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Shown with a coat of Gelous and Seche Vite. |
I got to feeling a little frisky and decided to try the Scalloped or Cloud Mani look. It's my first time doing this so I gave it a test run first on a swatch stick. The test run came out much better than my actual nails but I am still happy with the end result. I even it wore this to get an oil change and one of the service guys commented on them; He asked if I had gone to a Reggae Party. Um, no, I didn't. LOL
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Barielle, Sunshine. 3 coats. No top coat. |
I started with a yellow base;
Barielle's Sunshine. It's a pretty yellow cream with subtle shimmer. This is a typical 'Yellow' kind of formula; thick, streaky, and not self-leveling. It also took a really long time for each coat to dry. Probably not the best yellow but if you love this particular shade then go for it.
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My 1st row of dots. |
Using
Barielle's Life of the Party, a bright magenta pink cream, I added some dots horizontally across each nail. I used a sewing pin with a large head as my dotting tool. I made sure each dot connected with the last. Life of the Party is a very dense cream polish so it was perfect for this design. As you can see it looks a little different over the yellow base; it makes it appear to be a coral pink. You can see a nail stick swatch if you scroll down a little.
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My 2nd row of dots. |
I then added a 2nd row of dots using
Barielle's Surf's Up. Surf's Up is a saturated cerulean blue cream. This is also a very dense and opaque polish. As you can see this may cause some staining; I had a hard time cleaning it off my skin. When putting this over the yellow base it made it look more green like a teal. I also did a nail stick swatch of this (scroll down); I noticed it looked a lot like
Cult Nails' Party Time from the new
Road Trip Anyone? Collection (I ordered it on pre-sale). They are incredibly close but not quite dupes. Cult Nails is just a smidge darker but I honestly don't think anyone would need both. Both have good formulas so its a toss up as to which brand you prefer; personally, I would choose the Barielle because I love the company and their nail treatments.
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Barielle, Life of the Party. 2 coats. No top coat. |
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Barielle, Surf's Up & Cult Nails, Party Time. 2 coats each. No top coat. |
I then filled the upper part of the nail in with Surf's Up as well as wrapped the free edge. I used two coats to fully cover up the yellow underneath. Because of all the layers it took an extremely long time to dry. I then sealed it all with a coat of
Gelous &
Seche Vite. The Gelous caused some of the blue to smear a little and I can see where it dragged some of it off the nail. I often have this problem when applying top coat for some reason; I give it tons of time to dry but I end up seeing some color transferred onto my top coat brush. If you have any tips for me that would be great!
These 3 Barielle Shades are from the
Some Like It Hot Collection (Summer 2012). The set also includes two other colors; an orangey coral called
Gotta Have Fate &
Lilly of the Valley, a shimmery emerald green. You can buy these individually as well; however, Sunshine, Life of The Party, and the 5 pack are not available on
www.barielle.com right now but you may be able to find them at other online retailers. I also see that Ulta carries a small selection of Barielle Shades so you might find these in store.
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