First time for everything

This in my first ever blog.

My sister (who shall from here on be known as 'Partner in crime') and I have recently become obsessively interested in nail polish and all things associated with it.

Yesterday, Partner-in-crime and myself had what we now call 'play dates'. For our play date, we tried out stamping for the first time. The results were less than awesome, but our belief is that this is a result of not having the right polish. During our play date, Partner-in-crime mentioned that we should try out taping. My other half went out to a play date of his own today, and I thought "Bugger it, I'm gonna test it out."

I started with yesterday's paint, which was a base of China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat, my base coat of choice at the moment. I then used two coats of OPI Dutch Ya' Just Love OPI? with two coats of China Glaze Patent Leather Top Coat. I loved the finish on this. It's smooth and shiny, and the glimmer from the OPI is very distracting in full sun.

Today I used Covergirl Outlast Stay Brilliant Midnight Magic as the topper for my taping experiment.

I then taped some geometric patterns on my ring finger and thumb. Something that Partner-in-crime told me yesterday was that you can't remove all the tape at once, you have to remove it piece by piece in the reverse order to how you put the tape on. Excellent advice, I have to say.

The final result was quite good. Covergirl Midnight Magic was a great choice for this experiment, because it goes on quite evenly and is opaque with a slightly thicker than usual coat - no need for two coats. Although, I must say that I would probably use colours that contrast more for my next effort. Glitter is most probably going to be part of the next taping experiment as well.

Now for the unveiling.

                                          Outside in natural light.

                                          Inside under a reading lamp.
I should also mention that I used Revlon Colorstay Top Coat over the top of the taped nails. I find that the finish with the China Glaze Patent Leather Top Coat is shinier and less prone to cracking than the Revlon. But I went with the Revlon because I had already put two coats of China Glaze over the top of my original manicure and I hate to waste my favourite top coat on something I will remove the next day anyway.

What do you think of my first taping experiment? Any suggestions?