PURPLE
CRUMPET FAIRY CHALLENGE – The 31 Days of Christmas
Day 26 – Letting
It All Hang Out
Hi
Goddesses
Day 26 is
about having an easy mani, a no effort, lounging around on the sofa and feeling
like a beached whale mani, and this couldn’t be simpler.
I’d had
this idea for a while, but kept it for Christmas.
I want to
show you this in 2 stages, because I really do feel the initial stage is worthy
of its own praise.
This is 4
fingers of OPI Vodka and Caviar, the perfect red, and an accent nail of CG
Cheers To You silver. I just love the
simplicity of this, love it. I also love (and I can’t believe I am about to say
this) the clash of the matte silver with the glossy red – somehow the matteness
makes it even better! How is that
possible!
So this for
me was a real winner, but it wasn’t the look I was after. I wanted to shatter them, so used my OPI Red
Shatter on the silver nail (I had forgotten how jellyish the OPI was) and my CG
Platinum Pieces on the red nails (I had forgotten how sheer this was).
Love!
I haven’t
used my silver shatter that much, and lay the blame at OPI’s door for linking
it so closely to the Pirates pastels.
Personally, I think OPI got it
wrong, and silver shatter should only be used over strong, bold colours that
can take it, but still fight for their own beauty.
Put silver
shatter on a pastel and in my eyes it looks naff, put it on a dark or a bright
colour and, for me, you get WOW.
Because I am
a dumbass, I had a little bit of trouble, especially when I used the red, so
remember preciouses, if you haven’t used your shatter for ages, give it a
BLOODY good shake. The red sort of
separated with a very thin liquid on the top, so I had to do it twice.
Ho hum,
Crumpet continually lives and learns – have a fab chillaxing day xxx
Enjoy xx J
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.