I got the last of my nail mail, that I split with my mom, yesterday. It was the new Laquerlicious neon glitter toppers I have been dying to ...
I got the last of my nail mail, that I split with my mom, yesterday. It was the new Laquerlicious neon glitter toppers I have been dying to try, so of course that is what I did. By the way, make sure to check out her shop at http://laquerlicious.bigcartel.com! Now back to my nails. I've seen a few people do a vertical glitter gradient with these colors which gave me the idea of doing a more standard horizontal gradient and then doing a butterfly design over the top of it with some black acrylic paint. Before I show you the end result, I have a couple of in the works shots.
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This first one shows step line of the process after applying my base coat. Just for reference, I use Orly bonder. I love how these look even at this phase. I will have to keep these polishes in mind for a glitter gradient French manicure type of thing for later.
Here are all the colors after the gradient was done. I almost stopped here on my left hand but decided to finish them off. The colors, all by Laquerlicious, are "At the Lake," "Beat the Heat," and "Lemon Limeaide." Now for a quick review of these polishes. This took a few coats to get the colors thick enough to showcase their color properly. The polish was a little goopy, but I have a feeling it wouldn't have been such an issue if I wasn't trying to do a gradient. I have seen others only need two coats get full coverage. To save on waste, I would recommend putting a similar creme color underneath and then putting this over the top. Clean up was super easy which is honestly one of the most important things to me. Basically, I love the color and the clean up, but would need to try out the color by itself to see if the goopy quality improves. Also, to clarify, when I say goopy I mean that quality that glitters have. Usually I fix this by sponging the glitter on but the polish seemed to lose some of its luster when I tried that method.
Sorry about the different sizes. I took some of these using the Instagram camera, not expecting to use them here, but I like the additional angles and such so I added them in. I hope you can see why I call them Lisa Frank butterflies. They are so bright and colorful and just the colors I used to have all over my school supplies. If you don't know who Lisa Frank is, I feel sad for you. Anyways, I hope you like my latest mani! Don't forget to comment below :)
I got the last of my nail mail, that I split with my mom, yesterday. It was the new Laquerlicious neon glitter toppers I have been dying to try, so of course that is what I did. By the way, make sure to check out her shop at http://laquerlicious.bigcartel.com! Now back to my nails. I've seen a few people do a vertical glitter gradient with these colors which gave me the idea of doing a more standard horizontal gradient and then doing a butterfly design over the top of it with some black acrylic paint. Before I show you the end result, I have a couple of in the works shots.
This first one shows step line of the process after applying my base coat. Just for reference, I use Orly bonder. I love how these look even at this phase. I will have to keep these polishes in mind for a glitter gradient French manicure type of thing for later.
Here are all the colors after the gradient was done. I almost stopped here on my left hand but decided to finish them off. The colors, all by Laquerlicious, are "At the Lake," "Beat the Heat," and "Lemon Limeaide." Now for a quick review of these polishes. This took a few coats to get the colors thick enough to showcase their color properly. The polish was a little goopy, but I have a feeling it wouldn't have been such an issue if I wasn't trying to do a gradient. I have seen others only need two coats get full coverage. To save on waste, I would recommend putting a similar creme color underneath and then putting this over the top. Clean up was super easy which is honestly one of the most important things to me. Basically, I love the color and the clean up, but would need to try out the color by itself to see if the goopy quality improves. Also, to clarify, when I say goopy I mean that quality that glitters have. Usually I fix this by sponging the glitter on but the polish seemed to lose some of its luster when I tried that method.
Sorry about the different sizes. I took some of these using the Instagram camera, not expecting to use them here, but I like the additional angles and such so I added them in. I hope you can see why I call them Lisa Frank butterflies. They are so bright and colorful and just the colors I used to have all over my school supplies. If you don't know who Lisa Frank is, I feel sad for you. Anyways, I hope you like my latest mani! Don't forget to comment below :)
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