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Happy Valentines Day!
CND Shellac in “Rouge Rite”
#ManicureMonday
Polish:
Gold – H&M nail polish in ‘The One’
Black – L.A. Colors nail polish in ‘Black Velvet’
Colour:
Black and Gold
Rating:
4/5
Price:
£2.99 each
Ease of application:
Easy/Medium
Drying time:
15mins touch-dry, 30mins fully dry
Why I like it:
This is a new technique that I love to do. It’s called a crescent moon design as the base colour (gold) peeps through the nails which I’ve made it contrast against the dark black polish. It’s a twist on the traditional french tips technique. It’s easy to do, just a little bit fiddly to get the crescent moon (smile line) nice and neat.
So two weeks ago, I had my nails done with CND Shellac in Tropix. I am happy to say that two weeks on, they’re still pretty good! Shellac is definitely worthy of a try if you haven’t had a chance to try them yet. I’ve converted my youngest sister to it as well as her friends already. 🙂
Here’s the photo from my #ManicureMonday post last week:
Please excuse the excessive shine, I had just applied the cuticle oil around my cuticles. I actually painted these about 4 days before I posted it up – you can tell slightly as the polish has grown away a tiny bit from the cuticles.
Here is the photo of them 12 days on, almost two weeks after application:
Sorry it’s not a great image (indoor lighting + iphone = crap images) but you can see from the nails that they have grown out more and the free edge has also worn away slightly which can be typical if you are very heavy-handed like me and do a lot of things without hand protection i.e. washing up without gloves, picking or scraping objects with your nails. It’s still just as shiny as the first day of application.
The photo doesn’t do the nails much justice, I will try to upload a better photo soon! I can’t wait to take this colour off and do another colour now. I really love CND Shellac and hope I’ve made you want to try out a gel polish too! You really don’t have anything to lose and if you, like me, like to get your nails done regularly but hate the chipping/smudging/drying time then it’s time to try out the gel polishes. I can’t comment on the other brands out there like OPI’s gel polish or Gelish etc as I am very loyal to CND. AS a nail tech, I find their system really easy to use and hassle-free.
CND Shellac in Tropix
#ManicureMonday
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… to when I did fun things like taking part in this Guinness World record (2008). I’m the one on top of someone’s shoulder in the group back. 🙂
#TakeMeBackTuesdays
*Apologies for the belated post everyone!
LO enjoying the lovely new addition at the children’s playground in Greenwich Park.
#ThrowbackThursdays
To my first Race for Life event – this was our practice run obviously 😉
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