So apparently this post was supposed to go up yesterday( slap my wrist! Bad Blogger!). This was totally my own fault as I was trying to get everything together for my trip and to make matters worse I somehow managed to pinch a nerve in my back so all I wanted to do was lay down and apply heat. Anyway, this will be my last post before I go away on my vacation! So excited! I will try to have a post ready for the 13th or 14th, even if it is just a haul, because we know I am not going to turn down the chance to get polish.
Today I have my New Years Eve mani for you, and I will also share The Grinch nails that I mentioned in my last post, because they are awesome and I put way too much effort into them to let them go to waste.
I started my NYE mani by trying 2 of the polishes I got in the Formula X for Sephora set I got from my brother for Christmas. I chose White Matter and Dark Matter(which is which is pretty self explanatory). Once this dried I stamped black over white and white over black using my Konad polishes and Pueen plate PUEEN24.
I was going for a black tie looking NYE mani, like you would wear to a fancy dress party...I think it was a bit of a miss. For some reason the stamp did not transfer cleanly. I probably didn't clean it off enough after each stamp, but here is the finished product.
On a side note, this was my first time using the Formula X polishes and I have to say, I was impressed with the formula, the white was opaque in 2 coats and the black was opaque in just one! Unfortunately I am thinking this is one of the polish lines where you need to buy their base and top coat because I didn't even go 24 hours before this started chipping off 3 fingers! Strangely, none of the chips so far has occurred on my dominant hand, so as a test I will leave it on and see if it starts chipping tomorrow.
Now onto a mani I am super proud of.
I love this! the base for The Grinch is Barry M Key Lime while be silver base is Wet n' Wild Fantasy Makers, Once Upon a Time. The rest of The Grinch is various Art Club stripers. No acrylic paint was used. I was quite impressed with myself.
This lasted without chipping for more than 4 days...I wonder if the CND top coat I used had anything to do with it...I smell a Top Coat test in the future!
Anyway, that is it for now...I will be back in 2 weeks...maybe with some Caribbean photo's to share.
Until then, polish happy!
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