I haven’t been feeling this ecstatic about glitters nail
polish recently. Not because I don’t like them, I luvre myself some glitters in
this life, but… as everyone know… glitter polishes are pain in the arse to
clean. It simply take forever… and lots of effort…
It was really a moment of discovery when I read a blog about
using craft glue as peel off base coat. NOOO…. Don’t close this window yet!!! I
will explain why I am not nuts for applying glue on my nails.
I heard it all started with Essence’s limited edition peel
off base coat. Someone genius figured out that that base coat is pretty much
craft glue or white glue or PVA glue. Unfortunately, I don’t know who is that
genius and I couldn’t find the blog where I read about this glue as peel off
base coat thing from…
Anyways, now… I finally got my hands on a bottle of craft
glue/white glue/PVA glue. I started with a coat of Poshe base coat, just to
protect my already weak nails from further damage the glue technique may (or
may not) add to my nails. A glob of glue… then I simply evened the glue out
with my fingers. No need to be perfectionist here, as the glue will dry pretty
much flat. as you can see in the last picture below, the glue has dried out for
4-5 minutes and turned clear and glossy. In case you are still wondering,… yes,
it still smell like glue a little bit, but after 5 minutes +, I cant detect the
smell anymore unless I dug my nose to my nails…
This time, I am using 2 coats of Etude House in bling blingrose, part of winter 2011 Wannabe Perfumed Syrup Nails . Then I topped up with Essence nail polish in 72 time for romance. Final coat using my
favorite Seche Vite top coat, and I’m done.
You might think of its durability… the PVA glue is water
based anyway. Will it melt or get dissolved when you wash your hands? Good news
ladies (and gentlemen), it wont. I tried it. In fact, the next day after I applied
this DIY peel off coat, I do a lot of housework and washings. And no dissolving
here.
Of all 10 nails, only one chipped by the end of day 2. The picture
you see below is my chipped nail… to see if the peel off effect really works, instead
of repairing the chip, I moved on peeling it. And… as you can see below… it was
super easy to peel off once the nail polish started to chip. no more lengthy soaks
and neverending massaging the nails… woo hooo!!!
Bottomline…
Surely, I’m gonna buy and wear more nail polish using this
technique. I do think the extra step of using glue is totally worth it if you
are planning to wear glitter polishes… but for crèmes, metallics, duochromes
and other ‘regular’ colors… I wont do it, since they are easy to remove by
usual technique…
