Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Day 8: Matte Magic

Hey look! More vintage roses!! HAHA!! I said I would do some more and indeed I have. This is supposed to be vintage rose wallpaper. My matte topcoat is dead and I haven't been able to find it or anything like it in stock at Walmart. That means I had to find a new way! I was going to try the corn starch method. I was also thinking about making it into a tutorial to put on here buuuut, it  didn't work out so well for me. A few weeks ago I discovered a new way, use steam!
Here is how I did it! I decided I would make some tea so I microwaved a mug of water for two minutes to get it hot enough for a good steam. I then took topcoat and painted over my nails quickly. While the polish was still very wet I held it over the mug for 20+ seconds. Viola! Perfect matte nails.

Nail Polish Used:
Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
                     "Flower Girl"
Diamond Cosmetics in frosty pink, red, and lime green

 


3 comments:

  1. Love them, they really look like vintage wallpaper!

    That is cool about the steam method, I've never heard that before. Glad it worked!

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    1. Thanks!! It is a great trick!

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    2. I also wanted to ask you, did you see the nomination I gave you for the Best Blog award? Here is the link again if you didn't catch it. http://klovesnailpolish.blogspot.com/2013/04/award-best-blog-award.html

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