Music Challenge 5:
Firework (Katy Perry)
I’ve been looking forward to
this particular challenge, because I almost just bought the perfect two
polishes for it. Just wait and see if you don’t agree with me :)
I used Borghese “Stellare
Notte” for my background. It’s a dusty dark purple with a slight black
duochrome effect in it.
It took two relatively easy
coats to reach the desired opacity. Drying time was on the slow side, but still
manageable. I didn’t apply a top coat yet, because there is of course more to
come.
And from another angle.
I don’t think I’d wear this
alone, but it’s a pretty good base for something else.
Now for the two polishes I
bought. They’re both from Nails Inc. and are called "Connaught Square" and "Bloomsbury Square". They’re both gorgeous
glitters! Connaught Square
is a blue glitter with sparse purple glitters in, and Bloomsbury Square is purple with pink
glitters in.
I used a dotting tool to
create my fireworks. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be, but it’s often
like that for me. Things looks so easy, but they aren’t always :D
Here’s what it looks like
with one coat of Seche Vite top coat:
Here’s another pic where you
can see the fireworks a bit better:
I looked at this for an
hour, and decided that it wasn’t good enough – it wasn’t quite what I wanted. I grabbed a new glitter I bought in a blog
sale recently, namely Orly’s
“Shine on Crazy Diamond”. It’s a holographic glitter that can spice up pretty
much every mani.
After one coat of that I was
very pleased. Now that’s more like it:
Here’s a pic from another
angle.
I know the glitter takes
over a bit, but I don’t mind. I think this is much prettier than without the
glitter. But girls, you’re also judges. What do you think? Is it better with or
without glitter?
Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to
have “Smoke on the Water”! It’s not one of the easy challenges, but I can
hardly wait!!
Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they
interpreted “Firework":
Mette and
Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk
Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/
Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com
Bonus link to Katy Perry’s Firework:
And as a little extra bonus, here's a picture I took of a caviar mani I had made in Sephora, with Ciatés "beads":
It lasted about 20 full minutes before the beads start falling off! :/
