Showing posts with label Chroma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chroma. Show all posts

Monday, August 6, 2012

Shuffle the Deck... a bit of a fail. :(

 
So what I have for you today is kind of a manicure fail. I say kind of because I still like the idea, and it looks good from a distance. As a matter of a fact, I had two strangers tell me they liked my fingernails while I was out shopping today. Unfortunately when you examine them closely, they have all sorts of problems.

On my index finger I have Revlon "Fire Fox", on my middle finger I have Jordana French Manicure White, on my ring finger I have Savvy "Chrome", and on my pinkie I have Wet n Wild fastdry "Ebony Hates Chris." Over each nail I have Spoiled by Wet n Wild "Shuffle the Deck".

My first problem was that I kept getting air bubbles in the "Chrome". Next, the "Ebony Hates Chris" seems to have gotten thicker and harder to apply since the last time I used it, plus the brush that I don't remember having trouble before seemed ratty, and I've only used it once! The French Manicure white was a little thick, too, but it evened out with a few coats. The biggest problem was that I had a hard time getting enough of the "Shuffle the Deck" glitter on the brush and the nail, resulting in me applying it too thick... which resulted in air bubbles on EVERY NAIL. I didn't even bother putting on a top coat because I'm hoping to have time to remove it Monday night.

Revlon "Fire Fox", Jordana French Manicure White, Spoiled by Wet n Wild "Shuffle the Deck", Savvy "Chrome", and Wet n Wild fastdry "Ebony Hates Chris".

I was very surprised that I had so much trouble with this glitter... I also have Spoiled by Wet n Wild "Trust Fund Baby", which is pretty similar to this glitter polish, just in different colors, and I don't remember having this many problems getting the glitter out. You can see my blog post about "Trust Fund Baby" here.

Monday, April 23, 2012

China Glaze and Rimmel London, a great combination!


I think I really put the "bling" into "My Nail Bling" this week. I did another angled tape manicure, using a bright, bright metallic pink called "Electric Pink" from Rimmel London, and one of China Glaze's new Prismatic Chroma Glitters, "Prism". I finished it off with light blue rhinestones.

I did have a little trouble with not waiting long enough for the polish to dry before I put the tape on, at least on my left pinky. I also had a couple spots where the tape left residue on my left hand, so I had to touch those up. Don't look at the photo too close!

 Rimmel London "Electric Pink" and China Glaze Prismatic Chroma Glitter "Prism"

First off, the China Glaze. China Glaze has 6 shades in their new Prismatic Chroma collection, Full Spectrum, Liquid Crystal, Optical Illusion, Polarized, Prism, and Ray-diant. Besides the Prism I used here, I also have Optical Illusion, which I'll show you another time. These are really gorgeous glitters. Of course, they feel pretty rough, but a good top coat will take care of that.

I picked up the Rimmel London a couple of months ago on clearance at K-Mart. I was really, really impressed with how nice the application of this color was. It has the wide, flat brush that I like (I know some people don't) and also a somewhat thin formula that prevents drag lines.


Also, one of the other blogs I follow is having a giveaway! The blog is called The Do It Yourself Lady, and she's giving away some Zoyas and some Deborah Lippmans. You can read more about it and enter at this link: http://doityourselflady.blogspot.com/2012/04/giveaway-time.html