Thursday, March 6, 2014

Diamond Glitter Placement - Untriedicure #3

I saw a diamond glitter placement mani by knailart on Instagram and loved it so much that I had to recreate it!



I got fed up with this after doing 1.5 nails, and just brushed some glitter onto the others!

My bases for this mani, because I couldn't decide on just one are:
Index - Wet'n'Wild Megalast On a Trip
Middle - Wet'n'Wild Megalast I Need a Refresh-Mint
Ring - NYC Tudor City Teal
Pinky - NYC Lexington Lilac
and the glitter is from NOPI Be Awesome. I bought that polish specifically to do this mani. And it almost killed me to pay $8 retail for a NOPI! Haha! I so much prefer sales and clearance racks!

Side note: for being a full-price NOPI, this polish was less than impressive. The glitter density is awful, it takes a century to dry, the glitters aren't all the same shape and a lot of them are messed up (which is partly why I got frustrated with this mani with the glitters not lining up properly). If you want diamond glitters, don't be impatient like me. Go to Born Pretty Store and order some cheap.


Overall, I do like how this turned out, for the most part, though. If I do a glitter placement mani with Be Awesome again, I'll definitely be sticking them into clear coat instead of the colored base because that seemed to cover my glitters with the polish if I needed to move them around and made them a little messy in a few places. 

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Beautyshades · 578 weeks ago

Some glitters do take a long time to dry. I'm a bit over of chunky glitters has they take long to dry and to remove. I like this manicure and the way you placed the glitter.
1 reply · active 578 weeks ago
Thanks! Ever since I started using a peel-off base with glitters I don't mind any of them.

-NailsLikeLace
Great mix of glitter colors and the placement was definitely worth your time ~
1 reply · active 578 weeks ago
Thanks! I do love doing glitter placements, I just get so tired of them after one or two nails!

-NailsLikeLace
All the pastel-y colors look great together :)
1 reply · active 578 weeks ago
Thanks!

-NailsLikeLace
OH wow - this have to time consuming - but it's super pretty!
1 reply · active 578 weeks ago
Thank you! It wasn't too bad, but I did get tired of doing them!

-NailsLikeLace
Glitter looks so nice with the colors of nail polishes that you used! ;)
1 reply · active 578 weeks ago
Thank you! :)

-NailsLikeLace
i love how this came out!
1 reply · active 578 weeks ago
Thanks!

-NailsLikeLace

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