Monday, 8 October 2012

Leopard Print Nail Art


 There was a time when I used to not like animal print and now I keep stopping at every place I see one. I even got a couple of tops in leopard print :D
So naturally a leopard print mani was calling me 


Base: Viviana's Outrageous Sky
Its a nice bright blue in creme finish, dried very quick unlike the Viviana's yellow.
Slightly streaky but goes completely opaque in 2 coats. I really loved this polish.
If you are looking for a bit o' splash of colour check this polish.


Added the light blue dots with a dotting tool using China Glaze's For Audrey
Then I added Black dots around it randomly using Colorama's Black.
For the accent finger I added pink dots and glitter on it using Sally Hansen's Strobe Light




Do you like animal prints?

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Remove Glitter Polish: Peel off Base

Remember my Glitter gradient mani earlier this week?
:D
Now there's a reason to rejoice!! I m no more afraid of glitter polishes!! Bring it on babiiee!!
Psst: I'll let you in on another way to remove it without using polish remover or acetone
(Click here to see another way I did this too using nail appliques.)
But now this is easy for people who dont have easy access to nail appliques.


So coming to the peel off base: Taaaa- Daaaaaaa!!!!
 Presenting: Fevicol!! or PVA glue.

Now I have seen this doing the rounds of blogs but I wanted to try it out myself.
so this aint an original me but I dunno who started this. But I do know this idea came of Essence's peel off base ^_^

I emptied out an old bottle of nail polish and the brush, cleaned it out with acetone and filled in fevicol.
Then apply a single layer of fevicol base, let it dry. 




This is how it dries out. With a shiny glistening finish. Applied a thin second coat and let it dry out.

Now dont rush to put water on ur nails else it will start turning into jelly/liquid again.
I've read it takes 24 hours for fevicol/pva glue to cure. Meaning it needs to set. after which it wont be soluble in water. Coz if that didnt happen all ur funiture would start falling apart when it comes in contact with water.
I've read that its reasonably safe to use coz thats why kids are allowed to use it.
However I prefer not to use my hands to eat when I do this.

Then proceed to attack ur nails with glitter!!
See my mani from earlier this week!

It stayed put for 5 days with hardly any tip wear.

After I got bored of the mani..T'was breeze to remove it.
Just use your own nails or an orange stick at the side and try to lift it.
It comes off super easy!!



I love love love fevicol ads! For those who dunno fevicol, its one of the largest selling glue and their ads are just awesome. A lot of them have won international awards. Here's one of them:


Lolzzz! Hope u enjoyed this post!