I’m
continuing my mission to use up all of my untried polishes, and today my random
picks from my untrieds drawer are China Glaze Westside Warrior and OPI
Embarca-Dare Ya. I was unsure about how to bring these two together in a mani
as they're both so different. I initially thought of doing a floral type
design, but I didn't give myself enough time, so I then decided to the stamping
efficiency of the OPI polish.
The base is
two coats of Westside Warrior, a dark, camo-green creme. I’m in the habit of
painting my coats a bit thick, so I might have gotten away with one coat, but
went for two to be safe. I then stamped a tribal hand pattern MoYou London's
Explorer 11 plate on random spots on my nails, using Embarca-Dare Ya, a lovely
magenta shimmer. I topped it off with one coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl for a super shiny finish.
I really like
both of these colours – in the bottle, Westide Warrior looked like one of those
love-them-or-hate-them ugly colours, and I’ve been really attracted to these
colours recently! I got Embarca-Dare Ya in a 4 pack set of the OPI San
Fransisco collection; I got the pack mostly for Alcatraz…Rocks (a gorgeous
blue/purple texture polish, also still untried!), and I probably wouldn't have
bought Embarca-Dare Ya on its own, but I'm glad I got it in the set. I want to
use this as a full mani soon, to see what it’s like on a full nail. It's
definitely a winner for stamping though, I had no issues using this on the
plate, and the design came out really well. I’m also in love with MoYou’s
stamping plates, I need to pick up some more!
All in all, a
pretty successful mani, and another two polishes out of the untrieds drawer!
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