I really enjoyed my ombré nails venture a couple of weeks ago. So I think to myself, 'I am a master of nail art and I can achieve anything', or so I hoped. I Googled, Youtubed and generally searched online for an easy design that I could achieve. I found a simple cross design and figured easy peasy I can do that no problem. How wrong was I? I cut a nail brush in order to get a slimmer more accurate brush that would benefit my design. But my ultimate enemy was gloopy nail varnish..
I have both a Rimmel London I <3 Lasting Finish in Black Cab and Nail Paint by BarryM 47 Black. I should say I've had both these nail varnishes a year at least. The Rimmel one says it is to be used within thirty months and the BarryM one says nothing. I've used these loads can't beat a bit of black when you're painting(!) the town red during the winter months. Goes great with everything. I used a basic white Sally Hanson polish in white for the base. Unfortunately for some reason when I used either black polishes they both came out very, well, gloopy. I don't know why this is, could be the quality of my DIY brush but it's probably because I've had the polishes for so long. Things look so much easier when you watch someone else do it online that's for sure. ANYWHOO I'm happy enough for a first attempt but it has definitely knocked my confidence in my pretense of being a nail art connoisseur...
