Despite being called Blue Lagoon- Revlon's lovely shimmery blue is also perfect for wintry nails, so I started with 2 coats on every nail. Then I coated my ring finger with an old clear coat, and used the pointy end of an orange stick to place glitter (the awesome glitter I posted about here) all over it. It didn't actually take that long, but I did get glitter absolutely everywhere!
In real life the glitter generally shows more of a pale blue/pale green colour, but I just couldn't get my camera to cooperate... So here's a really pants picture that shows the true colour a little better.
As always, I wasn't quite content with just the crazy glitter, and decided to do some snowflake stamping too :) I used my m52 plate to do several little snowflake motifs on each nail- first with Models Own Snow White (it didn't show up too well on camera but I liked the extra depth and dimension it gave) and then I used Barry M Foil Effect in Silver over the top. Finally I decided to use e.l.f. Pearl on my thumbnail; one coat was sheer enough to show Blue Lagoon through and it transformed it into a beautiful icy blue.
I am completely in love with this glitter, although it doesn't photograph too well it does look amazing on my nails- I'll definitely be doing some more things with glitter (I've got many other colours stored away in craft boxes) as I was pleased with how easy it actually is (cleaning up the mess, on the other hand, is rather hard!)
Snowflakes on plate m52. |
Revlon Blue Lagoon (scented) Models Own Snow White, e.l.f. Pearl and Barry M foil effect in Silver. |
Sorry this post is up so late, it's taken me freakin ages to sort through the 100 or so photos I took... Plus I kept getting sidetracked by twitter....
Have you done any winter themed manis yet? What do you think of my attempt?
xGretalRabbitx
*LOVE*!!! This is wonderful! Wow, is Blue Lagoon ever beautiful with this manicure! I love how you used the glitter!! ^_^ I need to get some larger glitter like that too! Fantastic mani!!
ReplyDeleteAwww I love the snow flakes, it looks so pretty! :D xx
ReplyDelete@Ashesela I know, it seems so funny that it has such a sumery name! Yyou should, it was so much fun (and I love how sparkly it is!) Thank you :)
ReplyDelete@ScienceGeek Thank you, I swear I used that stamp about 50 times today! :)
xGretalRabbitx
Pretty glitter x
ReplyDeleteThank you- I can't stop staring at it (it's very distracting!)
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