Swatch: China Glaze Tip Your Hat

Sharing a swatch of Tip Your Hat from China Glaze. Tip Your Hat is a crème red polish. The formula was great. I had no issues with application. I did only one coat and topped it off with Seche Vite.

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It stamps well over light colors but not so great over black.  Overall, it is a nice red to have in your collection.

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Beauty Tips for Women: Gradient Lotus Flower Manicure

For my gradient I choose two polishes from the Sally Girl Sweet Candy Dreams collection, Candy Coated (blue) and Grape Taffy (purple).

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I started off with a base color of white using Salon Perfect Sugar Cube.  Using a makeup sponge I applied the gradient.  I did three coats.  I applied a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust.  To seal everything in before stamping I used Seche Vite.

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I decided to stamp using Bundle Monster  BM-616, which has a lovely full nail image of lotus flowers.

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I stamped using Rica Whiteout and sealed it with Seche Vite.  Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 553

I love how this turned out.

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Beauty Tips for Women: China Glaze Bling It On Swatch & OPI Glitter Off Base Coat test

Sharing a swatch of China Glaze Bling It On.  My nails are nubs so pardon the swatch.  I used one coat of Wet n Wild Ebony Hates Chris and then applied Bling It On.   It was a bit difficult to work with but that is normal for glitter polish.

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As my base coat I tried the OPI Glitter Off Base Coat.  It worked great. Well worth it if you swatch a lot and do not want to deal with acetone.

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