Nail Nerd (nail art for nerds) » matte http://www.nailnerd.com Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:38:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MASH Matte Top Coat Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/mash-matte-top-coat-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/mash-matte-top-coat-nails/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:08:02 +0000 The Nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=5099

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Oh hi there!  :)  Long week (again, I know, blah blah) but I *have* to do some manicures by the end of the weekend, so more stuff soon, I promise.  I’m getting off-track here though.  A couple of days ago I had to get to a meeting in the middle of a pretty nutty day, [...]

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Before we get into the fun stuff, the nails: the base on this is two coats of China Glaze Stone Cold, a graphite matte polish (did I realize it was matte when I pulled it off the shelf?  Of course not, because I’m too lazy to check these things!) so before I went and screwed [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/mash-nails-and-giveaway/feed/ 87 Mitten Dot Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/mitten-dot-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/mitten-dot-nails/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:43:45 +0000 The Nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=4495

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Oh hi!  Sorry for the lag in posts — Mardi Gras was a whirlwind, some other stuff came up in between/since and I’ve been off in No-Fun Land dealing with Very Adult Things.  Blech.  The tempest isn’t quite over yet so you’ll have to bear with me, but goodness it felt nice to do my [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/mitten-dot-nails/feed/ 14 Halloween Butt Taco Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/halloween-butt-taco-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/halloween-butt-taco-nails/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:14:09 +0000 The Nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=3325

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ManGlaze Matte nail polish gets a little goofy with the naming, but their polish is no joke!  Man Glaze Butt Taco is a knockout orange, pictured here in two coats — there’s something about the color I really love, and for a matte is does really well to sidestep the streaky problems you sometimes get [...]

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I’m really into this ZOYA matte — Loredana is a gunmetal grey packed with silvery shimmer in a velvety matte finish, totally gorgeous in two coats.  Once that dried I went in to stamp the swooshy line design from BM-201 with Kleancolor Black but noticed there were some… sticking issues?  I feel like there was definitely [...]

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I’m calling shenanigans: e.l.f.’s Teal Blue is GREEN, isn’t it?  Or am I losing my marbles?  I put down 2 coats of Teal Blue (GREEN!) and then covered it in e.l.f.’s Matte Finisher (went on a little streaky which I didn’t notice so well inside, otherwise I probably would’ve gone for a 2nd coat), then [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/green-matte-dotted-nails/feed/ 10 Deeply Dark Purple Matte Tip Nails http://www.nailnerd.com/deeply-dark-purple-matte-tip-nails/ http://www.nailnerd.com/deeply-dark-purple-matte-tip-nails/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:30:06 +0000 The Nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=2384

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Adore both of these colors — the base is nubar Passionate Purple in 2 coats (no topcoat) with the tips in Zoya Savita.  I was in a mood for something bright today, but the nubar leapt off the shelf at me so I had to do it.  It was the sparkly business, gets me every [...]

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In honor of the millions of new weeds about to spring to life after all this rain we’re getting, here’s some green in action — the base is China Glaze Entourage with love & beauty green (because of course it’s one of the green’s they’re not selling anymore and the bottles don’t have names on [...]

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Ok now I love matte.  Look at it.  Just look at it!  The little holo flecks under a matte finish are simply stunning, I’m super into it.  The base is 2 coats of OPI Nevermore, then a layer of nubar 2010 for the holo business, and then a finish with China Glaze Matte Magic.  Wowzers [...]

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]]> http://www.nailnerd.com/matte-purple-holo-nails/feed/ 4 Darkly Sparkle on OPI Obscurity http://www.nailnerd.com/darkly-sparkle-on-opi-obscurity/ http://www.nailnerd.com/darkly-sparkle-on-opi-obscurity/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:30:18 +0000 The Nerd http://www.nailnerd.com/?p=1018

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So this was probably not the best use of a matte finish polish, but whatever, I do what I want.  And it’s a great color, glossy or flat: OPI Obscurity from the Go Goth! 2010 mini set registers somewhere in the charcoal scale, black on first blush but really just a shade smokier. It finished nicely [...]

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