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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Wish Upon a Star

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to show you a manicure that I created shortly before my blogging break. I had been playing around with UberChic plates and preparing my review of them (which is still in the works) when I came up with this. One of the images that I really loved is this skyline with stars. I can see it used in may different ways and right now I imagine it over a sunset gradient with black stamping. At the time that I wore this, it was still winter and somehow the black night sky was more my mood than a warm spring/summer sunset...


For the manicure, I used a base of Dance Legend Zmei Gorinich layered over black. You can see swatches of this flakie filled shade further down in the post. For the stamping, I reached for my two favorite metallic polishes Maybelline Bold Gold for the stars and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes for the skyline. The image comes from UberChic plate UC 2-02. The images on the UC plates are large (which is awesome!), but in this case it meant that I couldn't fit both the skyline and the stars on my short nails in one stamping move. I stamped them separately which actually gave me a bit more variability in ensuring that each nail looked ever so slightly different...


I just love the flakies underneath this design, a bit of fireworks in the sky?


Zmei Gorinich
A black jelly base loaded with green, red/orange and blue color shifting flakies. With the jelly base, this polish can build up to full coverage on it's own at 3+ coats, depending on the thickness. I chose to layer two coats of this flakie beauty over a black base to ensure even coverage. The formula is very nice and the flakies easily spread out and lay flat against the nail. Swatches are with a top coat.

Unfortunately as of right now, this beauty has been discontinued and I no longer see it available on the Dance Legend website so I do apologize for teasing...



Swatch Details
Brand: Dance Legend
Collection: Anna Gorelova
Color Name/Number: Zmei Gorinich, 12
Number of coats: 2 (over black)
Top Coat: Yes

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I hope you liked this manicure. I'd love to know what you think of it!

Thanks for looking and for your support!!
Anutka :)


** Polishes were provided to me for review by the manufacturer or their PR. **
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 8, 2015 at 1:08 PM

    This is amazing. So sad this polish is now discontinued it makes the perfect backdrop for nail art.

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  2. MKatApril 8, 2015 at 7:59 PM

    I've wanted to try stamping, now you've given me another beautiful reason to order me some new goodies! Keep inspiring!!!!

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  3. Manases AndreaApril 9, 2015 at 2:41 AM

    The flakes make the difference. The mani is fantastic.

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  4. Raggio di LunaApril 9, 2015 at 10:01 AM

    Zmei Gorinich is amazing and I love your stamping :-)

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  5. UnknownMarch 12, 2016 at 9:19 PM

    I tried finding out how u do the Diamond Row It only shows the colors & the design on it, is there something that shows u how to do that design? Please let me know where to find it
    Thank You----Debbie

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    1. AnutkaMarch 13, 2016 at 7:42 AM

      Are you referring to this manicure http://wackylaki.blogspot.com/2015/02/diamond-rows.html ?

      The pattern is achieved using the stamping technique and UberChic plate 2-01 (http://uberchicbeauty.com/).
      If you are not familiar with this technique, you can search "nail stamping" on YouTube for some demos.

      I hope this helps! :)

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  6. UnknownMarch 12, 2016 at 9:29 PM

    Im probably posting this twice but I don't see what I publish on here so ill ask again I need to know how u paint the Diamond Rows
    That u have on here there's nothing about how its done anywhere
    Thank u



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