Lace nails

It's been such a long time since my last entry for the weekly challenge over at Nail Polish Queens (NPQ) community.

Which is actually sad because I really like those weekly challenges and the community!

This week the challenge is: Lace

Although I consider myself more of a free hand painter, lace is a thing that looks just weird when I'm doing it free hand.

And, let's be honest, the lace patterns on stamps and decals are out of this world!

Today I bring you another nail art with the use of water decals.

And again, these came from Born Pretty Store.

Let's have a look at them :D

Artmaze S008 lace water decals

As you can see there are black and white lace patterns and I immediately had to think about a wedding themed nail art.

As a base for my nail art I've used this gorgeous polish by Dance Legend.

Anna Gorelova by Dance Legend 03 Gold Fish

Gold Fish is a sheer platinum gold filled with larger scattered holo particles that look like white gold particles without direct lighting,

A polish really suited for wedding nails.

However, when I started applying this polish it was kind of sheer. It did build up but it took me about 5 coats to have it as I please.

Application was really easy and I was able to apply the other coats very soon after the previous.

But...I smudged a nail right after finishing application and had to start all over again.

I decided to make it more easy for myself by using a 1 coater platinum gold as base for the Gold Fish...leading it to be used more as a topcoat.

The color underneath Gold Fish is:

Maybelline Forever Strong Pro 820 Winner takes it all!

I cut the water decals so I could make a V-shape (Chevron).

I'm really pleased with the elegance.

What do you think?

Swatches, review and wedding nails with Layla Mirror Effect Nail Polish 01 Metal Chrome

I can't remember when or where I first saw a swatch of this polish.

Layla Mirror Effect Nail Polish 01 Metal Chrome

 

But I do remember it awed me.

Never saw a metal nail polish before with this kind of finish.

It was streak-free and foil like.

 

When I ran into this polish whilst visiting Spain I knew I just had to have it.

Review

The polish comes with a Mirror Effect Base File (for free) which is a buffer file.

Before applying the polish you have to prepare your natural nails with this base file.

Which is of course very understandable because on a smooth and streak-free surface you will see each little nail irregularity (like bumps, ridges etc.).

 

After filing and washing my hands I applied a basecoat.

I used the same drying time for this as I always do but when I applied "Metal Chrome" I couldn't help but notice that the polish had some reaction with my basecoat.

This wasn't the first time...I noticed the same reaction with holo polishes too.

Trick is to wait much longer before applying or and this is what I did...

'don't apply a basecoat at all'.

 

Applying the polish is very simular to holo polishes.

You get the best result by taking some more polish on the brush painting the nails with 3 strokes and trying to avoid going over the same polished area.

This polish can get away with only 1 coat but if you do need to apply another coat wait till the first coat is completely dry as it tends to take some of the first coat when painting the second coat.

 

The polish doesn't apply smooth right away.

But the bottle also says: Wait 30" to obtain a mirror.

And after some time you will see the polish drying into a smooth mirror like surface.

 

I'm really happy and satisfied with this polish.

As I think other metallic lacquers sometimes have a more rock style look this one is in fact very classy and elegant.

Swatches

 

 

Wedding nails

As inspiration for my nail art I've used some images that I found on Google and had a silver, white, metallic wedding theme.

 

 

And here are my wedding nails for this theme