August 1st, 2011
Sally Hansen Plum’s the Word + Pure Ice Busted
This manicure started off as messing around and ended up mesmerizing! I’m sure people were wondering what the heck was wrong with me when I kept tilting my hands at different angles and admiring my nails. Duochrome will do that to ya. I started out with Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Plum’s the Word. It’s a creme muted plum that leans more towards brown than purple. Application was no problem, and I love this formula’s thick brush! I can pretty much do each nail in two swipes (one for the pinky). The rounded tip also helps me get closer to somewhat approximating a clean gap – something that I still need a lot more practice with! Two coats provided a good opaque base color, I felt like it needed a bit more razzle dazzle. So I layered it with two coats of Pure Ice Busted. In the bottle this polish looks like a sheer, watery lilac with pink and gold shimmer. On top of the Plum’s the Word it looked even more stunning.
These pix were taken after 2 days so you can see a bit of normal tip wear.
Heeey, nice duochrome.
This one really shows the gold and pink shift over the plum base.
Artificial light
Busted is one of those polishes that’s pretty on its own but really comes to life when layered. I can’t wait to try it with some different base colors!
~ Allison ~
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