Hey All!
Today: little words: much pictures. Me John, Big tree!
Here's some old Sally Hansen Nail Prisms. I swatched them on base coat only, 1 coat Essie Playa de Platinum and 1 coat Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out, frankly I wanted to see what was my preference of layering. I am not a huge fan of layering, I should be able to get the color of the bottle in 1-2 coats (hah!) and I tend to be a purist when it comes to colors. Well, I've been neglecting these beauties because I can't stand doing any more than 3 coats. Listen, I'm a Dragon, I'm distracted by shiny things and waiting for anything with 3+ coats to dry is beyond my capabilities. I tend to get cranky. And destroy villages.
So here we go!
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| Sally Hansen Nail Prisms |
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I did same colors on the same fingers for each swatch: (right to left in above pic)
Thumb: Diamond
Index: Amber Ruby
Middle: Platinum Plum
Ring: Ruby Sapphire
Pinkie: Turquoise Opal
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| Amber Ruby |
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| Platinum Plum |
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| Ruby Sapphire |
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| Turquoise Opal |
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| One coat on CG Strong Adhesion Base Coat |
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| 2 Coats on CG Strong Adhesion Base Coat |
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Ehh. They're pretty enough but I do NOT do VNL (what proper Dragon would?)! Amber Ruby and Ruby Sapphire are ok with only the 2 coats, but the rest would need at least another 1-3 to make me happy.
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| 2 Coats over Essie PdP |
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I didn't realize that my photos with only 1 coat all came out fuzzy! Oh well. *Total tanget alert* Listening to Pandora radio online and "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco is playing! "I'm a Danish, I'm a Danish! Rock me I'm a Danish!" Or alternatively: "Apple Danish, Apple Danish..." <3 *Tangent alert over* I didn't really like the one coat look anyway, the 2nd coat made a difference. The duochrome really comes out! I don't own any white polishes (yet) so PdP is my base layering color, when I do layer.
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| 1 Coat over SHXW Black Out |
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| 2 Coats over SHXW Black Out | | | |
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Lurv. I'z in totally Lurv. So much so that I have broken my rule of not talking like a 12 yr old on a sugar high. Talk about gorgeousness! The duochromes are amazing, and I kind of like the black edge almost framing the colors! This is my winner by a landslide. Here, look at more pictures! No, no, I insist!
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| One angle where the last 3 look like dupes... |
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| Ha Ha! Just kidding. We're motherfucking AWESOME! |
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| Fiery Opal on my Thumb! |
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So now I have to decide which one I'm actually going to wear as my mani. Who am I kidding, I'm gonna do all five!
Thanks and have a good one!
Luci <(")
