Hello, folks! I have a manicure today that I did for a giveaway by Creative Shop. I love this brand, so how could I not participate? There is a new prompt each week and the theme for this week is “first greens”. I found this image of what look to be snowdrops, but I chose not to colour them white.
The base is a polish I won from a Beautometry giveaway last December; a Masura polish called First Day of Spring. It is a beautiful sage green with a generous sprinkling of holographic sparkle and a subtle, glowy blue shimmer. I applied two thin coats. Over that, I stamped using Moyra black stamping polish and Creative Shop plate-60.
For my pinkie, ring and part of my middle finger, I made a decal using an image from the same plate. I coloured it in using Cirque Colors Hatch, Rose Canyon and Nolita Lolita, and Tonic Polish Promise of Spring. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I was a tad bit disappointed that the speckled finish of the first two didn’t come across more clearly. I used Revlon No Chip top coat over the decal, which smudged the stamping somewhat.
As always, I tried mattifying it afterwards and liked it just as much.
This was the first time I did an entire manicure while Baby ACD was awake and playing! Imagine the possibilities! She has been going through a major development leap and I have pretty much spent the past 10 days or so carrying her almost constantly, so you can imagine what a huge breather this was!
Here’s hoping that spring does indeed arrive soon; while I don’t mind the snow very much, I’m looking forward to resuming my walks with Baby ACD.
Very pretty! That base polish looks great for this manicure (and Masura has just the right name too) 🙂
~Beautometry
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Thank you, and thanks again for the giveaway! Both the Masura & the Tonic I used have such appropriate names for this 😀
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