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Mirror-ball Nails!

Lately I've been trying to get a bit more creative with my nails.  I've visited arts and crafts stores and dollar stores, hoping to find something I could stick on my nails.  I was in luck at a very shady dollar store yesterday and found a "Nail and Sparkly Art Decoration Kit" for the bank-busting price of $1.99.  Sold!  Inside was this tiny bottle of rhombus-shaped silver glitter and I just HAD to try them out.

Before we talk about the glitter in detail, let's look this lovely kelly green, Revlon Posh.  A new colour from Revlon, it's a really pretty and applies really well.  What you see in the pictures below is two coats.  

Once Posh was applied but still tacky, I took an orange stick, spread the glitter out on on piece of card and set to work.  As the polish was still a little wet, it was easy to stick them down.  Working left to right, I lined up the glitter so it would create a checker-board pattern.  Time consuming, but worth it!

Now, here's where I made a mistake.  I've had a bottle of a top coat other than Seche Vite sitting on my desk for a while now and I figured, why not give it a shot!  LOOK AT ALL THE STUPID BUBBLES IT LEFT ON MY MIRROR-BALLS! Never using that one again. 






I want to punch those bubbles so hard.



The Verdict:  Love Revlon Posh, it's a perfect shade of sophisticated green.  Also love differently-shaped glitter, who doesn't like mirror balls?
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  1. Dark EurídiceFebruary 26, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Fantastic green!!! I´ll buy when i see it in the store !!!
    Don´t worry about those bubbles, nobody can see them... :)

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  2. LauraFebruary 26, 2012 at 11:12 AM

    Thanks :) It was so perfect otherwise though, sigh...

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  3. ExahFebruary 26, 2012 at 11:17 AM

    aww sorry about the bubbles!

    that glitter is just amazing! You lined it up so perfectly, unbelievable!
    These are discotastic :D

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  4. AshleighFebruary 26, 2012 at 1:34 PM

    Those are fabulous! But yeah, definitely sucks about the bubbles...

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    Seche Vite is meant to be used on tacky polish, if the polish is too dry it can cause bubbles. Give it another chance :)

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    1. LauraFebruary 26, 2012 at 3:23 PM

      It was the new top coat that caused the bubbles, not the Seche Vite

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  6. my pretty paintsJuly 30, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    This is super cute!! I have to try this out!!

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