Prismaline // Opal & Tourmaline Design Clairestelle8 September 2019

I'm quite shocked with how these turned out as they were nothing like what I was going for. The birthstone for October is Tourmaline followed by Opal as a back-up. I never understood why you need a 'backup' for birthstones. Tourmaline though apparently comes in almost every colour so I thought I'd do some dark crystals with an opal-inspired background. 

Once I'd finished the look, I realised it looks strikingly similar to the design on the Ciaté Mini Mani Month 2018. I loved the design on that box and was wondering how I could re-create it, now I think I know how thanks to nail powders!

For this look I used some Born Pretty powders and did the 'ol trick of applying it to the stamper, then picking up the stamping design with a black polish. This allows you to get some beautiful duochrome designs going on with little effort. The matte top coat then brings it all together as flakies are the best when they're matte.

Polishes/Tools Used:-

- H&M // Will-O'-The-Wisp (white duochrome)
- Essence Prismatic // Prisma Love (duochrome flaky)
- Nicole Diary // Black Knight (black)

- Barry M // Matte Top Coat
- Born Pretty Powders // Various shades (sorry, they have no markings!)
- Nicole Diary // 086 Plate