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Lilypad Lacquer Rebel At Heart.
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Lilypad Lacquer Rebel At Heart.
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Hi Goddesses
Hurrah, this week ends!! Lol. Here's another mani from when I hated this theme and when I was really struggling with it.
I did this mani a couple of weeks ago as 4th July manis were starting to appear in my newsfeed. I didn't want to do anything tooo All-American as I didn't want it to look like I'd posted my mani a fortnight late lol, but I did use it to give me some cues.
I decided to do a Stars n Stripes mani which wasn't obviously like the flag. So, my stripes were a gradient - Lilypad Rebel At Heart and A Balt Out Of The Blue.
Unusually for me, I gradiented over a white base (to get the white into my stripes lol), and I really like the grungey effect it created.
For my stars, I used a small brush and white acrylic paint. I still can't do them as neatly as other people (or as small) but yay, they look like stars!
Thankfully, next month is all about Summer ....
Hi Goddesses
In life, I don't think there are many better polish options than a good red holo. And by that I mean one that oozes with red, drips with drama and looks utterly lickable.
Red holos have come a LONG way since I bought my first one 3 years ago (Glitter Gal, if you wanted to know). Back then, it was a struggle to keep the polish red, as Spectraflair automatically subdues colour, and that's why so many early red holos had a pinkiness to them.
Thankfully, somewhere along the way, someone solved the problem, and thankfully, we have now have EPIC red holos like Rebel At Heart.
This is super plush, bright as poppies, deep as rubies, holo-fantastic and ugh, just to die for. It's glory, all the way.
Lilypad polishes tend to be fairly opaque, so I wanted to test the stamping-ability. I did this over the Ombre I did for Simples a few weeks ago, and it was an interesting exercise in how a polish changes according to the base.
As you can see, it's quite insipid on the paler nails, but really comes into its own on the medium grey nails. Oh, and lesson here - if the image isn't complete on your stamper, don's expect the gaps to magically fill themselves in on your nail!
This polish was sent to me for an honest review and can be purchased HERE.
