I found that I'd not swatched Sally Hansen Zippy Frost, so did it up fast:
Why Sally calls it a frost and not a chrome is beyond me, or at least a metallic. Quick an dirty, doing what this finish does best: showing ridges and every random dust flotsam that lands on my nail.
It's three coats, could easily be two. The color really isn't me, in fact it's a bronze with a pink cast. The very unmixed bottle has a clear layer of deep pink that holds more fascination to me than the final product. Ah well!
I thought it was dense enough to try stamping, so I put on a couple of coats of SinfulColors Unicorn and stamped with Zippy Frost.
SinfulColors Unicorn is an easy formula for a pastel. Took a bit of tweaking, some clean up, but all in all, I love the soft yellow.
I'm not a super practiced stamper, I am also not a perfectionist, so I left the drag effect, which kind of is a let down as I edited and post the photos.
I can't recall which plate this is, either. I think it's a Bundle Monster.
I like the effect, though I feel I need to just jump in and practice, practice, practice.
Practice makes perfect. (Well, perfect practice makes perfect, according to a teacher from long ago).
Thanks for reading my little nail polish journal!
Oooh yellow and metallic. Good combination. I'm not perfect either. Hehe
ReplyDeleteI just read on MUA that some topcoats smear already-dry stampings.
DeleteIt's always just another thing to strive for with stamping. LOL!
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I am half convinced that there was a time when Sally Hansen randomly assigned either creme or frost to every polish. I've got some old cremes from them that are really shimmers. I checked my spreadsheet--apparently I've got this frost that's really a chrome, too. :)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I have many a shimmer that is a frost, many a creme that is a shimmer. I wonder if this is a holdover to some trend I am not aware of.
DeleteI'v seen Misa call some shimmers frosts, too.
I admit frost and perle finishes are not my strong suite, in taste or differentiation!
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