Neon glitter gradient (+ BPS Liquid Peel Off Tape Review)

(Eftersom recensionen är ganska text- och bildtung så kör jag den enbart på engelska idag, hoppas mina svenska läsare är ok med detta!)

Hi! Today I've got some nail art to show you. I've been sent this liquid peel off tape for review from Born Pretty Store, so I thought I'd show you one of the manicures I used it for a while back. It comes in a 15ml bottle (shown below) and it is applied with a brush.

For this manicure, I started out with two coats of KIKO 336, an electric blue creme. Then I applied the peel off tape around my cuticles and allowed it to dry. After that, I started sponging on Salon Perfect - Shocked, which consists of blue and neon pink matte microglitters, around the base of my nails, creating a gradient effect towards the tip.

Once that was done, I used tweezers to remove the tape, taking all the excess glitter with it. Here's what it looked like once I had removed the tape from one finger. Some slight residue left around my cuticles, but that was easily taken care of with a brush dipped in polish remover.

And here's the final result, after some minor cleanup and some top coat! Not the best quality of the photos though. Perhaps I should have used a lighter base colour, since the glitters were a little sheer (you can see how they popped much more against the liquid tape than the base colour), but all in all I was happy with it.

Some thoughts about the liquid peel off tape then. It's the first product of this type that I've used, so I don't really have anything to compare it to, but I thought it worked fairly well on me and it definitely made the cleanup after a manicure like this one a lot easier. However, if you have dry skin I would recommending applying some kind of lotion or cuticle cream first, otherwise I found the tape to be a bit hard to remove at times. It also has a quite strong scent, so if you're sensitive perhaps you should try a different one. It did not bother me very much, however. 

If you want to try this one for yourself, or any other Born Pretty Store nail art product, you can use my code EMJK31 for a 10% discount.

Chevron neon glitter gradient with Salon Perfect

Hej! Denna vecka är jag tillbaka i min gamla hemstad och vi har inte så bra Internet för tillfället, därav dålig uppdatering. Blir inte så mycket lackswatchande heller, men jag hade lite bilder i arkivet som jag tänkte visa er. För en tid sedan så vann jag Salon Perfects Neon Collision-kollektion i en giveaway som Karen på Frazzle & Aniploish höll i och blev superglad! Har sett dessa lack tidigare men märket är ju inte det lättaste att få tag på i Sverige.

Sex härliga neonglitterlack i olika färgkombinationer handlar det om i alla fall, och till dagens nail art har jag använt två av dem, Jolt och Bang. De innehåller båda likadana glitter, små neongula samt neonorange/rosa i klar bas, men olika fördelning av dessa. Jolt har betydligt mer gula glitter medan Bang lutar mer åt det orangea hållet. Jag svampade på dessa i en gradient över en vit bas på nageln, och hade även på en sicksack-vinylmall för att skapa ett mönster under. Gillar hur det blev, och som vanligt så blev det betydligt mer färgstarkt i verkligheten än vad bilderna visar.

Däremot så är dessa lack av den typen att de fullständigt slukar topplack, jag hade två lager på här och det gjorde nästan ingen skillnad alls. Gav upp och behöll texturen, det funkade det med men är ni allergiska mot textur på naglarna så var beredda på att behöva överlacka till tusen. Till nästa gång ska jag se till att ha en peel off-bas under också, för borttagningen var riktigt jobbig med glitter överallt.

English:
Hi! This week I'm back in my old hometown and the Internet connection here isn't the best, hence the lack of posts. I did have some photos in the archive though, which I wanted to show you today. A while back I won the Salon Perfect Neon Collision collection from a giveaway hosted by the lovely Karen at Frazzle & Aniploish, which was really exciting! I've seen this brand before on blogs and stuff, but it's hard to come by in Sweden.

Six lovely neon glitters in different colour combinations, and for today's nail art I've used two of them, Jolt and Bang. They both contain the same type of glitters, tiny neon yellow ones and tiny neon orange/pink ones, but Jolt contains more of the yellow and Bang has more orange in it. I sponged these on in a gradient over a white base, and I also used a chevron nail vinyl to make a pattern on the nail. I like how it turned out, and as often is the case with neons, this was a lot brighter in real life than in my photos.

I should mention that these polishes devour top coat like crazy, I've got two coats of top coat on here but it didn't really make a difference, so I just went with textured nails. Next time I will wear a peel-off base coat underneath as well, because the removal was awful (glitter everywhere!). Just so you're aware of that :)