14 March, 2012

Violet Voltage and Silver

Well, I couldn't really think of a creative title, so, I chose one that is concise. After a long while I have a mani to show you!! Yay!!
At first I had just painted my nails with Violet Voltage, but, due to the crapiness of my latest bottle of Out The Door, the tips already started to chip. Very, very frustrating. So, I decided to add some nice tips. Since the violet is so light and Easter-y I didn't want to add another light color to it because I don't want Easter egg nails. I also didn't want to add a terribly dark color. Then I remembered that I had one of those little Bon Bons nail polishes that you can get almost anywhere for $1. At first I didn't like it, I thought it was too, too...bold? Not sure what adjective to use there. But, the more and more I looked at it, the more I liked it. Maybe I just got used to it.

The real-life color is a little lighter than this. 
The picture doesn't really do justice to the color. It's just a little lighter than the picture, more like the color of what is shown in the bottle. It's almost like a neon lavender, and, it has a nice magenta shimmer to it. I used two coats, though it's so opaque I'm sure you could have gotten away with only one if you were in a rush.


Don't mind the nick in the thumb...
I freehanded the tips, and, I don't think they look too bad! Now, the real challenge is going to be the right hand (I always make sure I blog post after completing the "show" hand. I'm know, I'm weird.) I can hear my Ted now "oooh, that's fancy," in that silly voice he does.

I think I'm going to try to match my eye shadow, some how, to this today. If successful I'll post the results. I'm still a little puffy and red from being sick, so, I'm not too sure I want to post of inflamed face all over the interent.

Oh, well.
That's all I've got for now, until next time! 



P.S. Also thinking of a new layout; what do you think?


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3 comments:

  1. I LOVE what you did with the silver. I got all stressed out two days ago and was naughty and chewed all my nails off. Don't judge, I know it's bad but I had nothing else, lol. Anyway I am working on growing my nails out again and it's SO BORING. But when I have them grown out I will be back to painting again and I'm going to try doing something like this.

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  2. I know Essie makes a great base coat for growing out nails, it's called "Grow Stronger," it's about $8. I've used it, and the Sally Hansen one, but I find the Essie one works better because it strengthened my nails, too.

    I used to chew on my nails, too, so now I've resorted to pens and pencils, heh. (:

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  3. Haha! I have discovered that slowly but surely all of my pens and pencils have been stolen by Joey, so I think I'm just going to resort to gum instead.

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