Thursday, April 26, 2012

Silver Chevrons


Essie Marshmallow, China Glaze Devotion, Bundle Monster BM-201

I'd been thinking about getting Essie Marshmallow for quite some time. I'd read a lot about it, good reviews and bad reviews about it, how it was a lovely colour, but could be quite troublesome to apply.  I'd read some reviews that all it needed was a bit of thinner and a bit of patience and it was all good. I finally gave in and bought it. 

Why didn't I listen to everyone when they said Marshmallow was the ultimate problem child of white/pale jelly nail polishes??? My experience was the usual Marshmallow disaster - a super streaky, too many coats, thick, disaster. This mani had something ridiculous, like 4 or 5 coats. I wish I'd gone with the new OPI Don't Touch My Tutu! which according to Jen from The PolishAholic reminds her of Marshmallow but is much more user friendly. Why didn't I trust you Jen? 

Marshmallow ended up looking more stark white than I wanted, so I decided to stamp over. And that is the whole sad story of this manicure.

5 comments:

  1. These looks amazing! You always make me feel WOW, how do you make all these gorgeous nails!?
    Btw, congrats! I have awarded you the
    One Lovely Blog Award


    xx

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  2. For all the trouble that you had with the polish, it came out looking beautiful. I ogle all of your designs continually. They are just so darn fabulous, and as a person who loves having short nails, it's nice to find inspiration that doesn't require ridiculously long nails.

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  3. how did you get the chevron look?

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    1. It was with a Bundle Monster stamping plate.

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