When I was a kid, I used to get into trouble (sort of) because I didn't like to follow directions. More realistically, I wanted to play outside the box. So it's no surprise when I show these types of swatches.
First, I try on Forever 21's Love & Beauty 'Purple' all by itself. Let me show you how awesome this glitter is...
Hex-y-topia glitter in there!!
Jam-packed full of glitter, make that 'hex' glitter. There is that gotta 'gemme' large-shaped hexagon and then billions of micro-hexagon glitter in there. The base is clear and maybe a bit purple tinged but then, that could be my eyes tricking me too. And it seems as if the large hex glitter is a different shade but I feel that it just refracts the light differently.
Here's what it looks like as a polish all by itself...
This is a couple of coats and I could see that a solid base color would bring out the
Hellmen's best. But being that it was glitter, I really didn't want to start all over again. Hey, look! There's the right hand waving 'Me! Me!'
So, going against "somebody's" rules, I painted my right hand a few different base colors. I picked up three polishes that I wanted to experiment on...
Oooowwwwww...stray hair, Y U not show up before photos? On my index and middle finger I have on Confetti's 'Moonstruck.' On the ring and pinky finger, I have Revlon's 'Perflex.'
On the thumb, this is OPI's 'Totally Fort-Worth It.'
My blogger pick is....
Love & Beauty's 'Purple' over Revlon's 'Perplex.' That's the pinky and ring finger.
I wish my left hand nails would be as long and uniform as my right hand....except for that stupid hair. (And, I read that Ragdoll cats are low-shedding. Whoever said that needs to have a week's worth of vacuum canister 'waste' dumped on their head to show them what 'low-shed' looks like. *scowl*)
Gotta passion for purple? What if you could get a purple glitter that has tiny hex glitter and a few larger hex shapes thrown in? I thought so. Do you have fun breaking the nail polish rules occasionally?
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5 comments:
Oh my gosh, I get stray hairs on my nails ALL the time. I hold Kuma responsible. And like you, I NEVER notice it until I upload the pics!
Lovely glitter! It reminds me of an LA Girl polish I have except mine is blue. :)
Uggghh I hate it when hair gets on my nails, haha
@Mimi I think I need to photograph, go wipe my hands, more photos, use some canned air to blow any hairs, dust, etc off my nails....ugh.
@Vintage Makeup Did you know that LA Girl and Love and Beauty are the same company? I learned that by blogging and a lovely blogger filled me in. When I die and come back, I want to be glitter!
Loving the thumb base coat with the glitter! I get the stray hairs too sometimes!
I find it quite unfair that my F21 store did not have this glitter the last time I was there. It is purple and glitter and therefore should be mine.
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