Sunday 6 October 2019

MATCH THAT MANI: Merci Handy New Wave Hand Cream // Blue & White Watermarble Design

Not an Autumn mani at all but I don't care because I desperately wanted to do a design to match this hand cream that was created by Jesus. I'm serious, the scent on this thing is 1 part vanilla, 1 part candyfloss and 98 parts heaven. I first discovered it in my Latest In Beauty subscription and every month I chose to add it to my boxes and amassed 6 tubes before they finally ran out and I could no longer select it anymore...I only have 2 tubes left though because you can go through one of these 30ml tubes in about a week.

Every time I wear this, people around me do that thing where they've just smelt something but they're not quite sure where it's coming from and then they go "can you smell sweets?" It's normally £5 for the 30ml tube which I think is a bit expensive; I think hand cream should always be around the 75-100ml size but this stuff smells so good and moisturises really well so I think it's worth it, but for a treat every other month or so, considering how fast it gets used. It also has these blue blobs in it that dissolve as you rub in it; it's a very fun hand cream.

As for the nails, this was a "simple" watermarble with just white and blue. I'm really impressed at how well I managed to match the blue as well; thank you H&M. I also used quite a few white shades in this look but they all do different things. I wanted a white base that dried quick just to give the colours more of a pop but you can't use quick dry polish to watermarble with. And then those polishes don't stamp all that well so, out came the stamping polish.