Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Sparkliest Nails Ever?

I was having one of those moments before going away a couple of weeks ago when I just have no idea what polish to wear. In those situations, I tend to do one of three things - go for a colour I've bought but not yet worn, go for a tried and tested colour that I love, or do some layering. I ended up doing two of these!



You may remember me mentioning in my post about the Orly manicure course that I picked up Space Cadet and Galaxy Girl from last year's Cosmic FX collection. Since I knew Space Cadet was a dupe for MAC Mean and Green/Accessorize Aztec, I thought I'd try out Galaxy Girl. I didn't take any photos of that on it's own 'cause I painted my nails in the evening and had no natural light, but I just wasn't impressed enough with it. It wasn't as sparkly as I'd hoped it would be.

Inglot to the rescue! I applied two coats of Inglot XL1 (an incredibly sparkly top coat) over Galaxy Girl, and the result was something that I couldn't stop staring at all weekend. Especially when the sun came out!


Outside, indirect sunlight


Inside, sunlight through window

What's the sparkliest nail polish you've ever worn?



P.S: Did you see my Abstract easy peasy nail tutorial the other day? A lovely reader and fellow blogger Alex recreated it here and she smashed it! I think she did a better job than me :) be sure to take a look!
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15 comments:

  1. Unknown22 February 2011 at 07:40

    Love this colour x

    http://miss-lv.blogspot.com/

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  2. Alex22 February 2011 at 08:37

    Wow they are so pretty!

    I'm so glad you liked my attempt at the abstract nails, I really enjoyed doing it! Buying myself some proper nail art tools today!

    x

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  3. *Zoe*22 February 2011 at 08:37

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  4. *Zoe*22 February 2011 at 08:40

    This looks great!
    The sparkliest colour I've worn is OPI's Sparklicious - I love it! Pics here!
    Zoe x

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  5. Harrriiiet22 February 2011 at 09:39

    amazing!
    Love sparkley nails,
    adds a bit of vavavoom!
    x

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  6. jaljen22 February 2011 at 09:59

    Probably a Misa. Disco Fever or...another one...Dancing Queen.

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  7. Emma22 February 2011 at 10:33

    Wow that's gorgeous! The sparkliest I've worn is probably either Max Factor's Angel Nails, or GOSH's Green Hawaii, or Accessorize's Mermaid :D This is lovely though, I've never tried any Orly or Inglot xxx

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  8. Ms. Wedgie22 February 2011 at 12:27

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  9. Ms. Wedgie22 February 2011 at 12:28

    Now that there nail polish is pretty darn sparkley and purdey!! It looks amazing! I love the way you've caught the sun glinting of your nails in the first picture! :) xxx

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  10. Allthingsgirly22 February 2011 at 13:37

    woah so glittery, I love it!x

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  11. Rachel22 February 2011 at 14:27

    So pretty! Love sparkly nails! x

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  12. Anonymous24 February 2011 at 00:40

    My sparkliest nails would have to be Hard Candy Fabuluxe. It's a glitterbomb!

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  13. Unknown24 February 2011 at 16:44

    Wow, thats really sparkly! :)

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  14. Spoon24 February 2011 at 18:46

    I was going to email you or something to ask you how you would interpret the line "fingernails that shine like justice", but then I saw this and realized it was unnecessary.

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  15. vanilladreams26 February 2011 at 20:36

    Wow! these are gorgeous!!
    definitely going to go out and try to get some, thanks for the post x
    my link: vanilladreamsblush.blogspot.com

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