Mannequin nails
16th January, 2010 - Posted by Emily - 3 Comments
An up and coming trend in nails and nail polish is “mannequin nails”. Basically it’s nail polishes in a flesh tone and sometimes with a matte coat on top to make it look even more like a mannequin doll.
One of the leading brands with an enormous amount of the most beautiful flesh toned nailpolishes is OPI. OPI is a brand that’s HUGE in America but hasn’t completely hit it big in Belgium, as it isn’t widely available yet. Such a shame! After endless searching I found several Body Centres in Brussels, Roeselare and Leuven that sell OPI, I must go and take a look! OPI is simply one of the best, if not THE best brand for nail polish, it also has one of the most extensive ranges of colours.
left to right: Dulce de Leche, Bubble Bath and Samoan Sand. Bottles cost € 12,95, which is a fair price for a product that is so mindbogglingly good.
Naked Truth by Essie, Prices range from €11 up to €14.
Naked Chic by Dior, €19,80 at Sephora.
And yes girls, I can hear you in the back of my mind “…but those are all expensive and not very easy to come by” I agree, but frankly, cheap alternatives require a thousand layers to even have a decent amount of coverage. That’s why when you want to go nude, you have to invest. An investment worth making, but that’s what I make of it at least.
Tags: dior, essie, mannequin nails, Nail Polish, nude, OPI
Posted on: January 16, 2010
Filed under: Nail Polish
3 Comments
severien
January 17th, 2010 at 6:45 PM
"I agree, but frankly, cheap alternatives require a thousand layers to even have a decent amount of coverage. That’s why when you want to go nude, you have to invest."
So so true!!! I bought Calcium Power n 17 "Amarettini" by Nivea (9 euros, which is already pretty expensive for nailpolish imo) yesterday, but i'm not very happy… The color is great, but it's too shimmery and it takes AGES to dry. (plus, you need at least 2 layers to cover)
Putting a blank top coat over it helps though!
emily
January 17th, 2010 at 7:36 PM
I'd love to see a picture! I'm not much of a shimmery fan either, it's just what you prefer. I have a few shimmery nail polishes and what I like to do is put a "nail whitener" coat by hema on top, which is a milky white and it tones the shimmer down. I'll post an entry about that nail whitener some time soon, I just have to share its awesomeness. and two coats is reasonable I think, but if they don't dry very good that's a bit of a pain. I always tend to smudge and ruin nail polish if it takes longer than 10 minutes to dry!
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