15 Day Nail Challenge – Day 15 Anything

Today is the final day of Makeup Savvy’s 15 Day Nail Challenge! I can’t quite believe how quickly it has gone. I have thoroughly enjoyed myself and it has been great to try out new things and see everyone else’s wonderful designs. A huge thank you to Fee for hosting this challenge!

Today, as the theme is anything I wanted to try something that I haven’t done before; the cling film manicure otherwise known as the saran wrap manicure! The method consists of scrunching up a bit of cling film, dipping it in polish then dabbing onto the nail. It is simple and the effect it gives is beautiful.

 

Sadly, my nails for today are a total fail. I used Barry M Silver Foil for my base colour then dabbed various duochrome colours onto the nail (W7 – Metallic Neptune, Essence – Where is the Party?, Catrice – Genius in the Bottle, Collection 2000 – Hello Sailor!). However, the result is more of a blurry mess than beautiful duochrome over silver… 

 

 

I think this may be because either I used too many colours or that I didn’t dab enough polish off the cling film before going onto the nail. Anyway, in a desperate attempt to rescue my nails I added a coat on Andrea Fulerton Gemstone Overcoat which you can see here:

 

 

I think that added a little more colour back to it but I was still not happy so I added a coat of matte topcoat. Really I should have started over again but I didn’t have time so this is what I was left with… A bit of a mess really but not a complete fail. I will definitely try the cling film method again!

 

Last but not least another huge thank you to Fee for being such a wonderful host and supporting us all with our nail art! Thank you, Fee!

Catrice – Genius In The Bottle

Catrice is a German drugstore/high street brand which can only be found in a few European countries excluding Great Britain. However, some products are available online. I picked up this polish and a few others on a recent trip to Hamburg.

 

Genius In The Bottle is ANOTHER Chanel Peridot dupe! I believe that it is not an exact dupe but pretty close. It is somewhere between an olive green and gold with beautiful duochrome which can be seen in the bottle. Sadly this doesn’t translate to the nail :(

I used 3 coats of the polish but some people might be able to get away with 2. The formula was easy to work with. The brush is absolutely HUGE and also quite a strange angle! This may be good for some people as you can paint a nail in almost one stroke but I find it quite hard to control.

Even without the duochome seen in the bottle, this polish is gorgeous! It looks particularly brilliant in the sun.

If you can't get your hands on this polish, brands such as Topshop, OPI and Look Beauty make similar polishes.

 

Thank you for reading!