Hi, I haven't posted in a while due to final project deadlines. Here is a quick tutorial/ product review of the new Maybelline colour show polka dots effect. I recently bought two of these although I do want to collect all of the colours as they are limited edition. There are four colours in the collection. Chalk dust has black and white dots in clear nail polish, this is similar to the new L'Oreal Color Riche Nail Top Coat Confetti (£4.99 for 5ml) yet the Maybelline is cheaper at £2.99 for 7ml. I bought Rain Forest Canopy which is a dark bluey green colour If you apply it direct to the nail without a green/ blue base colour on the colour is very translucent so will need a lot of coats which may add too many dots and look a bit messy. I feel these look nicer if you apply a colour similar to the polka dot effect then use the effect as a top coat. I also have the speckled pink colour and there is also a darker blue called shooting stars. Tutorial up next.
To create these nail I started by painting my nails with Barry M in Fuchsia, this needed a couple of coats as my nails are long I could see a colour change at the tips of my nails but if your nails are shorter you could probably get away with less coats. This is also why I prefer to paint a base colour then use the polka dot paint straight on my nail as my nail whites remain lighter than the rest of my nail. Yet I probably should have started with a white base colour as buying the different colours is a slight waist of money is you only use them as a top coat, all you really need for that is chalk dust. After I'd painted all my nails pink I then applied the Polka dot effect in speckled pink this you can see makes the black dots in the polish look almost purple and the white a baby pink. I then finished with two coats of Sally Hansen Insta-dri as I don't really like the feel of the texture this polish creates and the top coat some how makes it smoother and adds more shine.
I really liked these paints as they create a great effect with minimum effort.
Hope you enjoy, leave me some comments please :D
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