Flip-flop polka dots

I messed up my previous mani while frankening, unfortunately, so I had to put on a new one. This time, I decided to do the same idea in reverse - instead of blue with brown spots, this time it's brown with blue spots. I don't love this one as much as the other one, but it's still cute.

I started with a coat of Astor Diamant Sensation, color 981. I originally bought this for use as an underwear polish, because in the bottle it literally looks like liquid foundation. Unfortunately it's too dark for me. It's holding a strange middle ground on me; too dark for 'mannequin hands' but too light to be a trendy taupe. I don't love it. It's also wearing really quickly.


Anyway, same business as before - I used a bobby pin in lieu of a dotting tool and applied unevenly sized dots. I made sure to let the dots dry enough before applying topcoat, because I had a little bit of dragging before.

These photos aren't as true to color as I'd like, unfortunately - for some reason, the Astor didn't want to photograph right. It's lighter than shown here in reality.

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