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Stamping over textured nail polish!

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Ever since I discovered that I actually don't like textured polishes, (which was after buying quite a few of them, mind you) I've been looking for ways to cover them up. And what better way to hide yer ish than stamping pretty things over it? I picked Stay Quirky's My Bae, a gorgeous purple packed with holo madness and Maybelline's Bold Gold as stamping polish. The abstract patterns from OSI plate went so well with the colour scheme! I've always admired the purple-gold combination, and it definitely didn't disappoint me :)  I still suck at placement though, and the ring finger is a clear testament to that! I was aiming for that trippy pattern for all the nails, but sigh. Life's so unfair :( I should probably make decals for these placement sensitive manis! 

Valentine's Day Nails with Stay Quirky Nail Polish

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Back after so long! One of my new year's resolution was to blog regularly, but like all new years' resolution do, this one too went straight outta window :D Moving past the very, very unoriginal whining, here are my Valentine's Day nails! Ooh yeah, so much PINK. I was initially going to do a holo heart as my accent, but some unmentionable-y horrendous incidents with DIY scotch tape stencils have made sure that your eyes are safe from that disaster. So we have a plain holo accent instead! I've heard a great many things about nail vinyls, but I don't think I'll be able to pull one sticky thing off another wet thing. Guess I'll just have to stick to free handing shapes for now! Holographic pearls needed 3 coats to be this opaque, but dayum that BLING!! The white to pink gradient looked to pretty on it's own, I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures before stamping over it. I think I need to do more pastel gradients! ➺Pink - Pink U

Review and Swatches - Gilded Rose by Maybelline New York India

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Finally some sexeh swatches!! I was DYING to put this beauty on my nails because gosh it looked so pretty in the bottle. This textured rose gold polish is Gilded Rose , from Maybelline India's latest Gold Digger collection. (they couldn't have gone for a more apt name!) It's a textured polish though, so you might need a top coat to smooth out that ish if you are like me. mandatory swatch pose! Just LOOK at that glitter. SO MUCH PERFECTION RIGHT THERE ooh look an artsy macro! Proof that I am a complete fail at 'balancing the bottle on your fingers' pose . Final verdict? I LOVE this. The glitter makes for a interesting addition along with the texture, and the whole effect is quite catchy!