31DC2014 - Day 8- Metallic

Hey everyone!

I am just sneaking in with the day 8 post for the #31DC2014 - and it is metallic day! I decided to use my Ciate Very Colourfoil Manicure set for day.. and I am quite happy with the results!

All I did was paint my nails with a coat (maybe 2) of Essie No Place Like Chrome and then just dabbed on some of the foil.. The adhesive that came in the set was pretty dried up, but I made due! I want to play around with this technique again in the future, but I feel like it still looks rad.

One thing I have to make note of - and I am not sure if it was user error or what - this was such a PITA to clean up! Foil was everywhere, the glue was all over my fingers/hands.. just.. a mini nightmare. Anyone else have that issue when using foils?

See you tomorrow for day 9!

And keep your fingers crossed that I have internet when I go to post tomorrow.. lately we only seem to have internet was a small pocket of time during the day. It is very frustrating. I think it is time to change to a new ISP.

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