Friday, 27 January 2012

Purple Matte + Shiny French Manicure

I spotted Kelly Osbourne's black matte & shiny manicure the other day on instagram via twitter (here) and got so excited I felt a little bit sick.  I have a matte top coat when the trend first began last year.. But hated the way matte nails looked on me, just like I hated crackle top coats adorning my fingers.  However, Kelly O's nails stuck in my head; they were just too cool.  I went on an online search for matte & shiny French manis today, and after a lot of link clicking I found Chloe's Nails, and my word, this woman is a genius.  On her tutorials, hey presto, is the exact mani that Kelly O has.

I set to work.  Unfortunately I don't have many colours with me at uni, so opted for Rimmel's 'Hot List' which is a deep grey/purple.. a grurple?  Admittedly, I would have preferred black, but I don't have one. Anyway, here's a less than perfect result; but I just can't stop looking at my nails.



Please excuse the messiness around the nails.. I usually just leave it to come off in the shower!  I just couldn't wait until tomorrow to blog about this.  But man.. how cool is the matte & shiny French mani?  I can't get over it!  I used Rimmel's 'Hot List', Rimmel's 5 in 1 Base & Top (for the base), 17 Matte Top Coat and Maybelline Protecting Top Coat for the tips.  I would link, but none exist on Boots.com anymore.. Hmm!

Also, I've got Seche Vite top coat in my basket on Beauty Bay.. I could do with a new base coat, any suggestions?

Love,
xx

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9 comments:

  1. Laila28 January 2012 at 16:54

    I love the matte nail polish!

    xoxo-Laila

    http://townhousepalette.blogspot.com/

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  2. Natalie28 January 2012 at 20:15

    Thank you! :) xx

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  3. Unknown30 January 2012 at 21:28

    That looks so cute :-)

    http://lovelettersandsnippets.blogspot.com/

    xxxx

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  4. Natalie30 January 2012 at 22:47

    Thanks! Unfortunately after it began to chip and the matte looked less so with me using so much hand cream and hair oil it had to come off :( never mind! xx

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  5. Anonymous31 January 2012 at 01:26

    I love that, I saw on pinterest there was one but it was black. cute blog.
    I'm a new follower. Check out my blog,you might want to follow back
    -chelsea
    chelseajuarbe.blogspot.com

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  6. TwoSistersOneObsession31 January 2012 at 12:03

    This looks so good!

    2sisters1obsession.blogspot.com
    Ashlie x

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  7. Natalie1 February 2012 at 21:56

    @chelsea; when I was searching for the Kelly O style nails I saw loads of photos on tumblr etc., it seems it's gonna be quite a popular trend! xx

    @TwoSistersOneObsession thank you! :) xx

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  8. Dream1ncolour4 February 2012 at 13:21

    love it, totally different but looks gorgous!

    now following xx

    www.dream1ncolour.com

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    1. Natalie4 February 2012 at 18:21

      Thanks hun! I think there's a lot of looks that can be done with matte and shiny, although darker colours probably work best! xx

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