Heya grrlz and girlies :)
As you know little "old" me, always trying to find that perfect nail polish for the season... as I look at countless swatches online, once in a while I find a real gem of information on the subject. Today was no exception - the search netted this (Right-Click and Open in New Tab, so you can come back here when you're done looking):
http://theedgeofsanity.org/?p=3780
It's called "And the Finish Is...", very nicely crafted by Gabrielle, and it's got to be the best little tutorial on nail polish finishes I have came across to date.
I have so many polishes but never actually gave them much thought as to what kind of finish they represent - it was kind of like this: shiny, sparkly, creamy, or matte. That pretty much covered it for me - if it looked good on the nails, it got used, if it didn't - it got chucked.
A couple of times I ended up buying a polish that looked oh so good on the swatch, just to be severely disapointed with the IRL outcome... too gritty, too watery, too sheer, to... the list can go on but you know what I mean, you buy a seemingly nice looking polish and end up saying WTF, and what you could be saying is "ahh, that one is not meant to go alone so let's pair it up with so and so...", or "now that we know this one dries way too matte, so let's use a nice shiny top coat over it". Get it? That easy.
So go check out that link, and say Thanks in Gabrielle's comment section as you're at it. She has really done a great job putting the pics and the info together.
Have fun, babies, and take care of your ten (or twenty) "little piggies", and remember: chipped nail polish is not sexy.
Muah!
As you know little "old" me, always trying to find that perfect nail polish for the season... as I look at countless swatches online, once in a while I find a real gem of information on the subject. Today was no exception - the search netted this (Right-Click and Open in New Tab, so you can come back here when you're done looking):
http://theedgeofsanity.org/?p=
It's called "And the Finish Is...", very nicely crafted by Gabrielle, and it's got to be the best little tutorial on nail polish finishes I have came across to date.
I have so many polishes but never actually gave them much thought as to what kind of finish they represent - it was kind of like this: shiny, sparkly, creamy, or matte. That pretty much covered it for me - if it looked good on the nails, it got used, if it didn't - it got chucked.
A couple of times I ended up buying a polish that looked oh so good on the swatch, just to be severely disapointed with the IRL outcome... too gritty, too watery, too sheer, to... the list can go on but you know what I mean, you buy a seemingly nice looking polish and end up saying WTF, and what you could be saying is "ahh, that one is not meant to go alone so let's pair it up with so and so...", or "now that we know this one dries way too matte, so let's use a nice shiny top coat over it". Get it? That easy.
So go check out that link, and say Thanks in Gabrielle's comment section as you're at it. She has really done a great job putting the pics and the info together.
Have fun, babies, and take care of your ten (or twenty) "little piggies", and remember: chipped nail polish is not sexy.
Muah!
