Wednesday, January 25, 2012

H&M Moody Model and some holo

Hello beautiful readers! I'm sorry for the lack of posts this week. I wanted to post this last night, but I ended up going out and didn't have the time. Hope you won't be too mad at me if I show you this beautiful combo. It's a manicure that started as a big failure, but ended up to be awesome. Here's what I'm talking about.


The base color for this is H&M Moody Model. This polish has been in my collection since last summer, but I just couldn't bring myself to wear it until now. It's a teal creme that leans very green and is pretty dark. It actually looks almost black in low light. Now I don't know if this is the regular formula of the polish or it's because it was older, but this was extremely thick. What I don't like about the H&M bottles is the fact that they don't close properly. It might have dried because it came in contact with the air, I don't really know. All I know is that it was impossible to apply and it bubbled like crazy when it dried. Here's a photo of it alone. 


This photo required massive editing to hide the bubbles. After it dried so bubbly, I was unable to wear this mani on its own. I considered removing it, but then I finally decided to do a common trick used to hide imperfections: layering. So I picked up my trusty bottle of INM Northern Lights hologram top coat in silver and added just one coat. The final effect was amazing, smooth and perfect. Plus this top coats has a very shiny finish, just like glass. 


These are light box pictures and they don't really show the holo effect. You can see the silver glitter on the teal base. 


A little blurriness shows some of the holo effect. I ended up loving this manicure. Been wearing it for two days and I only have tiny, unnoticeable tip wear. I'm not ready to remove it just yet. I must get some thinner soon because I already have a bunch of polishes that need it desperately. So what do you think about this mani? How do you solve the problem of thick polishes?


10 comments:

  1. Great combo Mihaela!!! It looks so pretty. Looks like that's what you'll have to do anytime you wear this polish because of the formula.

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    1. I really want to solve this problem because the color is so beautiful. I will try with some thinner.

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  2. Well, the final result is amazing. I own a couple of H&M polishes and their formula is in fact a bit thick, that's why I'm not keeping them :/
    This colour is really beautiful, it's just a pity that it baubbles like crazy :( ut layering in cases like this is always the right move! :D

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    1. I have two more H&M's and they are pretty good. My local H&M doesn't sell cosmetics or else I would probably have a ton of them.

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  3. You could always add Seche Restore to thin it out. I really like this mani-really cool!

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    1. Thank you! I will get that when I place my next order on nailsupplies.us. Waiting for those Magnetix to come in stock.

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  4. This shade of green is so pretty, I love the subtle holo effect.

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  5. Really like this combo, its really pretty x

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  6. I really like seeing all the blues on you Mihaela, its a colour I have to be careful with so it's always a pleasure to see on someone that really suits all blues. x

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