I bought a matte top coat a while back and used to use it over everything I did.
Haven't used it in a while and after doing the yellow I thought I might as well go for it.
The topcoat I have is 17 from Boots and it works really well. It works really quickly, but you need to make sure and let it dry for aaaaages, cos I did this about 10 minutes ago and as I was typing, I accidentally hit my nail off the edge of my laptop and I've made an indent on my nail, craaaap, BUT the picture was taken before that ordeal so this is it. Wow, that was a really long sentence.
As crap as it sounds, the picture doesn't really catch the mattiness of it. Don't think that's a word mind you.
So I was in the mood to do another crackle yesterday after I did the yellow nails. But unfortunately my black crackle has gone weird and dry and powdery.
Then I remembered I had my purple and yellow looks awesome with it.
Reminds me of giraffe. If giraffes had purple patches.
After the success of my first water marble I decided to try it again, it's just so much fun.
Only thing about water marbling is how much effort is required, but it's sooo worth it in the end.
I really liked how this turned out, proper summery colours.
The colours I used for this, were all once again Barry M, there's Cyan Blue, Yellow, Fuchsia and Coral.
So this one was just a bit of fun.
I went to T in the Park in the summer and my boyfriend suggested doing the T logo on my nails for it.
So I gave it a go. It was kinda tricky as I don't have any nail art tools, I tried using a toothpick at first, but the just scraped off the yellow and left a thin crap line so I just ended up kinda flattening the brush against the nail to make a straight line.
The yellow was Barry M Yellow, the red was an old one of Andrews mums, and the fact it was old made it hard to manage as it was kinda thick. I also used Barry M Spring Green for the wee bush thing and then used the toothpick to spread it out a bit.
Not the greatest attempt, especially not up close, but I got a lot of people taking pictures and commenting on them so I ain't even mad.
The majority of my nail varnishes are Barry M Nail Paints. I got 3 in a deal ages ago and since then just always picked up Barry M if I was looking for anything.
The best way to describe them is cheap and cheerful, not at all expensive and they have quite a good selection of colours, only thing is they do chip after a few days, although I hardly use a topcoat so I imagine that could be counteracted if I did.
So here is my most recent, did this just tonight. It's Barry M Yellow, and this is one of the original 3 I bought years ago, in fact I have a feeling I bought this in 2007 for an Enter Shikari gig. Wow.
It's bright anyways but I decided to paint my nails white first just to make it pop. It's just so pretty and summery, brightened up today after the crazy hailstorm.
I do apologise for the messiness and uneven lengths, I can't bear to cut or file down my thumb or ring finger.
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