This week I did a manicure on my sad, broken nails. I always think really intense colors look best on a shorter manicure so I painted them a bright periwinkle blue.
This polish is one of the 99cent mini's from Sally's Beauty Supply and it is called "Epic". The color is actually a lot more chic than I thought it would be - it didn't read garish thank goodness! This is also a good color for an accent nail.
Then I wanted to try out the Opal Top Coat I got.
I tried and tried, but I couldn't quite catch the sparkles. It goes on pretty smooth, you have to mess with the foil bits just a bit and it is lovely to look at.
I topped it all with the KB Shimmer "Clearly on Top" Top coat I just got here's how it's described: "When searching for tops coats, we here at KBShimmer wanted one that dried quickly, was super shiny, did not cause shrinkage with glitter nail polish, and did not yellow. When we found this top coat, it felt like finding the holy grail and we made the decision to offer it here!" It was only $5 and is a very nice top coat! They also have beautiful polishes - (I may have snagged 2).
What's your favorite non-traditional color to wear? What colors do you think look better with a short manicure?
Jasmine
I love how that top coat looks! I don't think I've ever come across a foily top coat that you don't have to play around with to get the shimmer lay properly.
ReplyDeleteI have 2 "foil" top coats by Finger Paints and I don't know what the difference is (maybe the bits are smaller) but you don't have to mess with it at ALL - I got these like 2 years ago.
DeleteThis looks really pretty! I am boring and only keep a french manicure on my nails (they grow out fast and I hate hate hate chipped or grown out polish. The gel french tips last the best for me). I really like the way that this blue looks, and the shimmer on top is really pretty!
ReplyDeleteI hate chipped polish with a passion as well, which is why I ALWAYS use a base and top coat and once there is even a hint of a nick in it - it's off. I'd rather have bare nails than a itty bitty chip!
Deleteso cute
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThat's really pretty! I always try to use my super-bright or super-dark colors on shorter nails. I don't know why, they look tacky on my long nails.
ReplyDeleteI love the combo and I've never heard of the KB shimmer top coat before but I see their nail polish swatches a lot. I always favor duochromes, holos, and glitters so those often go on my nails. I don't have a particular preference in color when it comes to shorter nails.
ReplyDeleteThat looks gorgeous!
ReplyDelete