#TGPNPC ~ 2 Cremes

Hello Dahlings!

 

2 crèmes seems a bit anticlimactic

after some of the prompts we've done in this challenge.

That's OK, a mini brain vaca is a good thing!

 

 I went with base color & simple stamping.

Meh.

Da best part of this mani for me

is that da LASplash came in a set

I picked up cheap at Ross

& I had wondered if they would stamp...

this one does.

Da rest are as opaque & on da thick side

so I have hope for them as stamping polishes.

 

Da worst part?

Da CG base color.

Not only did it give me fits,

it got a hair stuck in it

& I couldn't get it off without redoing da nail.

Ain't nobody got time for that!

 

 Da line up ~ China Glaze Too Yacht To Handle,

Bundle Monster plate BM-316 & LASplash Garden Jade.

 

I do have to let y'all know

that da formula on this China Glaze SUCKED!

It went on patchy & streaky

to da point I almost needed 3 coats.

Then, when I took it off,

it stained my acrygel overlay. Blerg.

 

My what?

 

 I've been doing an acrylic powder & nail glue undercoating

on my nails for over a year

& it really helped to eliminate tip & corner breaks.

However, when I do break a nail,

it tends to be at the nail line

when da undercoat is grown out, thin 

 needing to be back filled.

Can I get an OUCH from y'all?

I thought so.

 

Anywho, with both pinkies getting uber nubbinized in a month,

I have da rest chopped back to just past my finger tips

& will keep them there until da pinky nails catch up.

This length is too short for my undercoating,

but I don't want to risk more breaks.

So I'm trying an AcryGel overlay to see if that works

as well if not better than my under coat

without being too much of a hassle.

 

Traditional overlays using acrylic monomer & powder

can help protect your natural nails

until you want to take them off.

They have to be sanded down.

If this doesn't damage your nails,

they sometimes separate from da nail

& this also damages da nail.

(I wont get into da whole bacteria issue.)

 

Gel nails are much easier on da nail,

especially da soak off type.

What I'm doing is pretty easy

if you've done uv/led gel manis at home.

I prep my nails & apply clear gel base coat

After tidying da gel around da edges 

I pour clear acrylic powder over da wet gel 

check again to make sure no gel is on my skin

cure for 1 minute.

 

At this point I can repeat for a 2nd coat

or just add another coat of base to smooth it out.

I didn't add da 2nd coat of base this time.

I'm trying dif things each week

to see what layering combo & brand work best for me.

Not adding the 2nd base coat was an oops.

Da whole thing pretty much came off when I took of this mani.

I'll up date you as I go.

 

  Next up ~ Pink

 

>^. .^<

 

 I likes dis big cat TV.

 

I can sees da whole neighbor from da comfort & safety of home!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Now go check out da other 2 crème manis, if you please?

~ Inky

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