... but the sun came out so I cannot complain. I really did not learn anything about indoor photos of tiny, tiny objects.. and am considering building a light box just for fun.... and of course Brooke is RAD! Please send her some free goodies nail polish companies......
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I keep using the nail stickers that i think are the "Ugliest" first, for practice = before I use the ones I think are the nicest and prettiest, but then I end up loving them sooooo much. Every one of these nail stickers is soooooooo pretty. These can be found here at Beauties-factory, or google them, there is lots of pretty ones out there. These are thin, but also very strong, and so far I have only ripped one ( I am gentle ). I love the look of Konad's but I know that will be an endless collection and where will I put it all? At the moment I am happy with all my stickers and glitters and gems, but I am certain I will end up with a one, Dang those are cool!
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So I have painted my nails with my lovely Maybelline 'Matte Rose', then added a nail sticker 1/4 " away from my tip. Then I painted my tip with a plain white, then added glitter to the white tip, and and just a dab of glitter to the tiny black roses. i added 2 coats of China Glaze Fast Forward, which is AWESOME, I will definitely buy that again when I need it. It has a nice licorice smell to it, well, a very chemically licorice smell when applying......
Here is a smorg of pictures....This time though, I cut the stickers just before the edge of my nail, and I have done dishes and tided up and so far there has been very little problems in this area. I did not rub down the stickers enough towards the free-edge, i was fixated on thee sides of my nail beds and I neglected the tip-area. Towards the free-edge there is alot of lifting... Glitter to the rescue.
~ Painted my tips white ~
~ Below is a good photo to illustrate how I did not do a good job adhering the sticker properly towards the tips of my nails, I did cut the stickers just short of the sides of my nail.. Next time I am sure I will get it right.
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~ Add a little glitter....... Viola~
I think this is a very pretty look, with two coats of a good quality TC, I cannot feel the ridge of the nail sticker....Hopefully, cutting them smaller than my actual nail bed size will prevent any future lifting. I know it is silly to add shiny top coat to a Matte polish, but the polish job I did was really pitiful. The color though is beautiful, and I am not a fan of mellow boring colors. I say everything is beautiful, don't I?
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I think that Matte Rose is really pretty on you. Is it really matte? Even in your previous pictures I didn't get much of a matte vibe from it.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is so beautiful! When you posted those stickers a week or so ago I was curious to see what they looked like 'on'. Very impressive :)
ReplyDeleteStrych ~ yes it is matte, but I has to add a clear TC to it because my application was horrible.
ReplyDeleteI also used flash in most of the pictures with out TC, so the matte does not show up ... confusing .. YES!
Mary ~ I am very happy with these stickers. They are simple to use, with a little practice. I will eventually get a Konad. Right now, this has turned out pretty good.
shooting stars!!!!!!!!! gahhhh!! That one looks absolutley GORGEOUS!!!! Hope you swatch that one sooooon!
ReplyDeleteI love the color of the polish. It's really pretty on you. I love those stickers. They are really pretty and I like the deisgns to came up with.
ReplyDeleteThose stickers look fantastic! I also like the white and glitter look you added on as well.
ReplyDeleteTheese was really cute! I hate Konad beacause i think it's too messy. Theese should bee better I think:)
ReplyDeleteI really like how this turned out!!
ReplyDeleteYou did such a great job !! This mani turned out awesome ! You made me want to buy these stickers also....lol :-)
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