Monday, October 31, 2011

Purple Rain

Now for what I did to my own nails today.  I got the Justin Beiber Mini-Hitmaker Set from Nicole by OPI the other day and was slightly embarrassed that I was buying a Justin Beiber product.  I was also confused as to why he was selling nail polishes, almost entirely in shades of purple.  Well embarrassment aside, Nicole by OPI has yet to fail me.
   I used Prized Possession Purple as my base, which did have a couple bald spots up at the top but that was easily fixed with another coat after letting it dry for a couple seconds.  That color is more of a royal and was the darkest of the two in the four pack.  Next I applied a single coat of Not Another Lonely Glitter, which is a purple micro glitter with some slightly bigger round pieces in it.  Once that part dried I added more glitter to the tips so there was a high concentration of sparkle at the tips.  It looks like I've dipped my fingers in purple glitter!  I really like how it has the fading effect and my other dear friend Twin said it looked like purple rain.  So that's what I call this look.  Stolen from the Symbol formerly known as Prince and now again known as Prince.
  In between the glitter application I put on my quick dry top coat so it would set and not move around before I started adding tons of glitter.  And like all glitters I have used extra top coat was needed to smooth things out.
I like getting the mini sets of colors so I can test it out without buying the full sized bottles and finding out if it looks good or not.  I've said it before, it's a good investment.  The only problem I have with minis is the applicators are also tiny.  It's almost to the point of being awkward.  I almost can't get the standard three-stroke coverage with them, but I managed with this set.  Just had to say that.

Prized Possession Purple looks very similar to the NYC Purple Pizzazz Frost that I did a few posts ago, but with less blinding shine and maybe a little less rich of a color.  So if you can't get your hands on this particular shade by Nicole, NYC Purple Pizzazz Frost is a great dupe.

Nicole by OPI full sized bottle retail at $8 US, I got the mini set that came with four different polishes for $7.99 US (I think I got it on sale)

No comments:

Post a Comment