If you follow me on twitter, the you’ll know that I’ve been awaiting a package from an e-tailer in America for over a month now. I waited till it was a month before mailing since I know mail can take time – but I’ve been told to wait another month. Le sigh…. I understand maybe it’ll show up, etc etc, but I obviously got sad that I’m waiting another month before something maybe gets sorted if you see what I mean – though e-tailer wise I totally understand it, just Gemma wise – well it made me a saaaad panda.
So I decided (much to my wallets dismay), to place an order from a store based in Europe Viis on the recommendation of another nail blogger – Solveig (if you don’t follow her already, then go go, she’s super awesome!) I ordered on the Thursday evening, and my items were with me on Tuesday – squee I love Europe sometimes!
I ordered:- Nfu.Oh054, 039, 116 and the aqua base
ooooh aren’t they shiiiiinnnnnnny?
Anyways initally I slapped them on to look at over my current mani, but that was pretty rubbish, so it was clear I needed to do something a bit better. Cue last night playing with China Glaze – Sexy in the City and 054… it didn’t really work.
This is the China Glaze, two coats alone. It’s a lovely colour but really likes 3 coats for a better opacity.
This is with 039 on my thumb (to be curious), and 054 on my nails. I really picked a colour too similar to really show of the sparkles. Which made me sad when I realised this morning.
039 – in the daylight to try show of the mass of sparkle.
While at work I had an epithany regarding using China Glaze – Scroll over the Sexy in the City, to give an almost duo-chrome effect. – this actually worked better than I thought it would (though I failed taking pictures) and I *will* be recreating the look soon so I can show you.
When I got home I decided to add another layer of 054 to see if the flakies were really sad Gem making, or if I just failed the night before. To my squee joy, they are rather awesome added to this mix – the amount of squee sparkle really can’t be shown in pictures, but hell I’ve tried – just imagine it sparkling and looking duchromey at the same time!
(oooh looks I’ve being a fangirl again <3)
I’m in love with this look, and it’s craziness – what do you think?
I’m also amazed it’s dried since it’s:-
basecoat
sexy in the city x2
nfu-oh 054
topcoat
Stroll
nfu.oh 054
topcoat
Going to be fun to remove. NOT!
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). this is with two coats and there is a slight VNL which 3 coats would I think fix, but I have layering plans, so I stuck with two!
