Mattened Glitter Nails

Pinterest can get sooo addictive!

I had seen a mani on pinterest with matt glitter nails..but I couldnt figure out what polishes were used.

You can see the pin here and my pin board here

I attempted to do it with what I had. I knew I wanted duo-chromy glitter.

I painted the black base with Sally Hansen 

Made glitter gradient with Kleancolor Chunky Holo Fuschia.

KC Holo Fuschia glows from yellow-green to pink-red. I've tried to capture the glitter from both ends of the spectrum. See how it starts from yellow and is amber-red at the tips.

How to do a glitter gradient? I get this search term a lot..so here's how:

For a glitter gradient: I added a single coat of KC all over the nail. Allow a few mins to dry.

Next dabbed some KC at halfway down the nail. Again allow a few mins to dry.

Now just dab again using the glitter polish at the tips.

I added the Inglot Matt top coat after a day as I liked the glistening nails. However I like the matt version better.

It looked so much pretty in real! like twinkling lights. 

You have to matt-en some glitter to see what I mean. It looks absolutely gorgeous!! 

Have you tried to matt-en glitter?

Inglot 320: Green Dot-ticure

Whassup! I am pretty bored these days..need to plan a trip or do something exciting.

Do you wanna see any tutorials on my blog? Is there anything that you would like to see more?

I need some new ideas, or maybe I just need new polishes and plates :D

What do you do when almost everything bores u? :-/

Coming back to my mani for today.

I have a new polish. Its Inglot's 320. Its a  little sheer pearly kind of finish.

This is 2 coats and I still have VNL (visible nail line)

Its a nice shade, but somehow I am not drawn to it.

Base: Inglot 320

Stamping Polish: Konad Purple

Stamping Plate: BM 209

Dots: Lakme gold and Streetwear Fuschia Pink

Topped wit SV

Would you suggest any other combo with this kinda green?

I had a hard time coming up with this. and I didnt wanna do the obvious black.

Paisley Print: Indian Nail Art

Yaaay!

This is my 100th Post!!!!

And I have  lovely mani to show ya!

Base: China Glaze Lemon Fizz

Topped with: Inglot Flakie XL7

I love love love how this looks!! 

Inglot XL 7 in the bottle

Stamping Plate: BM 315

Stamping Colours: Konad Purple, red, Black, Blue and Dark Blue.

Actually I had stamped the thumb with pink, but it was too pale so I stamped over it with dark blue which makes it look 3-D. Ahhh! I am soo proud of my stamping skillz today. I stamped it exactly over pink :D

Yay! for 100th post again!! Yay! Yay! Yay!

Football Fever: UEFA Nail Art

With all this football fever all around its hard not to get drawn into!

Tonight's the final between: Italy and Spain  for UEFA EURO 2012 final at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium!

So who's gonna win?? I am rooting for Spain!!

Caught up in this fever I thot it was apt to do a mani for this!

Here's the base:

Thumb and Ring Finger: Sinful Colors Envy topped with Inglot Flakies

Pointer and little finger: Colorbar White

Middle: Viviana Blinding Splash

Thumb was stamped in White Konad with M57

Rest all is with acrylic nail paint

Thumb to pinkie: depicts the goal net, the trophy, Spain flag, ball, and Italian Flag!!

All topped with SV

This is the first time I've done freehand like this, which is quite evident in the shaky hand..but I think didnt turn out bad? did it?

Layering: Inglot 924 + Kleancolor Chunky Holo Scarlett

Yessss! we are almost through with this weeeeek! 

Thats the feeling I get after wednesday is over :D (or I keep thnking that till I feel that..cool na?)

Anywho! Today on my nails is Inglot's nail enamel 924.

This 924 is a true blue red. A proper red..in all sense of the name...RED.

This is 2 coats of 924..smooth creme and glossy. Dries quickly too.

Then I layered it with Kleancolor Chunky Holo Scarlett and I call this "Homemade Ruby Pumps" :D

And...

Stamped with XL F in Lakme Color Crush 01 (Gold)

This combo is quite suitable at Indian weddings too.

Closeup of the party on my nails!!!

I love love love Kleancolor Chunky Holo Scarlet. It has duochrome small hex glitters that change from deep red to bright orange. 

I think my camera got a bit too excited and made this very bright..But I loved the pic so I didnt change brightness/contrast on this pic..left it as it is.

I usually don't layer much..but I did this time and I totally loved the effect.

Did you?

Inglot 720 Nail Enamel + Striping tape nail art

Now I no more enjoy this summer. Its getting waaay too hot here in Mumbai. Feels like I step out into an oven. But I am certainly having fun using these bright summer nail polishes! yum yum!

Today I am showing you Inglot's 720 Nail enamel.

The funny thing about this shade is; it wasnt written matte on the box or the bottle..and yet it is.

I was pleasantly surprised when this dried pretty fast to a matte bright coral-pink.

These days I am all in love with mattes and pastels. 

Do you like matte polishes? I loved this one..plan to make a another mani using this soon.

With this I used a light holo-green striping tape. I've kept this mani very minimal as I didnt want to cover the base much. So I've used striping tape and criss-crossed it on my ring finger for an accent.

 Added a matt top coat to seal the stripe. Simple yet chic...think so?

Inglot 924 + Inglot Flakies 202

Hiiiiieee,

Quick post today. I am trying to rush to office and finish as much work as possible coz m going out-of-town on a river rafting trip in the middle of next week.. Eeeeeeehhhhhooooooo!

Please continue to Ogle at Inglot Flakie #202.

This one's a orange to green colour shifting flakie polish.

This is absolutely stunning in person. Remember the shiny red gift wrapping paper that has a slight holograpahic tint at edges? Thats what this was looking like.

I tried taking pics in sun but the glossy effect wasnt letting the flakies shine thru so I went back under shade.

Stamping Colour: Konad White
Plate: M2

 The base is Inglot 924: a medium tomato red shade

Ignore the mess on cuticles, I wanted to clean up after I applied the flakies.

"The dance of the Flakies"  hehe

I love love the shiny shimmery dance the flakies do on my nails!

So far I have been trying to use a base colour that is a part of  the spectrum of the flakie shine.

Once I swatch them all I'll do different bases..like blue under 203..Watsay?

Do you have flakies? or plan to buy them?

* Unless otherwsie stated: All products have been bought using my hard earned money

Inglot 835 + Flakies 203

Hi,

I had got a bunch of Inglot polishes and a few flakies some time back.

There has been a lot of interest generated around flakies.

Below is a swatch of Inglot nail Enamel 835.

Cost: Rs.490/- for 15ml ($10). It was quite sheer, what you see below is 3 coats.

Its a purple with pearl finish with a really small blue shimmer.

The bottle looked like it would be a duo-tone polish, but it isn't.

Surprisingly the brush of Inglot's nail enamels is really small. I had to put atleast 3 swipes to cover my tiny  nails..which can be a bit tiresome if you have broader nails.

Inglot says: these are toluene- formaldehyde- dibutyl phthalate (DBP)- camphor free.

Below is a bottle pic of #203. See how the flakies dance in light.

Cost: Rs.490/- for 8ml. ($10)

Inglot has 2 kinds of flakies. 

One of them is the series from #201 to #207 which are smaller bottles ($10/Rs490/- for 8ml) in size but have densely packed flakies. One coat is quite sufficient to give the flakie effect but you can do 2 for more shine.

The other one is the XL series. ranging from XL1 to XL7: These costs the same but have a bigger quantity (15ml). These less dense than the #201-207 series. I got XL7 from this series (will swatch soon.)

This is one coat of #203 over #835.

These flakies give a nice jewel toned effect.

#203 is duo-toned; changing from blue to green in various angles of light and will also reflect a bit of the base colour.

These feel pretty smooth and not at all gritty and were easy to remove as well. Not at all like the glitters.

Hope you liked #203. Will soon swatch the other flakies too.