Zoya Caitlin and Dove: Twisted French!

When I bought Edyta, I took advantage of the buy anything get Caitlin and Dove free. It was really an awesome offer, and even with shipping I saved $9. So these two are part of the Twisted French set and they are pretty cool.

First, the colors by themselves.

This is Dove, a light creme gray. This is two coats with no top coat, it was still kind of wet in the picture which is why it is so shiny. 

This is Caitlin, a lilac-y creme. Its not a bright purple, its more muted and dusty and I love it. This is two coats and again, no top coat.

Now for the Twisted french!

First and foremost, please excuse my cuticles. Secondly, I advise you to enlarge the picture by clicking on it because it looks kind of strange here. Anyway, when you apply the base color, you may need to do two coats because it can be a little sheer if you don't have enough polish on the brush. I like to do two coats just for good measure. It seems like the polish would be too sheer for french but do not judge a book by its cover! The coverage is so much better when applied over another color. But (of course a but) you do have to be careful of putting too much on the tip because it sets very quickly and becomes goopy if you add too much and move the polish around too much. 

Here I have 2 coats of the base color and then did the tips free hand. I just used my judgement on that. Its pretty much one coat for each tip, but if it looks too sheer or uneven, you can do another coat. Also, I added a coat (or 2 on some nails that smudged) of Seche Vite just to smooth everything out and to cover and smudges.

Overall, The formula on these is really good. A little waterier that Edyta but still good. The polish is less watery when you're doing the tips. Also, the coverage is very nice, enough polish on the brush will give you great full coverage. I really like these colors a lot and i love the combination of the two. I think its a really interesting way to look at french manicures. I've always been a fan of colored french so this was right up my ally. This mani took me a good amount of time and is now so close to my heart lol that I don't want to remove it!

I do have some tips when using this polish:

1. Do one hand at a time. First finish one hand before you start the other, then you will have less of a chance to smudge.

2. Make sure to do a top coat on all nails that are completely finished before moving on.

Until next time,

The Wicked

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Matte Nail, Glossy Tip

A few weeks ago a friend of mine mentioned to me that she saw someone on the train that had matte nails with glossy tips, so I decided to try it out and dedicate it to her!

Obviously I used Manglaze Matte is Murder, as you can tell from the bottle. I wanted it black rather than grey so no to Fuggen Ugly and I didn't want to waste my OPI Obscurity since it's a tiny bottle. For the tips I just used Seche Vite, but you can use any top coat you have. It's better to use one thats on the thinner side. Seche is pretty thick, so you have to make sure you keep the coat thin enough that it won't be lumpy. 

When I get my matte top coat I'll probably try the opposite manicure, glossy nails with matte tips. I like the look of it with the different textures. I think it would also look cool with the OPI Suedes.

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The Wicked

MAC Mischievous Mint and Black Shatter

So, I've had on Mischievous Mint for a full week and the wear is absolutely fantastic (the same goes for Mean and Green). Seriously, not one chip after a full 7 days! I thought it would be a waste to remove a manicure that hadn't chipped at all, so I just added a bit to it. I've been wanted to try shatter tips, and I used this as my opportunity

Indeed, I like it. I just put Black Shatter on the tips freehand and no top coat. 

The whole MAC Quite Cute Collection kind of reminds me Easter because of the pastel colors, and when I did this it kind of reminded me of an easter egg. Like when you dye an easter egg it can sometimes get cracks of color, yeah like that. So, I think its pretty appropriate for the upcoming holiday.

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Double Manglaze: Free Hand French

Originally I was going to test out the Black Shatter over Manglaze, but I couldn't decide which one to use. After I finally decided on Fuggen Ugly, I suddenly didn't want to use the shatter. So, the dilemma continued, especially when I saw that most of tips of my nails got smudged. And so the idea for french tips was born!

Its a coat of Fuggen Ugly, and the tips are Matte is Murder. I really love how it turned out. Yes, my tips are somewhat uneven, I'm still working on it, but other than that it's awesome if I do say so myself. I've been thinking of getting tip plates, but now I don't think I need them. Woo! I'll probably try out some more tip combinations, maybe a shatter tip or matte nail with glossy tip!

Until next time,

The Wicked