Nails of the week - Friday 14 February 2014

Hello Amigos! This week's Nails of the week is all about Claire's nail polishes, more specifically Galactic and Metallic Lavender. 

Metallic Lavender is a cross between a gentle Mauve shade with a splash of silver. I like my nail colour to be quite strong so I used my trusty Barry M - All in One as a base coat and followed up with two coats of Metallic Lavender and All in One as a top coat. This nail colour is perfect pastel shade to add to an outfit that consist of bright colour blocking.

Galactic injects fun and sparkle into a muted nail colour like Metallic Lavender. I would recommend that One coat of nail colour is needed if you plan on having a glitter polish on top as it chipped two days after application.

Earlier this year I fell in love with Matte nail polishes so I was really excited to try the Matte Top Coat from Claire's. The formula wasn't thick or difficult to work with and I felt my nails actually dried quicker so I didn't need to use a nail drying spray. Sadly after a month the consistency of it was stiff, thick (ha ha) like syrup.
My nails kept up for two to Three days before I had a chip which isn't the best but If you like change then it works to your advantage.

Claire's has a great selection of colours, polish effects and tools for producing nail art from the simple to complex. Price starts at £2.50 for polishes.

Link some some of your nail art or recommendations in the comments if you have any.


Dawn x


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Simple Glittered Nails

Today's pretty nail colours were brought to you by the following:

Step 1: Applied one coat of Collection 2 in 1 base coat and Ridge Filler with Keratin.
Step 2: Applied a coat of Claire's Nail Hardener Polish.
Step 3: Two coats of Rimmel 60 seconds Nail Polish In Rapid Red 320
Step 4: One coat of  Claire's Galactic Glitter Nail Polish
Step 5: One coat of Claire's Clear Matte Effect Top coat

I like to do Two coats of Rimmel Rapid Red because I think one appeared  transparent and I wanted a solid base colour even though on the bottle it says only one is needed.

I was really happy with end of product. the finish was smooth and matte, it dried super fast and the glitter particles are fine so my nails weren't bumpy or rough. The overall product was thin on the nail and not soft to the touch but only after a few hours one nail had chipped and two had indentations but that was probably due to me doing the washing up not long after, lol.

Dawn x                        

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