When the "sand nails" trend was just emerging, I was not quite sure if I'm gonna be "in" or "out". Finally I thought: "okay, I'm not overexcited, but I'll try once for sure". But before buying a sand texture nail polish I decided to create hardcore sand nails myself. What I got looks rather like wet gritty asphalt, or like volcanic sand - you judge!
Making this black gritty mess was quite simple: all I needed is a black creme base and a jar of loose black glitter. Let's start with the base colour...
Using the chance, I'd like to show the swatches of Essence Black Out, a black creme with satin finish - 1 out of 2 black cremes I own :) To be honest, the satin finish sucks, it's just half-matte and streaky, I didn't even want to make pics. What you see is all covered with top coat. Otherwise, the polish is quite goopy, but with a lil patience you can layer it with 1 coat.
When I had my black base colour ready, I just applied a layer of top coat on each nail and dipped into the glitter jar, working with one nail at a time - as easy as that! :) By the way, the glitter I got from lovely Dulce among other cool nail art supplies.. thank you, dear! :)
And the "sandy" result I got:
Close-ups.. looks not very "cute", rather brutal, I know ^^
Surface: was supper gritty!!! Although all the glitter particles were nicely stuck and none falling off, I could barely touch my face. But it was a great feeling to scratch smth with a surface of a nail :D :D Like your bf's back XD Needless to say, sand nails were getting a lot of attention from people around me :)
Surely, someone looking at this might say: "Oh holy sh#$^%!!! That's gross!!!". But then again, just read the name of my blog and don't take stuff any seriously :) :)
So, what do you think? :)
So, what do you think? :)
I think it's a really fun look and it does remind me of wet gritty asphalt the most. :) I can imagine that this is soooo gritty, but then again, that's kind of the point of the whole thing! :)
AntwortenLöschenYay, I'm so glad you liked it! :D it was super gritty, many people (friends, colleagues) wanted to touch it :)
LöschenКруто! оЧень круто.
AntwortenLöschenЯ очень рада, что вам понравилось :)
LöschenFun idea. I like that you tried it yourself. The sand polishes seem fine to me but in effect I think one can use any gritty glitter and just not apply topcoat. :)
AntwortenLöschenWhen I saw this loose glitter, I immediately knew what I'm gonna use it for! :) although you are right, apply any glitter and you will get sand nails.. :)
LöschenПолучилось очень похоже на Dance Legend Sahara Crystal 11 Granite
AntwortenLöschenЭто правда, на Гранит ДЛ похоже, только все же Гранит поэлегантней выглядит :)
LöschenПрикольная игрушка, если бы попалась скорее всего тоже взяла бы попробовать))
AntwortenLöschenО, а как же! Я как только эти блестки увидела, сразу поняла, что я с ними делать буду :) надо с беленькими теперь что-нибудь придумать :)
LöschenYou deserve all and much more! It looks amazing!
AntwortenLöschenThank you so much, dear Dulce! :) These sand nails would never happen without you :)
Löschenall i can think about looking at these pictures - how did you manage to remove it?! LOL. i can't even bring myself to wear glitter frequently - cause it's a nightmare to remove it!
AntwortenLöschenOh, removal... don't really want to remember that.. :) This glitter was everywhere.. Otherwise, I love glitter! Try the peel-off base coat, it makes the removal much easier.
Löschenthanks i'll try it!
LöschenI don't normally like sandy-polishes - but this is so cool because it's exaggerated LOL
AntwortenLöschenExaggerated - if to put it very mildly lol I'm glad you think it's cool, rather than gross! :)
Löschenit's black, it's gritty - in my book it's perfect <3
AntwortenLöschenWow, I didn't know you were so much into black gritty stuff! :D I'm glad you liked it!
LöschenОчень забавно )) особенно представила, как это все осыпается ))
AntwortenLöschenОдин минус у такого в отличие от песков настоящих, опять твои шикарные ногти выглядят шире, чем на самом деле. С песками все будет гармонично, они так сильно не налипнут
Я была уверена, что ты напишешь про толстые ногти! :) на самом деле в жизни этого не особо видно, поэтому для меня не страшно. Ничего не осыпалось, кстати! Держалось как прибитое, я сама удивилась! :)
LöschenТо есть если почесаться, то рядом кучки с песочком нет? )))
LöschenИ все равно мне больше всего нравятся твои глянцевые совершенно черные ногти. Такая красотища!
прикольно) первый раз такое вижу, даже не знаю пока нравится ли мне)) но вы сделали очень аккуратно, думаю такой маникюр вполне носибелен)
AntwortenLöschenI think it is great! :-) I love trying new techniques :-) I've tried it once, if I remember good my version was light blue, and I liked it! :-) Then I bought my first textured nail polish and I fell in love with textured nail polishes, so I never tried this experiment again :-)
AntwortenLöschenI really like it <3
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