A2Z Challenge: C is for Copycat

 It’s time for a copycat mani. At some point we’re all copycats, aren’t we? I mean, only few of us actually come up with something original, like, for the very first time. Today I’m going to try and copy a mani Kas made back in June. Kas is a blogger I admire a lot – she’s so super talented and has many great and unusual ideas. I like that.

Here’s my copycat mani:

And here’s Kas’ original mani (click here to read the full post)

Mine is obviously not as perfect as hers, but I’m satisfied with it anyway. I did the mani in a different order than Kas too. I started out with painting my nails white – I used a single coat of NailNation 3000’s “White” – my new favourite white crème polish. When that was dry I taped the tips of my nails and painted the blue. I used a textured polish from Sephora’s X-series: Vortex. It’s an amazing shimmery texture! When that was dry I painted the black stripes on the tips. I used Heavy Metal from Manic Panic. I didn’t use striping tape for this step like Kas did – I was afraid I might pull some of the polish right off again. 

There is a little bit of the blue that bled through the tape and onto the white. Did you noticed that before I mentioned it?

I ended up topcoating it because I wanted to see what it looked like. I love the final result:

And here are the three polishes and the topcoat I used for my copycat mani.

Who would you have copycat’ed if you were to do this challenge?

I can’t wait to next week, where the challenge is Dark.

Check out the other girls' copycat manis here:

An InLinkz Link-up

Manic Panic ~ Heavy Metal, Blood Thirsty and Hellfire

Swatches

Today I’m going to show you three polishes I bought in Sweden ages ago. They’re all from the brand Manic Panic, and they wanted to get out of the infamous box of untrieds. Today’s the day they’re gonna shine on the blog!

I’ll start out with Heavy Metal, which is a black base with tiny silver glitter. It reminds me a little bit of OPI’s Metallic for Life, except that the glitters are tiny in Heavy Metal.

The formula is good and the polish is easy to work with. It builds up nicely in two coats and the drying time is good too. No worries whatsoever.

Here’s a picture of two coats and no topcoat:

On this picture you can see how nicely looking the bottle is too.

I applied a single star by the base of each nail –nothing fancy, it’s just nail stickers. I sealed it all up with a layer of Essence’s “Gel Look topcoat”. Take a look:

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The second polish up is Blood Thirsty. I would have thought that a polish with a name like that would be red, or at least have red in it, but no. Blood Thirsty is deep purple, a gorgeous colour!

Again, great formula, easy application and two coats for the swatches. Drying time is good too.

Here’s two coats and no topcoat:

Isn’t that purple just amazing?

I made three dots on each nail with Heavy Metal. It’s subtle but I love the effect it gives.

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The last one up is also the last Manic Panic I’ve got: Hellfire. It’s a black base with red microglitter. No problems with the formula or the drying time. I used two easy coats for these pictures.

Here goes – two coats, no topcoat:

Deep and vampy!

The red glitters aren’t quite prominent enough, I do wish they would have shown themselves more. I added more glitter. I used a Golden Lady polish with the number 412 – it’s a clear base with lavender microglitter and I thought it’d fit the red microglitters well. You judge:

Verdict:
I’m impressed by the quality of Manic Panic, the formula and coverage is really good. I’ll definitely check for more next time I’m in Sweden – I’ll let you know how that goes :)