This was an experimental velvet mani and while it's not my best work, I don't think it was my worst. It gave me good feel for how to do a tinted base on top of a velvet magnetic mani anyway and I will take what I learned this time and apply it to the next one, and hopefully it will turn out better! Here's what I came up with!
Started with a base of Polished for Days white soft focus, then added three coats of Cirque Chemistry, magnitized with a 30 lb. magnet.
I knew I was going to put a tint over it as I don't have a red magnetic polish, so topped with Essie Blush Stroke, which wasn't as red as I was looking for, but I at least was happy that you could see the velvet affect underneath.
Topped with a coat of Cirque Lucky Jelly, which was the red I was going for, or at least red enough, yet you could still see magnetic affect underneath.
Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.
Stamped using image from Nicole Diary-S23 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate. This was a good image to use as you seen the Valentine themed image, yet seen the velvet nails underneath.
Nicole Diary S-23.
If I was to do this again, I would try it with a darker base as it took a lot of coats for the silver polish to be opaque enough, so likely a black maybe? Or look for a more opaque silver magnetic as I have all kinds of ideas with topping jelly polishes over a velvet nail.
Thanks for looking!
