Friday, March 21, 2014

Easter/Spring Argyle Nail Art with Glitter Gal Swatches and Review

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Easter/Spring Argyle Nail Art



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I love argyle, so it's the first design I thought of when deciding what to do with these Spring-hued Glitter Gal polishes.

Here's a quick mini-tutorial on the free-hand design...



I used Bluemerang as my base color. The other shades are Crushed Ego (holographic purple), Off Your Rocker (pink) and White Pointer for the white stripes.



And this is a bit different. I had fun playing around with the polishes and then I broke a nail. Whomp. So I have swatches of the polishes on my shorties.

First, Wisteria. I ended up topping the Argyle Nails with a light coat of Wisteria for a subtle, sparkly effect, but forgot to get final photos with Wisteria so here it is on it's own. It's a light lavender holographic polish - great formula. No issues at all. I used 3 light coats of this one. It's also a great topper with one coat.




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Off Your Rocker is a very saturated deep pink creme that dries to a high shine. Two coats with no top coat. Perfect, self-leveling formula.

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Indirect natural lighting

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Crushed Ego is a purple/bruised plum linear holographic polish. Two coats and no top coat for photos. No issues at all. Great formula - easy and smooth.




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White Pointer is a straight white creme. The formula was good and nicely self-leveling. Two coats and no top coat for the photos. White isn't the best color on my skin tone but it's great for nail art. And if you're lucky enough to have a nice tan, it looks great.

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Indirect natural lighting
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I didn't have any issues with any of these polishes and I had fun doing the Spring/Easter Argyle! What do you think? (I reviewed Bluemerang that I used as a base here.)

Glitter Gal products can be purchased online on glittergal.com.au (international delivery) and at their various stocklists around the world (including Harlow and CompanyNinja PolishMeiMei's Signatures and Llarowe)Two sizes - their 15ml bottles, which are beautifully boxed in premium packaging, or their 10ml size, which is what I show in my photos. Suggested retail price:  10ml - from $9.95 to $11.95 and 15ml - from 11.95 to $17.95.

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7 comments:

  1. Beautiful swatches and I love the argyle!!

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  2. What a great Easter mani! I'll have to give this a try!

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  3. Tthis nail art looks perfect! Wish I had that steady hand!

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  4. I love your Argyle look! I attempted argyle inspired by Nail Polish Wars recently and I had some major issues lol...practice makes perfect I guess! :)

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  5. I love that plaid pattern! I might just have to recreate it later this month! (With links back to this beautiful inspiration of course!

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  6. So cute! I don't know which I like more, this design, or your woven basket one!

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