rosy tips

After I took my final at 8am today (which I ended up finishing in 5 minutes so I had a lot of time for the day) and renewed my practice rooms keys, I bought some things at the beauty supply store nearby my apartment.

The point of interest out of my purchases for this post is a set of acrylic powders and included monomer. The product is called Glitz & Glamour by A.S.P. and includes four glitter acrylic powders: gold, rose, rose gold, and silver.

For now, I just used rose and upon opening the small pot, I notice that there's more clear acrylic powder than glitter... more than I had anticipated.

I didn't think too much of it since I didn't think I'd really mind. So here is a picture of the products I used for my nails: Clear acrylic powder by Kiss, the monomer and rose powder from the A.S.P. set, and a #80 sable brush.

The ratio of glitter to powder in the rose glitter pot actually did have some affect on how I did my nails. The glitter didn't leave the condensed look that I really wanted -- even if I was gradating the color a bit, I still wanted it pure glitter at the tips. That didn't happen. In order for me to get the look I wanted, I had to put more acrylic powder on and it made my nails really thick. Well, at least there is a lesser chance of them breaking now!

My right hand looks like crap though. I'm right-handed and as careful as I was with forming the acrylic on my nails with my left hand, it's not smooth. And to make it worse, I ruined the top coat a bit when I was throwing away my tissues. Haha whatever.