Revealed! My Only Nail Blogging Secret

DISCLAIMER: Though school glue is washable and non-toxic, it still should not be ingested. This method is for swatching and decision making purposes only. I do NOT recommend wearing it for any other reason. It will easily peel and wash off. Use this method at your own risk and discretion.

Alright, as promised I'm going to share my one secret method with you all. Although you may think a disclaimer is a little much, I just want to make sure you all understand that this is not for wearing. However, if you are a nail blogger or have ever matted a mani only to realize that you liked it better the other way, then this method might just change your nail life. Haha...well, maybe. I do ask that you give me proper credit if you share this method. I'm not one of these huge, amazing bloggers, so I would appreciate acknowledgement of this. Like I said, it's the one thing I've got. (^_^;)

PIC HEAVY POST!

So, between the disclaimer and the intro, I'm sure you can figure what I'm talking about. I've always been observant of the less obvious, and ever since I was a kid using school glue as "skin" I've noticed something. Then when the glue basecoat was introduced, I noticed it again. School glue has a matte finish! You can now swatch EVERY polish or mani with a matte finish and never waste your matte topcoat! However, if you prefer the matte finish, then you will need to add an actual matte topcoat for daily wear. As stated above, this will peel very easily. It is in NO way permanent, nor is it a replacement for matte topcoats.

You might be wondering how good this method could actually be. So, here are a BUNCH of pics and you can decide for yourself. One tip, use the glue method before a topcoat.

Essence Grey-t to Be Here

Essence Grey-t to Be Here with Matte Finish

Pointer = Glue/Middle = Matte Topcoat

Can You tell tell the difference?

Also, since I didn't swatch it before, here's Urban Outfitters Blue Jeans. It looks very purple in the bottle and much more blurple in real life.

Urban Outfitters Blue Jeans Polish - Indoor Lighting

Urban Outfitters Blue Jeans Polish - Florescent Lighting

Glued up. ^_^

Whoops, caught some dust! haha

All peeled off.

Revlon Heavenly

Blue Jeans against my blue jeans. >_<

Ended up wearing it with an accent nail of Revlon Heavenly. LOVE! Can't believe it took me this long to use it. I was up so late that I didn't "matte" it again after adding Heavenly.

I hope you guys get some use out of this little tip of mine! Please let me know how it works for you.

Nail Mail/Haul (Pic Heavy)

Hey hay haaaay! So, today's post is my nail mail from yesterday. I was expecting one package and was wonderfully surprised to find three. I won a giveaway from Geeky Owl but wasn't sure when that would arrive. The other two I ordered from Amazon, but was only expecting one yesterday. So, here they are packaged.

I actually got excited and started opening before I took pics. haha. Let's continue, shall we?

Look at all the adorable owl stickers! Okay, enough of that. Here's what was inside. ^_^

Cute feather hair clip, candy (om nom nom), a note with (of course) an owl on it, some moustache tattoos and the polishes. Here are names and a couple bottle shots, from left to right.

Look at that beautiful shimmer. It showed up red/pink in the pic but also shifts to purple. Love!

How cute is it that she even included a polish with owl in the name. Well thought out!

Sorry for so many pics, but there are only two more. My order of Bundle Monster's 2011 plates and some wheels of rhinestones.

I plan on including one or two of these wheels in a giveaway. So, stay tuned for that. It will happen when either Kat Stays Polished or I reach 500 likes on our Facebook pages. Only one of us has to get there, since the other will probably gain likes from the giveaway itself. It's a little ways off still, so we're stocking up on prizes. Hopefully, you all will like the selection. ^_^

Alright, that's all for today. I also have a mani that I started, but it got too late. So, I'll be finishing that tonight. Want a sneak peek? What's one more pic, right? Hahah.

Why aren't these finished, you ask? Well, I could call them golden python nails. ^_^ But I actually want to add another color of the same stamped pattern for more interest. I'll let you know how it turns out and what polishes I used tomorrow.

Have a good one!