Alix Avien ~ 168
Purple jelly
Golden Rose Paris ~ 309
Dark purple with lots of
shimmer
Today I wanted to try out two new polishes
that I got in a swap with sweet Aylin from Posh
Nail Art.
Alix Avien #168 is a squishy purple with a
jelly finish. Application was tricky, but that’s mainly my own fault. I don’t
own many jellies, so I’m not quite used to applying them yet. I applied two
coats – and if I should have worn it alone, I would have applied three. But I
had a gradient in mind for this baby, so two was enough.
Here’s how that looks like:
Squishy is the right word for it, don’t you
think?
I made a gradient with Golden Rose #309, which
is a lovely dark shimmery purple. Worn on its own it’ll be lovely and vampy!
Here’s that step:
I’m not really pleased with this. I think the
problem is that the jelly finish doesn’t go really well with the shimmer. But
that can be fixed! How?, you might ask. With glitter, obviously! :D
I applied one coat of You #15, which is a
clear base with holographic glitter. My good friend Stinna from Nailant
was so sweet to give me this mani-saver!
And here’s that step for you – my final mani:
I must admit that I like it much better with
the glitter, I think it’s because it smoothens out the difference in the finish
of the two polishes I used in my gradient. :)
But what do you think? Do you like these
polishes??
