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Colour blocked nails: OPI My Vampire Is Buff, George Love Rat, Collection 2000 Liquorice

I created and wore this manicure straight away, which is a very rare thing for me to do. Normally, I will wear a plain colour, then after a day or two will look to jazz it up somehow by adding other colours.

But I saw this manicure on Pinterest and was immediately inspired to recreate it:

I didn’t use quite the same colours. The pinner has used a deep raspberry, where I’ve used black; and she’s used a pale pink where I’ve used a cream. But the final effects are pretty similar.

I painted two coats of OPI My Vampire Is Buff, top-coated it and then waited for it to completely dry. Then I taped it off and added  the coral colour: George Love Rat. I top-coated again, taped it off and painted the black: Collection 2000 Liquorice.

That nicely ticks another three polishes off my untried list!

Colour blocked OPI My Vampire Is Buff George Love Rat Collection 2000 Liquorice
Colour blocked nails using: OPI My Vampire Is Buff, George Love Rat and Collection 2000 Liquorice

Unsurprisingly, because of its light colour, My Vampire Is Buff was a little streaky after the first coat, but the great OPI formula meant the second coat levelled itself wonderfully to leave a nice opaque and smooth finish.

Love Rat and Liquorice both needed thickish coats to get an opaque effect, but also went on well and dried quickly.

I rather like this. I think there are lots of other colour combinations that would suit this look too.

OPI My Vampire Is Buff, George Love Rat, Collection 2000 Liquorice
The bottles shot: OPI My Vampire Is Buff, George Love Rat, Collection 2000 Liquorice

 

For this manicure I’ve used:
  • Base: two coats of OPI My Vampire Is Buff
  • Intermediate top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip
  • Coral: George Love Rat
  • Intermediate top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip
  • Black: Collection 2000 Liquorice
  • Final top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip

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Comments

Tracy

That’s really pretty. With that many layers of polish does it make your nails feel thick and heavy?

Claire Kerr

No, surprisingly not. With the base coat, I have 8 coats on, so you’d expect so, but no, they don’t feel any different from a regular manicure.