RCM: Midnight Affair + NOPI Bring on the Tinsel

So far, my absolute favorite color in the RCM line is Midnight Affair. This is after 1 week of wear and still holding strong. The top coat is a bit scuffed up because I changed up the mani by layering over it several times throughout the week. Midnight Affair is a super vampy cobalt blue jelly LED gel polish. It's my new favorite blue. It's so dark, but you can totally tell it's blue, even in low light....perfection!



Here is MA layered with NOPI's Bring on the Tinsel. MA makes a wonderful base for other colors. I think these two look great together.


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Red Sparkly GEL Mani

For this mani, I used a base color from Red Carpet Manicure called You Like Me, You Really Like Me - which is a darkish red jelly. Overtop, I used RCM I Can't Believe It, which is silver micro glitter and mini silver holo hexes in a clear base. What I really love about glitter GEL polishes is that with the top coat, they are so smooth and shiny, never lumpy.





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Happy Friday the 13th!

I'm really looking forward to tonight, we have tickets to see J & Silent Bob Get Old at the old Redford Theater, 4th row center. Should be fun!!!



I wanted my mani for the show to be fun too, so I decided to layer Kleancolor Chunky Holo Bluebell overtop my Midnight Affair gel mani. Look at how amazingly awesome this combo is, there are so many different colors going on in that glitter! Red, yellow, green, blue....everyone should own this color.







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Milani One Coat Glitter: Twinkle

So, this is called a One Coat Glitter, and I used one coat here.....it was hardly enough coverage to be opaque in one coat. I've found that to be true with some of the other OCG's in the new collection. The base color is Red Carpet Manicure Midnight Affair. MA is a nice cobalt blue jelly LED gel polish, and Twinkle is a mixture of blue and purple glitter in a clear base. MA is just a dark enough blue that the lighter shade in Twinkle is still visible.



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RCM: And the Winner Is

Here is the second Gel Polish I picked up, it's called And the Winner Is. This is a very hard color to capture, I just couldn't seem to get my camera to focus on it. I don't know if it was the shade of teal or the sparkly finish?

This was right after application:


I tried to get a bit closer to the cuticle this time, so after a week, I wouldn't have that large new growth gap like last time.

I tend to get bored with a mani after a day or usually two max, so after the 3rd day, I added Fauxnad to it using China Glaze Isicle:


And after the 5th day, the color is still perfect. I added black tips for a funky french using Wet n Wild Black Creme and scotch tape:




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Gelish / Red Carpet Manicure review

I mixed the two systems together. For this mani, I used the Red Carpet Manicure Professional LED Light (from Meijer), the Gelish Basix kit (from Sally's Beauty) and RCM Gel Color in Lighter Shade of Gray. I have to say it was very easy and surprisingly quick to use, and boy was it great to have a perfectly dry mani the second it was done. I could get used to that! LOL.

The color went on so easy, I didn't need to do any cleanup, although, I think I need to do a better job of wrapping the tips.

Here's how it looked right after initial application:


This is on day five. The left hand was identical as the 1st day, it just showed some new growth.


But my right hand had a chip in it.


Removal was so easy, I wasn't expecting that. I used the foil method, and after waiting 15 minutes, the gel just slid right off the nail. I just bought a new teal color that I'll be trying next.

Has anyone else tried gel polish before?

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