Bright.

Here again is the Depend polish brought to me from Spain.
The moment I got it I really liked the image in the packaging, it's fun and vibrant and reminds me of paisley print.
And I do love me some paisley print. It's probably a good thing I don't run a fashion blog.

The polish itself isn't relevant to this post, but I wanted to try and recreate something similar to the background picture as an accent nail, so I did!

Base colours: white is a nameless polish from Primark's P.S. brand, minty green is OPI's 'That's Hula-rious'.

Detail colours: Herôme W.I.C.'s 'Dakar 107', Koh's 'Coral (185)', 'No Worries (217)' and an unknown polish from the same brand.

Lilac Fever.

 My previous mani left me wanting to experiment some more with sponging and gradient techniques. How could I not try to combine it with my other favourite style of nail art? 'Half rhombus' style counting 6 now.

I thought it'd be nice to try this with shades of purple but.. I don't know, it gives off a bit of a '14-year-old-girl' vibe in my opinion. I think the lilac shade is to blame. Oh well. I quite like the result of the experiment anyway - pretty much what I had in mind! And slapped on some rhinestones because I just have too many of those.

  

Essence, Crazy About Colour, '02 Lilac Forever' 

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Herôme W.I.C. 'Dakar 107'

Daria.

Sort of feel like I'm doing the same thing twice in a row, but meh. I enjoy doing this type of nail art.
So, here we have Daria. I don't have much to say about it, really.
Herôme W.I.C. 'Dakar 107' and acrylic paints.

Barely Matte.

I wanted to make the title of this post a race-related pun around the word 'matte', but I'm coming up empty. Why race-related? Because this Herôme W.I.C polish is Dakar! Obvious associations with the off-road race.

It's covered (and I use the term generously) by Hema's matte top coat. Which I am incredibly dissatisfied with. That's not matte! It's 'moderately less shiny-fied' at best! 

It also seems to wash off. Is that a regular thing with matte top coats? Either way, I intend to search for a better matte, because I've been unhappy with this one for quite some time now.

As for the purple, it's a good polish. Covers in two and is opaque. No shimmers in sight for this one. It's not very special but if you find yourself lacking a good 'base' purple in your collection, this one is well worth considering.

Artificial light - flash.

Please don't hesitate to recommend a good matte top coat ♥~