I was missing a really vibrant blue in my nail polish collection and spotted the perfect colour when I was out running errands on the weekend. I'm absolutely in love with it. It is Blue Me Away by Sally Hansen (Hard as Nails).
I wore this colour for a day before I started fiddling. I started with doing a simple top coat of Matte About You by Essie.
I love the smooth, velvety look of a matte top coat on this blue but I wanted to take it one step further. I used Special Effects by Nails Inc. and then added Matte About You over top. I think it has an underwater, mermaid feel to it. My camera didn't quite capture all of the colours in the Special Effects polish (I'll add a "sunlight" shot soon).
As promised in my last post, I've done my toes (sandal season! woohoo!). I knew I wanted to do something colourful but easy. So why not cover my toes in dots? I used Fuchsia by Pupa, Orange by Pupa, Hit the Lights (yellow) by Nicole by OPI, One Time Lime by Nicole by OPI, Blue Me Away by Sally Hansen, and Cherry, Cherry, Bang, Bang (purple) by Sally Hansen. All the polishes photographed true to colour except for the blue. As you can see in the first picture, the blue slightly darker.
I took my dotting tool (pencil with a straight pin stuck in the eraser) and just went to town adding dots. It's a fun and easy design that can be touched up just by adding more dots! I think next time I might try lining up the dots for a "fish scale" effect.
Love, Kate xo
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