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Tuesday 8 November 2016

Blue and Silver Plaid




Hi everyone! Today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is "Inspired by a Pattern." I decided to try using this plaid stamping image to create some blue plaid nails for fall. I saw this mani by Sara / The Call of Beauty and loved the look of the matte base with metallic stamping so I gave it a try too. 

I started with two coats of OPI Unfor-greta-bly Blue as my base (shown without top coat). Unfor-greta-bly Blue is a medium-dark shimmery inky blue. Formula was good. Not a particularly unique polish though in my opinion.


Next I added Deborah Lippmann Flat Top. I actually MUCH prefer Unfor-greta-bly Blue matte... I love how the shimmer creates a suede finish when matte... And also how it's darker at the edgesI'm really liking matte finishes this fall!


Then I stamped with Essie No Place Like Chrome and Born Pretty Store plate BP-L013. Use my code SL10K31 for 10% off!


What do you think of this mani? Do you prefer Unfor-greta-bly Blue shiny or matte?



23 comments:

  1. Oh, I love it in matte! Great mani :)

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  2. I love the look of these plaid nails. The matte base and metallic stamping is awesome.

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  3. It looks great, very good idea with matte finish :)

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  4. Nice mani. I loving the blue :-D

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  5. wow gorgeous.

    BTW I have a international giveaway happening on my Instagram account. It ends tomorrow so check it out :)

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    1. Thanks Sony! And thanks for letting me know about the giveaway.... I haven't been on IG much since they introduced ads and not being chronological anymore.... :(

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  6. Wonderful suede effect and the plaid pattern is really nice!

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  7. Ooooh that looks GREAT!

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  8. Your mani turned out great, the stamping is perfect!
    I think I prefer the OPI matte :)

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  9. I love the matte base and the plaid stamping is so delicate and pretty in metallic! A beautiful contrast with the dark base.

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    1. Thanks Sarah! I really liked the matte base and metallic stamping too... It rubbed off pretty quickly without topcoat though :(

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  10. I prefer the matt version! Looks great!! :D

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