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Manicure Day
So I've decided to forego the expensive manicure packages, despite still having credits with the parlour. I'd rather forfeit that amount, because I'm convinced if I go to "use up" the credit, they're just gonna rope me into buying a new package then I've got all that credit again.
I already have a manicure UV light thingamajig from before, so I went ahead and bought some new colors. I do have more than on this photo below, but these are the ones I used for today's manicure: Base coat, a very transparent black, silver "shine", and top coat. The rod is a magnet, it's used to make patterns with the silver "shine" coat.
Actually I already did something similar on my previous manicure, only I used a very pale pink. This time I went with the transparent black. This is actually around 3 or 4 layers of that black. Then I did a layer of the silver, and hovered the rod over at an angle, so the silver congregates to that one line, and finally sealed it.
So there's this diagonal shine. In Chinese it's called the Cat's Eye shine. I just find it practical because when people see it, they are impressed and all that, and...... they don't see all the imperfections LOL. There's some spots I painted too close and have painted over my cuticles. I decided to try "square nails" and have missed a tiny corner. I don't even know how long I can keep them, because I know I hate square nails.
I already have a manicure UV light thingamajig from before, so I went ahead and bought some new colors. I do have more than on this photo below, but these are the ones I used for today's manicure: Base coat, a very transparent black, silver "shine", and top coat. The rod is a magnet, it's used to make patterns with the silver "shine" coat.
Actually I already did something similar on my previous manicure, only I used a very pale pink. This time I went with the transparent black. This is actually around 3 or 4 layers of that black. Then I did a layer of the silver, and hovered the rod over at an angle, so the silver congregates to that one line, and finally sealed it.
So there's this diagonal shine. In Chinese it's called the Cat's Eye shine. I just find it practical because when people see it, they are impressed and all that, and...... they don't see all the imperfections LOL. There's some spots I painted too close and have painted over my cuticles. I decided to try "square nails" and have missed a tiny corner. I don't even know how long I can keep them, because I know I hate square nails.
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