I'm a little out of sorts right now. I don't know how many of you have felt like this / do feel like this during grad school but I'm somewhere in between tears and dropping out. Blah.
Anyway...
I have managed to wrap up my coursework (frustrated determination/anxiety got me through it) and while I am not in the mood for nail art at the moment, I thought I'd swatch some of my new polishes. I must apologize in advance for the quality of the photo (cell phone, shot indoors at a window) and the state of my hands. I finally tried the acetone trick since my fellow PoP bloggers always have such great cuticles. I don't think I did too badly for my first time but acetone really does dry out my hands...and it's very pronounced on darker skin.
I swatched Nfu-Oh over several different things.
Pinky - 4 coats
Ring - 2 coats (over 2 coats Rimmel Black Satin 399)
Middle - 3 coats
Index - 2 coats (over 2 coats China Glaze IX)
Thumb 2 coats (over 2 coats China Glaze Wagon Trail)
In the pictures (and IRL) I don't really see much difference between fingers. I will try swatching over brighter colors to see if the effects change. Nfu-Oh is an absolutely gorgeous flakie though....a beautiful, fall inspired transition between greens, golds and coppers (at some angles maybe even blues and teals) suspended in a glassy black-brown
Chat soon.
-mKat
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7 comments:
Inspired idea to photo this with the leaf. Dramatic and striking. Not as utilitarian as most swatches. Genuinely interesting image.
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Very pretty
nice- stay encouraged with the grad school, nothing worth having is easy anyhow. feel me
Very pretty mani:) Hey what is the acetone trick? I'm not sure but is it adding glycerin to acetone to combat the dryness?
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Ah the acetone trick isn't much of a trick... it's just using a paint brush and acetone to clean up your cuticle area so you get a nice clean line. I usually just paint right to the edges and let the excess (if there is any) flake off in the shower.
I don't swatch the way my fellow PoP bloggers do though...as jaljen has pointed out. They're FAR more efficient than I am so it makes sense to keep the polish from their cuticle area.
Thanks everyone. :)
I do cleanup sometimes, though I find that if you let a drop fall on the nail and carefully push it back, you can get a neat line almost up to the cuticle without flooding. Add glycerin and aloe to your acetone to keep the cuticles from goin' all ashy on ya. ;)
anisetatau.blogspot.com
So many good tips! We need to start a separate section of this blog to include these great recommendations!
Thanks. :)
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