Nails Inc House Of Parliament with Matte Top Coat

Just a quick post today. I wanted an easy way to change up my mani so I added a layer of Essie Matte About You.

Want to see some pictures...

Nails Inc House Of Parliament Matte in Artificial Light

Nails Inc House Of Parliament Matte in the Shade

Nails Inc House Of Parliament Matte in Natural Light

How freaking awesome is this! Gorgeous, right!?! I couldn't believe how much I loved this and how awesomely it changed up my mani!

Khaki Green with Matte Flakies

I decided to mix up my China Glaze Westside Warrior manicure by adding flakies! So I added a single coat of Australis Speck-tacular. To level it out I added a coat of Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat.

This was my manicure with the top coat, taken in artificial light.
 

China Glaze Westside Warrior and Australis Speck-tacular with top coat in Artificial Light

As was my original intention, I then added a coat of Essie Matte About You. Then I took these photos in artificial light also.

China Glaze Westside Warrior and Australis Speck-tacular with Essie Mate About You in Artificial Light

China Glaze Westside Warrior and Australis Speck-tacular with Essie Mate About You in Artificial Light

Then I took these photos in the sunlight the following day

China Glaze Westside Warrior and Australis Speck-tacular with Essie Mate About You in Natural Light

China Glaze Westside Warrior and Australis Speck-tacular with Essie Mate About You in Natural Light

And a single lonely photo in the shade :)

China Glaze Westside Warrior and Australis Speck-tacular with Essie Mate About You in the Shade

This was the first time I have applied a matte top coat to flakie and I like it! It gives such a unique manicure and the flakies are still just as gorgeous.

Sally Hansen Digital with Matte Black Tips

Since Sally Hansen Digital pulled away from the tips of my nails showing the black undercoat I decided to added French black tips to my nails to cover it up. I had really shaky hands so decided to use scotch tape as a guide to paint on the tips. However, the tape I used wasn't that good so the lines aren't that crisp. If my hands weren't that shaky I could probably have gotten a cleaner line free-handing it. I then decided it needed something more so I added Essie Matte About You to the black tips only.

These photos were taken that night in artificial light.

Sally Hansen Digital over black with Matte Black Tips in Artificial Light

Sally Hansen Digital over black with Matte Black Tips in Artificial Light

Then these photos were taken in the natural light the following day.

Sally Hansen Digital over black with Matte Black Tips in Natural Light

Sally Hansen Digital over black with Matte Black Tips in Natural Light

Sally Hansen Digital over black with Matte Black Tips in Natural Light

It's not my best work but it was a good solution to the tip debacle since I didn't want to have to take the colour off since I love Digital over black. I think I would've done a better job doing my tips freehand but this was a quick fix situation so I could wear the colour for a few more days. It also meant the the black around the edges of my manicure looked better since it matched my tips!

Skittles Mani Part 2: Been There, Done That?

So baby steps! I took my skittle manicure and added a coat of Essie Matte About You on top of my China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, China Glaze Four Leaf Clover, China Glaze High Hopes, Zoya Mira, Zoya Breezi nails.

These photo's I took in artificial light that night.

 Matte Skittles in Artificial Light

Matte Skittles in Artificial Light

As usual the next day I took photo's in the sunlight.

 Matte Skittles in Natural Light

 Matte Skittles in Natural Light

Wow how good do all these colours look with a matte top coat! So just a short post today - my manicure from yesterday slightly tweaked! I love this just as much as I loved my candy skittles from yesterday. Part 3 coming tomorrow :)