Wednesday 9 October 2013

33DC2013 Day 8 - Chevrons


After the debacle that was last Monday, I give you chevrons today! From one extreme to the next, I absolutely adored how this turned out. Credit goes to the lovely glitter topper I used and it's tinted jelly base.



For this mani I used two lovely NYC polishes:
  • NYC - 325 Raindrop
  • NYC - 032 Party time blue

Let's take a closer look at Party time blue:


This glitter topper has red and silver micro glitters and larger blue hexagons. This is all suspended in a blue jelly base, even though you can't tell from the bottle shot. Good thing I opened the bottle in the shop to look at it (I tend to so I can inspect the density), I might not have bought it otherwise! The blue jelly base makes this special, it does not look so very red on the nail at all.


I created the chevrons with crafting scissors and scotch tape. I just wish it would not tear that easily.



Just look at the blue glitter! Isn't it amazing? And it goes so lovely with Raindrop as well. I love this combination! The glitter went on smoothly, but I did move some of the larger hexes around, otherwise they'd insist on sticking to the tape part and not on the part of the nail I wanted to cover in glitter *winks*.





I did catch myself admiring my nails during work, which means I do love how this turned out. And I got a few compliments here and there as well *smiles*. I hope you enjoyed it and feel the urge to own Party time blue!

3 comments:

  1. These look amazing, do you wait for the nail varnish to dry before peeling the tape off?

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    1. No, I take the tape off as soon as I am done painting it, so while it is still wet :)

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