This is a french I did for the Princess with Shellac. It looked awesome but chipped on Day 5. I'm still having problems with this. So now I've picked up a Gelish base and top coat to see if I have better luck. With the Shellac base and top coat I'm getting chipping every time around Day 5-7.
So it probably wasn't the best time to try out glitter when testing my new base and top coats but I did it anyways.
I used Gelish Foundation, 1 coat of Shellac Romantique, pressed some glitter into the tips and 2 coats of top coat.
Then I stamped it with Kleancolor Metallic Purple and Konad plate m4 with a coat of my trusty NYC quick dry top coat.
But look what the Kleancolor polish did to my stamper:
It might be a bit hard to see, but it's definitely stained! If it does that to the stamper then imagine how badly it will stain your nails! I've never had a polish stain my stamper like that before.
Anyways I'm crossing my fingers that the Gelish will hold up better than the Shellac.
Later
P
Hi!
ReplyDeleteDo you have any holographic nail foils?
I'm a sucker foi nail foil, but the holo ones get completely ruined by the topcoat (any brand) that you have to layer over them.
I've read somewhere that a gel topcoat would really do the trick. Any chance you'll try it someday and let us know?
If it works I''ll make an investement on that gel stuff.
Thanks a lot
Marta
www.fazendoesmalterapia.blogspot.com
Hi Marta,
ReplyDeleteNail foils aren't readily available to me here and I'm taking a bit of a break from online ordering. I think there are girls who have tried foil with the uv gel but I haven't really heard any success stories. I'm having my own issues with trying to get the polish itself to stay on for more than 5 days. If I come across the foil I will try and give it a shot though.