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Waterfall Nails

Hello everyone. So I delayed this blog post because I was too lazy to write it and I've been super busy, but I purchased some new nail polish and I wanted to do a design with both of them. At Walgreen's I bought two more polishes from Sally Hansen's Miracle Gel line.

The first was a deep dark purple (the base color) called "Boho a-Go-Go" (#549). It's a super pretty color and it's a great polish just like the rest of the line. However, it did chip a lot on the tips of my nails, but I'm blaming the top coat I used which is over a year old. Also my nails were pretty long so it's easy for them to chip.

The other color, which is a sort of pastel yellow (it's darker than pastel, but not like a super yellow color) called "Gigabryte" (#769). I needed another yellow color after my Insta-Dri one dried up and I really liked this color. It went well with the purple so I wanted to incorporate them both in the design. I had never done a waterfall type design before, so I just took a skinny brush and painted yellow lines in different lengths. To save my horrible line work I took an old favorite "Rock At The Top" (#962) from Essie and painted some glitter over top.

I really like both of these colors and I hope to use them a lot more before they dry up. I just did a Halloween nail design (literally before this post) that will be up soon. It's one that I've never done before and I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised by the results. See you soon!

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