Hello lovelies! Here we are, Christmas Eve! I think this is the first Monday Blues that is actually a good one because everyone is on vacation. Or at least I hope so. It's a busy day since I have 2 posts for you today. There's another nail art post coming up later. But first, let's see our blue. I thought I should do something festive today, so I chose a beautiful blue glitter to show you. Hope you like it!
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| Nails Inc Royal Arcade, 2 coats over black, indoors, artificial light |
Royal Arcade is one of the Nails Inc Nail Jewellery glitters, and the name is very appropriate. There are 3 sizes of glitter in this polish, making it look like you have gorgeous jewels on your nails. The sticker on the cap says sapphire, but I would say the color of the glitter is lighter than sapphire blue. Either way, it is unbelievably gorgeous and sparkly.
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| Nails Inc Royal Arcade, 2 coats over black, indoors, artificial light |
This glitter can be used both as a layering polish, as well as in a full manicure. I layered it over black to make it stand out more and to help with opacity. It would probably be opaque in about 3 coats. I did 2 over one coat of China Glaze Liquid Leather for most of these pictures. Below you have a picture of just one coat over the same black.
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| Nails Inc Royal Arcade, 1 coat over black, indoors, artificial light |
Application is a bit tricky because the glitter doesn't spread out evenly on the nail. You can see that some nails have less glitter than others. The edges of the nails are especially hard to polish properly because the glitter just runs away along with the brush. I would say that it needs to be moved around with the brush, so if you want to make it opaque by itself, a more patient and careful application is needed. It does dry very shiny, so all my pictures are without any top coat. It probably needs a couple of coats though if you wanna make it smooth.
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| Nails Inc Royal Arcade, 2 coats over black, indoors, artificial light |
To check out some other amazing blues today, visit these ladies:
Marisa from Polish Obsession
so beautiful. i like it :) .
ReplyDeleteAwesome manicure! Love love love that glitter nail polish :D
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing! <3
ReplyDeleteLove this - I did a blue easy one for Xmas Eve too - I put mine over a blue base however and not black...
ReplyDeleteOMG I LOVE THIS MANI!!!! SO pretty!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm glad you do!
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ReplyDeleteI had to choose between a blue base and a black, then I thought a blue base would bring out the glitter and it would look nice in swatches. I will try it over the blue base too!
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ReplyDeleteI think my heart just stopped... this is going on my lemmings list like yesterday!!! hooollly shit, this is awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteYep! At first I thought it was just going to be another blue glitter. But then I compared it to my OPI Gone Gonzo! and Revlon Radiant and realized it's so much better.
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