Hello there lovely readers!
Yesterday saw me visiting the capital for a way overdue catch up with my lovely blogger friends
Saf & Ayshe. The day consisted of much eating, tea
drinking & macaroon sampling in one of my most favourite places
in the world Laduree, before more eating was done in a gorgeous
Moroccan Aladdin cave of a restaurant hidden away in Covent Garden &
lots of talking! A spot of cheeky shopping may have been done also ;)
Then in the evening I met up with the fab Rhamnousia who has been a
twitter buddy of mine for yonks & fellow Henry Cavill obsessive,
so to finally meet up with the lady herself was brill & filled
with much nattering & giggles. So all in all...a pretty ace day
:)
Today's mani I have
to share with you lovelies features the purdy Red Sea, which is part
of Models Own Splash collection that was released around summer time
last year & consists of a selection of pretty jewel like flakie
polishes. Now I do love me a good flakie, I do :)
When these were
released I decided to have a look at a few swatches first on other
blogs & noticed that all five shades did seem to actually be
rather similar to each other with the exception of Red Sea which is
far more pigmented so I ended up only purchasing this & one other
from this collection.
Red Sea is a
gorgeous deep red jelly with shards/flakes of glitter that flash in
tones of purple & red. Where the other four polishes in the
collection seem to have very sheer tinted bases, Red Sea has a much
stronger depth of colour that allows to it to even be used alone.
However these types of polishes often truly come to life when applied over black to I decided to do some quick chevron tips before applying a couple of coats of Red Sea, just to get a feel of both!
However these types of polishes often truly come to life when applied over black to I decided to do some quick chevron tips before applying a couple of coats of Red Sea, just to get a feel of both!
Black polish really
does make flakie polishes party! The flashes of purple & red
really come out to sparkle prettily over the black tips. Application
wasn't bad however due to the size of the flakie shards, I did
experience a bit of curling up on the nail so you will definitely
need to apply a good few thick coats of topcoat. Despite that though
I do love the juicy jewel like effect!
Thanks for stopping
by dolls! Have you tried any of the Models Own Splash collection?
Till next time!
Lotsa love to ya!
Love how this came out! I need to spice up my nails perhaps I'd go for this look. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAww thank you so much lovely! Yes definitely give it a go, chevron tips are such a quick & easy fun way to jazz up the nails :) xoxo
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