Hi :) Halfway through the week already and nearly February! I really need to start working on some more valentines themed nail art - bring on the hearts and glitter!
Talking of glitter, my new love is matte glitter! To do this I used a Barry M polish called 'amethyst glitter' and an unbranded matte top coat.
I used three coats of the Barry M glitter to get a solid coverage and one coat of the matte topcoat to get this effect.
I really love glitter and of course I love the sparkle of it but wearing it matte makes a great change and I think it looks fab!
I'll need to get a few more matte topcoats so I can try out all my glitter polishes with matte topcoat, purely for research purposes of course, I have to check if they all look this pretty ;)
I think using a glossy black or white polish and then doing colourful matte glitter would work really well too. I'll also have to try it out using a few different colour combos!
Take the shine off and Get Nailed ;)
Tara x
I love mattified glitter too, and this is a great example of why - I find the colours in Amethyst Glitter get lost somewhat because of how reflective and shiny they are - mattified, it really comes to life - great post :) xx
ReplyDeleteThey do get lost, especially in photos!
DeleteThank you :) x
I've never tried matting glitter. may have to try that sometime.. haven't played around with matte enough to really know how I feel about it. love that polish though!
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I love matte! Thank you :) and thank you so much for nominating me!
Deletesuch a gorgeous dense glitter! matte glitter is a really nice look
ReplyDeleteThank you! This is definitely one of my favourite glitters! There's anther one coming tomorrow though :)
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