31 Day Manicure Challenge Day 31 - 'Recreate your favourite challenge'

I'm back again with a remix of day 9's 'Rainbow nails', courtesy of Barry M's Croc Nails...

This is a new release and although it has been available on the Barry M website for a while, it took ages to reach the shops.

This polish takes about three minutes to reach full cracking potential. What is different with this is that unlike the Instant Nail Effects crackle, the consistency is very thin and it dries with a shine, not matte. The directions are to apply it to nail polish that is touch dry but still tacky, add a thin layer of the croc and then wait...

Underneath I am wearing a sponged rainbow :)

I actually really like this polish. Much, more than the crackle. I actually spied the Kelier Crack Polish last year some time in several reviews for Bornprettystore, but they don't sell it anymore.  I MISSED OUT :(

 I guess it's not everyone's taste, but it definitely is mine. Well done Barry!

Okay, that concludes the 31 day challenge. It's been hard at times, but I have enjoyed it no end. I hope you've enjoyed my installments...
xx

31 Day Manicure Challenge Day 9 - 'Rainbow'

Hi all (and a big hi and welcome to my newest readers)

Today is rainbow day!

These 'rainbow nails' were one of my favourite manicures to do. I used a base coat and then my trusty acrylic paints. Thinking about it now, the pinkie is missing a stripe of pink...ah well.

Sally Hansen's 'Diamonds' was layered over the acrylic paint twice. I bought this from Superdrug for 45p - I kid you not!

I decided to stamp over the manicure and used the M60 image plate that I bought from Bornprettystore
Admittedly, I'd been looking at this plate on-line for a while and when I saw it in the sale, I snapped it up.  I'm happy to say that the images were clean and crisp; sometimes you get plates that have defects in them; they have spots or nicks that end up with polish in them and get transferred to your nail, thus ruining your manicure. The only issue I had with this plate was that this image was just too narrow for my nails. I had to transfer the entire image and go back in and a re-stamp again. You can see how messy it looks on the index finger.

I'm a little disappointed because I actually really like the pattern on the top left. It's a shame that it didn't fit. Nevermind, I'll just have to be creative with my applications in future!

I'll be back tomorrow with gradient nails...

xx