I had big plans for this mani. I really did. I was gonna wow you guys like there's no tomorrow. What happened you ask? Well you'll have to read on to find out.
I realized that I hadn't used my beloved Rescue Beauty Lounge polish in a while. So I grabbed my Piu Mosso which is a dark blue with this great orange shimmer. I thought I'd play up the shimmer and stamp with orange polish. I thought wrong.
First up-the required silly bottle shot.
Wait a minute you ask? I don't see any orange polish in that picture. Read on my friend, read on. I polished with the RBL and the first layer showed this incredible orange shimmer and I was all sorts of excited. I think this is the world's perfect polish formula. I had forgotten how awesome it is. I next did the second coat as always and wait a minute-the orange disappeared! All I was left with was a super nice dark blue which I love but I really had in mind to play up the orange shimmer remember? Here are your shots.
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Yes you can still see shimmer but it is not orange anymore. I was so disappointed. Of course, I had to change tactics and pick a different polish to stamp with. I decided to go with A England Tristam. I had seen this all over the blogs and still hadn't tried my own yet. This is a medium blue with holo goodness. I used plate XL I but it won't matter to you because you can't see the design. What you get is really cool holo shimmer but the design got lost in the subtlety. I topped it off with my usual funky french. Here it is.
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Even though it's not the mani I started out with in my head, I think this actually came out really cool. I just love the sparkle of the holo Tristam and need to do a full mani with it. I realize you can't see the design, but in a way that's ok because of the shimmer and glow in the sun. The other nice thing? It didn't stain when I took it off. That's what I love about RBL polish too.
I really would have loved to see my original idea of the orange shimmer stamp. I wish more of the orange showed through like it does in the bottle. In my mind, this is still a keeper, subtle as it is.
What do you guys think?
