Choi's nails

Models Own - A foil flower garden

After purchasing the Models own Chrome collection I did feel quite guilty for not using all if not most of them. Full chrome manicures really aren't my thing and I'd always thought these polishes would've been best for stamping designs. So for this design I made sure to let most of them make an appearance.

For this manicure:

Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.)
Apply any black base. Here I used Misa's I will survive.
The flower image is from the Moyou's Mother nature collection plate no.2 with the following MO Chrome nail polishes:
MO Chrome Olive
MO Chrome Green
MO Chrome Rose
MO Chrome Blue
MO Chrome Cerise
MO Chrome Mauve
MO Chrome Pink
MO Chrome Indigo
After stamping seal with one coat of your preferred top coat. (I use INM's Out the door top coat.)

Doesn't the shiny bottles just look awesome side by side like that?!

My top coat smudged things a little but nevertheless still happy with the end results. Those chromes are looking good standing out on such a dark base. Happy.

What do you think of this manicure?

Thursday, June 25, 2015
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Nails Inc Pink matte dry watermarble

China Glaze

10 minutes before it hits Thursday so can I say this post still qualifies for Pink Wednesday? Haha

Woo. Really like the base.

For this manicure:

Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.)
Apply two coats of Nails Inc's Upper Cheyne row - a muted pink
Drip the following polishes in water in the order you like:
Nails Inc's Pont street mews - a cerise pink
Nails Inc's Bruton street - a dusty pink nude
Nails Inc's Upper cheyne row
Wait until the polish dries on the surface on the water, carefull pick it up with tweezers and place on the middle finger nail. Using nail clippers or scissors cut off the excess. Do the same for the ring finger nail.
Using Novello Street - a silver glitter, apply over the index and pinkie finger nail.
Seal with a matte top coat and leave to dry. The one I used was China Glaze's matte magic.

Clearly messed up at the tips of my nails but my watermarbles are quite a hit and miss sometimes.

What other watermarble designs would you like to see?

Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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Models Own scented fruit pastel gradient

Gradient

I still remember when I first started swatching the polishes from Models Own's fruit pastel collection. They were one of the first polishes that I'd started collecting from the brand.

I really felt for a pastel gradient to match this summer season. Even though UK hasn't decided whether it wants to give us consistent summer weather I've decided this is what's going to be on my nails.

For this manicure:

Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.)
Apply a white base. Here I used Models Own's White light from their hypergel collection.
Sponge the following polishes onto each nail:
MO's Banana split - Pastel yellow
MO's Apple pie - Pastel mint green
MO's Grape juice - Pastel lilac
Using the Konad white polish and the flower images on the right hand bottom corner of the Moyou Suki collection plate no.7. Stamp the flowers onto each nail
Seal with one coat of your preferred top coat. (I use INM's Out the door top coat.)