Epic Nail Fail

This is a fine example of a manicure that did not go well at all, I took a couple pictures of it so I could share with you at least some of the failures in this journey as well as my triumphs! Usually when I don't like a manicure I take it off straight away without thinking to photograph it, but this one was so bad I had to share it!

After buying Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Platinum, I did a bit of reading about it when I got home, and read that it looks really good over black, so my idea was Platinum as my base colour, black french tips, then another coat of platinum over the whole lot. Now you'll have to excuse these photos, my cuticles are very messy, but there was no point getting the acetone out to clean up the edges when I had removed the whole lot before it was even dry. The black I used was w7 black, which was my first error, as it is a very thick polish, and the tips which I freehanded just came our really lumpy, anyway, here is what it looked like before the top coat of platinum -

Which isn't too bad - if I had used a thinner black nail polish and just left it at this with a top coat, it probably would have been quite nice, but here is what it looked like after the 2nd coat of Platinum -

Which was not at all what I was hoping for, and is quite hideous! Won't be trying this look again hehe, and I am still yet to find a way to use the sally hansen polish that might result in a look that I would like to wear!

Anyway, there you have it. The next post will contain some much prettier nails :)

Bye for now, S x