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Well, this is a bit of a departure, isn’t it?
I get all my parcels sent to my work address as I can’t get to the post office all that often to collect anything if I miss a delivery. It also means that I get lovely nice things to look at during the long day at work!
I got the idea for this manicure after I receoved my latest swap package from Mary. I was playing with the polish at my desk and doing some mini-swatches of everything onto a sheet of white paper. As soon as I dabbed Rockstar Pink onto the pad, I realised it looked amazing and needed to be used over a white polish.
Enter stage left – OPI’s Alpine Snow. I had previously only ever used this as a white tip for a french manicure, so painting my entire nail with it was a bit weird. I didn’t want tippex talons!
Alpine Snow is a bright, bright white creme. It was opaque in three coats – the first two left it a little bit streaky but it was great after three. I’m not sure about stark white nails with no adornment or Konad, hence the reason I’d only ever used this for french tips previously. It is a great white, the best I’ve ever used. So if you are someone who likes doing french manicures on a regular basis, this is a great tip whitener. I’ve tried Rimmel, Nails Inc and No17 white polishes, and they have all gone goopy and thick after not very long. Alpine Snow has been opened, closed and re-opened dozens of
times and it is still as good as new.
So, then I added some glitter tips with Sally Hansen’s Rockstar Pink. Again, it is weird to me using Sally Hansen products for anything other than strengthener or glue. But this is ace. The brush is a strong, thick, flat plastic effort, which meant there wasnt a lot of flexibility but it was really easy to spread the glitter around.
The glitter is a great mix of bright pink, silver and blue, with the odd flash of gold. It reminds me of Models Own’s Disco Mix, which I am yet to review but am convinced that it is a perfect dupe for this – good news for UK readers who love their glitter!
The manicure reminds me of cupcakes with sprinkles on. I’m really pleased with it although think it might be a bit much for your average day in the office. I showed it to the man of the house last night to assess his thoughts, and his response was simple. “It looks like rollerboots”. I have NO idea what he means. Does anyone else get rollerboots from this? The mind of the man is definitely a strange place sometimes…
This looks gorgeous! I don’t think I would have the patience to do it though!
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Very fab. Very unusual. My nails are not quite as long and would not quite suit this but this is a completely new mani I have not seen anywhere else. Well done!
I have Disco Mix and it is red’n’blue. Red red red and then blue blue blue.
I would not say it is anything like the Hansen.
I also have Mixed Up which is also great.
I love it! I felt like a mime when I first painted my nails with a stark white! White on long nails sent both of us running for the glitter! Glitter is a panacea. 😉
Hi Jo,
It didn’t take long at all, I promise! And thankyou – I shall go and take a look now 🙂
Hi Jen,
I blogged about Mixed Up a while back – it’s gorgeous isn’t it?
I think you’re right about the Disco Mix – in my mind it was similar but when I compared the bottles (after writing this, oops), the SH is more multicoloured.
So funny! Psychic nail twins strike again!
I get rollerboots from this, too. Can’t really tell you why. Perhaps there were white rollerboots with a glittery pink trim in the late 80s, and that’s why we’ve both been reminded of them by your nails!
Two strange rollerboot people! I have 2 bottles of Rockstar Pink. I’ve never bought a back up till I tried this polish. I doubt I’ll ever go thru an entire bottle of polish. I have too many! I love this manicure. Good idea for me to try. I think I wore white polish once many years ago. I do have several bottles now from all the Halloween polish sets. Your nails look really lovely. All I can see are people roller skating to disco music in their glitter shorts and boots.
I always seem to have a hard time on deciding which nail design to use, sometimes it can take me hours to decide. I usually try changing my nail designs at least twice a month.
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