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Manicure time: my fancy festive nail dress

I hope you like fancy things for new year’s eve because I have a bright manicure that fits this event perfectly. Neither glitters nor sequins but, over a girly base colour, some metallic decorations that reflect light and grab all the attentions. The effect is 3D…


For this nail art I applied 3 thin coats of Yamamay beauty nail polish #06 Neon Pink, then a coat of Kiko Quick Dry nail lacquer #800 and, while it was still wet, I put two rows of silver decorations on each nail with the help of my tweezers and great care, I left my thumb free.
I waited them to set, then I covered these beads with another coat of clear nail polish.
In fact the biggest pieces tend to pop out quite quickly, as one can imagine, but with an extra layer of top coat the majority of my decorations stayed there!
The ones I was wearing are from Born Pretty Store and, more precisely, they are hemispherical acrylic decorations (except for some small silver pieces group which has a multifaceted surface) in two colours: silver and gold.
They have a flat back, so they sit smoothly on the nails, and come in 6 different sizes, from 5 mm to approximately 1 mm.
It might sound crazy but I find that the smaller they are, the easier is the placement.


All these products are from the “pocket friendly” series: the Yamamay regular size nail polish costs 3.90€, the Kiko nail lacquer is 2.90€, while the Born Pretty Store wheel is 4.14$ for 400 pieces and can be yours with 10% off thanks to the special code V10K31.


Have you already planned your NYE manicure?
Let me know what you want to wear or leave me your nail art link!

Valens

Valentina Chirico: a past as archaeologist, a present as editor between London and Bedfordshire. An expat born in Southern Italy from an expat family. She holds an MA in Egyptology from the University of Birmingham and contributed as a co-author and postgraduate ambassador to the UoB PG Recruitment Blog before fully embarking on online editing. She covers the role of Senior Writer and Language Specialist for a global marketing company. Besides archaeology and arts, this alumna loves travelling and shares an uncommon sense of humour. Online since 2009 with ValentinaChirico.com and later with ItalianMemories, Valentina is a storyteller and wants to inspire you a good laugh or to aim higher, to the stars.

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