Little Cactai // Clairestelle8 August 2019 Challenge

I've been wanting to do this look for so long, I've just never had time. For context, I bought a plant pot from TK Maxx about a year ago with this design on it and every time I looked at it I would think "that would make great nails". Well the time finally come and I loved wearing these. My peel off basecoat held up strangely as well for 3 days of wear. Considering I expect a mani to last about 6 hours with my peel base, the polish gods were clearly shining down upon me.

How I did it:
I started off with just 1 coat of Don't cry over spilled milkshakes and then 1 coat of sweet memories. I then mixed some acetone with Giant Peach to give it that glazed painted look. Using the cactai design from Explorer 33 I stamped first using Little Pickle and then followed it up with Dragon and deliberately stamped it a little off.

Polishes/Tools Used:-

- OPI // Don't cry over spilled milkshakes (sheer white)
- OPI // Sweet Memories (sheer pink)
- Sally Hansen Hard as Nails // Giant Peach (peach/pink)

- MoYou London // Little Pickle (bright lime)
- A-England // Dragon (forest green holo)
- MoYou London Plate // Explorer 33 

Pink Cactus // Cacti & Geometry Stamped Nail Design

And here's the follow up to the last post where I had some scarf nails. Can you see the resemblance with the thank you card? No me neither. I mean if you squint really hard you can kind of see it but I really screwed this one up. I chose the wrong pink shades (Rosewood Forest was way to dark), I chose the wrong stamp design and the cacti and triangles are too pink when I should've used a gold polish. Oh well, I'll just have to do Pink Cactus II. 

It kind of annoys me because I spend a bit of time on the detail but the background clashes with it too much. I think I used to many stamps as well as it's bit messy and cluttered looking. I will say I miss these nails though. Please grow! Why did I feel the need to experiment with nail shape?

Polishes/Tools Used:-
- Essence The Gel Polish // Rosewood Forest (dusky pink)

- Nails Inc Fashion Fix // Vintage Tee (pale pastel pink)
- Ciaté // Vintage Tee (metallic rose gold)

- Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy // Diamond Top Coat
- Born Pretty Stamping Plate // BP-L041
- MoYou London Stamping Plate // Explorer 33 & Holy Shapes 20