I am a bit of a sucker for Picture Polish shades, and this is one I bought earlier this year. Picture Polish Merge is a beige creme with scatter holo particles. That means all the individual pieces make their own rainbow, rather than one big one across the nail. I started with a swatch, then added some nail art (of course) and then had to go a bit crazy with the hand positions to capture the art!
Picture Polish Merge
This was an easy two coats plus top coat. I might think about a third coat, if my nails are long and there’s a risk of visible nail line.
I found that using thin coats showed the holographic particles the best.
It’s a very cool-toned mink-brown polish, which I love. My skintone really doesn’t suit anything with a warm or orange base. I think this, Chanel Frenzy, and Orly Pure Porcelain are the only nude shades I’ve found that really suit me.
Picture Polish Merge stripes
On to some simple nail art…
Polishes and tools
Base coat
Picture Polish Merge
Top coat
What’s Up Nails Straight vinyls
AEngland Camelot
OPI Haven’t the Foggiest
Nail art brush
Clean up brush
After the base and layer of top coat was fully set (I wait 15-20 minutes to be safe) I applied the straight vinyls. You have time to re-position them, and I would recommend spending time doing this so you are completely happy with the end result.
Picture Polish Merge stripes with bottle
I used a nail art brush to apply the black and silver. The stripes are close together so it was safer. My clean up brush was to hand as getting some black on my skin at the sides was inevitable.
Both polishes are one-coaters, so I removed the vinyls straight away. Once the stripes were reasonably dry, I could add my final top coat.
Picture Polish Merge
Despite the acrobatics I performed for these photos, they show the polish off well. I really like that you can see all the colours in the holo particles in the bottle, particularly the picture above.
Are you a fan of nude colours, or do you prefer brights on your nails?
July 3, 2016
These look so beautiful 🙂 Always love to see your nails !!
July 3, 2016
Thank you! I’m really glad you enjoy seeing them 🙂
July 3, 2016
Now i love this colour. Cannot beat a bit of sparkle
July 3, 2016
Thanks Kara. I don’t wear these types of colours that often, but this is such a pretty one (can’t imagine beige gets that reaction often!)
July 3, 2016
Gorgeous, I can totally see wearing that myself for a night out 🙂 Actually I’m pretty sure I’ve got something similar hehe
July 3, 2016
Thank you Alina! You should definitely do that, it would look fab 🙂
July 3, 2016
I love these, they look really art deco! x
July 3, 2016
Thank you Jess! They’d be good for a 20’s themed night out 🙂
July 3, 2016
I love the Merge colour – i’ve been looking for something like that for ages. And although they do sparkle, I reckon it could do for work too
July 3, 2016
Absolutely, it’s quite subtle and because it’s scattered holo you don’t get that intense rainbowy fire when the light hits.
July 3, 2016
Love this colour. I have a similar nail polish.
July 4, 2016
Thank you 🙂
July 4, 2016
Love this colour. The sparkles give it a pretty touch
July 4, 2016
Thank you Kerry, I totally agree!
July 4, 2016
Looks like such a lovely polish, I can never resist anything with a bit of sparkle.
July 4, 2016
Me either! Glitter and flakies and holographic…I’m out of control!
July 4, 2016
Another fave post from you. I am honestly loving all your designs, this one is soooo good love the glitter. x
July 4, 2016
Thank you Anna!!
July 10, 2016
These are lovely and so work appropriate x
July 11, 2016
Thank you LL! I don’t enjoy working with tape or vinyls that much but it really paid off here 🙂