New Year's Day Feat: Orly "Le Chateau"

Hi hi. I'm excited to show off this mani. I actually kept it on for quite a few days. There is just something about "Snow Globe" that sucks me in no matter what.

For this look you'll need...

Orly "Le Chateau"

Orly "Stone Cold"

China Glaze "Icicle"

China Glaze "Snow Globe"

Sponge

I started out with two solid coats of Orly's "Le Chateau." Had this polish not been on sale i would have never taken it past the display. The Holiday Soiree collection from Orly this year had brought us many not drab colors and few i can not help but stare at. Something deep inside me loves this deep blue green jelly polish with a passion that burns like a smouldering coal under a rock at the base of a sea side volcano. You heard me.

Sponge sponge sponge.

With my makeup sponge i dabbed a tid bit of the beautiful "Stone Cold" from Orly's "Mineral FX" collection. I brought this down in a descending concentration to a tad past mid nail.

Again with the sponging i used China Glaze "Icicle" near the tips. I have recently discovered that i am some sort of awful at gradients. I'm still trying different techniques to better my blending and what now. but for now i dab a drag and it works to my satisfaction.

No, this isn't the same picture as before. Again with "Stone Cold" i used the tiniest bit near the edge where i used "Icicle." This helped the silver not take over so much since i wanted more blue in this. More blue brought out the blue in the base to make it appear less black.

At this time my fingers where covered in excess polish so it was about time to put on my glitter before i got to messy. "Snow Globe" a re-release form China Glaze for the Holiday 2011 collection. One coat was enough to cover up my sloppy gradient with out covering all my work.