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It looks so pretty and I LOVE blue!
Funny enough, I typically don't like glitters since I have a hard time getting them off but I love the look so I'll deal. Argh, Pinkpuff09, you aren't supposed to be enabling me, I basically want all of the ones you just mentioned
Seems like you like the glitters - maybe Superstar? or Lady Sings the Blues? Or Ruby Red Slippers?
I love Superstar! It's interesting in the bottle (black base w/bronze square glitter), but it's even more amazing layered because the base is sheer, so it darkens the color underneath just a tad while adding lots of bling!
...and no enabling from me, but for future reference, ATU is amazing, as is LSTB if you like blues
It did look very inelegant and wouldn't work for manis as it would take forever to dry
. I made a better job, using thinner coats when I swatched it on my nail wheel (am I alone in putting black-based glitters like this on the Red (or whatever colour glitter there is) rather than Black/Grey nail wheel?). I'll bear in mind what you say, it makes sense.
Yay! Glad you found something you like.And that is some fast shipping!
It did look very inelegant and wouldn't work for manis as it would take forever to dry
It still looks stunning and if I hadn't been spoiled by the amount of hex I was getting in ATU and LSTB I'd be completely happy. As it is, taking into account what novella and thithi say, it does sound suspiciously as if they've tinkered with the formula
I got LSTB before RRS but also I was expecting LSTB to be less vibrant than ATU, actually liked that more muted, less contrasty quality and the fact that the base colour was more opaque. Whereas I'd seen swatches of RRS that were just exploding with the big hex glitter jumping out of the black jelly, and it was specifically that big hex effect I was looking for over and above the smaller glitter.
OK we're opposites . . . your LSTB has WAY more glitter than mine overall!!I got LSTB before RRS but also I was expecting LSTB to be less vibrant than ATU, actually liked that more muted, less contrasty quality and the fact that the base colour was more opaque. Whereas I'd seen swatches of RRS that were just exploding with the big hex glitter jumping out of the black jelly, and it was specifically that big hex effect I was looking for over and above the smaller glitter.
As for colour on wheels, I think I put together wheels with outfits in mind - I don't mean I match outfits to nails, but I'd want to avoid clashing tones. Although knowing my colour family and trying to make sure new purchases are all within a certain tonal range should mean that I have fewer opportunities to clash. I only have one wheel that refers to finish rather than colour and that's the one for flakies and transparent glitters, to be superimposed on other colours mainly.
Here are pics - my nail wheel swatches aren't too bad, this was I think 3 thinly applied coats, a great improvement on my "slap it on to get more hex" attempt, anyway. The last wheel pic, with flash, I've not embedded just attached as it's HUGE: click then click again for full size.
