A quick one today. This look came about the other night as I sat experimenting whilst building my nail polish storage app (I can't wait to finish it...I need it so badly). I wanted to do a valentines look however, I hate valentines and all the happy people; they need to be more miserable like the rest of us. So instead I attempted this quartz look.
It's not awful but it's not great either due to being a bit too heavy handed on the second layer of white veins. I started off with 1 layer of Peach & Quiet and then used a dotting tool to create the first layer of veins with Ice Cold Milk. I added another layer of Peach & Quiet followed by some more veins, this time using a stronger white (Born Perfect). I then topped it off with another layer of the peach, followed by a quick dry top coat. Those layers took a long time to dry though. I do like using a weak white though between layers, it really helps give that quartz feel; I really need to practice more though.
I also don't like how my horribly stained yellow nails are peeking through at the tips...I need to start wearing base coats when I do my looks as my peel off base coat gives no protection.
Polishes/Tools Used:
- H&M // Peach & Quiet (sheer peach), Ice Cold Milk (sheer white)
- Nicole Diary // Born Perfect (white)
- Primark // Fast Dry Top Coat
Oh this looks :-D Very Quartz!
ReplyDeleteSo are you programming your own polish app? That is mega mega cool! I just keep a list online - how plain!
Thank you Ananka! And yes, I was trying to keep a list on my phone to stop me from buying duplicate polishes (not that it worked lol) but I'd like the app to be able to create random looks for me based on tags that I give polishes. I also want to store whether or not they stamp well along with swatches and search by particular shades. There are a few on the android play store but they don't do what I want lol.
DeleteSounds cool and like a good plan :-D
DeleteIt is never a good sign when you come home and realise "damn already got it!" Mine was Illamasqua's Throb then started the list online after that!