31DC2013: Day Seventeen - Glitter

For this manicure, I used 2 coats of Barry M Navy as the base. Then two coats of Sally Hansen Salon Manicure Mermaid's Tale glitter polish. I then stamped four fingers with the peacock feather from the image plate Nailz Craze NC01 with Essie No Place Like Chrome. I added in some more strokes of glittery gold with Max Factor Ivory on to the feather. Added a rhinestone on the ring finger and finished it off with top coat.

I love the colours in this glitter polish - the combination of the blue and green glitter is beautiful. The green and blue combination reminded me of peacock feathers, which is why I decided to stamp that image. The silver stamping looks striking against the dark base. I loved this manicure - couldn't stop looking at my nails!!

Coppery Butterfly Wings

For the butterfly wings, I used:
Base Polish: Model's Own Copper Pot
Stamping Polish: Konad Black
Image Plate: Nailz Craze NC01
I used a dotting tool and Konad white for the white dots.

I really like the colour of the Model's Own Copper Pot but the formula is quite thin. You can get away with two coats if you stamp on top but if you were to wear it on your own, you would need three coats, in my opinion.

I love this butterfly wings stamps - it just makes your nails look so dressed up and gorgeous.
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Happy Indian Independence Day!

This manicure is to wish all my Indian Friends a very Happy Independence Day on the 15th of August 2013!

I used the the tricolour - the Indian Flag on three nails and a peacock feather and the lotus flower on a nail each as they are the National Bird and National Flower of India. 

For this manicure, I used: 

Base and Top Coat - OPI Nail Envy and Seche Vite

Base Polish - Essie Bonds Beige, Cutex Orange Spritz, Rimmel 60 Seconds 830 Camouflage

Stamping Polish - Konad Black and Essie Penny Talk

Plates used - Konad M55, M66 and Nailz Craze NC01

For the nails with the flags, I painted the entire nail first with Essie Bonds Beige and then used nail striping tape to mark it into three sections before painting with the orange and green. 

I wasn't too happy with the Essie Bonds Beige - its a very thin formula - takes at least three coats to get some colour on to your nail and then takes forever to dry - even after going over the top with the Seche Vite Dry Fast Topcoat. I had to do one of the nails three times because the Essie Bonds Beige wasn't as dry as I thought and got messed up when I put the striping tape on!!

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