Maybelline Polka Dots - Chalk Dust

I first posted about these Polka Dot polishes from Maybelline HERE when I picked up the collection, today I decided to use Chalk Dust as a topper for the yellow varnish I had on the other day.

 

Chalk Dust has a clear base jam packed full of black and white round glitter particles in a variety of sizes, these pictures are two coats, you could get away with one but when it comes to glitter I tend to think more is more. :D

 

The polish dries to a fairly smooth finish and with a thick coat of top coat you will get completely smooth nails even after applying a couple of coats of the glitter.

 

I think the monochrome glitter gives a nice effect with the bright base, a bit like bees.

Kiko 339 & Maybelline Polka Dots in Chalk Dust

When I posted about the Polka Dot collection the other day I mentioned I wanted to try Chalk Dust over other colours, well, here's my first attempt!  This is over a base of Kiko 339 which is a gorgeous pale blue cream colour.  These pictures are 2 coats of Kiko and one of Chalk Dust.

 

 

I'm pleased with how this turned out although it wasn't exact what I was expecting, I thought it would look like Robin eggs but instead it looks more like a sort of paint splatter effect in real life.

 

I decided to try using a matte top coat to see if that made them more egg like.  It didn't! :)

 

I still love how it turned out though, for one coat of Chalk Dust you get an amazing amount of glitter on each nail and you don't even need to splodge it around like you do with some glitters it just applies beautifully, and evenly, right out of the bottle.

 

I'm really impressed with this polish and I can see it getting quite a bit of use.

Maybelline Polka Dots

More and more gorgeous indie alike polishes are sneaking their way onto the high street and the Polka Dots collection from Maybelline are the latest.  Four polishes, three coloured and one clear base, packed full of large and small black and white glitter.

Park of the Color Show line the Polka Dots come in 4 shades Chalk Dust (black and white), Shooting Stars (blue), Rain Forest Canopy (emerald), and Speckled Pink (fuchsia).   They're £2.99 each but I was lucky enough to snag mine on a buy one get one half price deal making them under £10 for all 4!

I've used a base of Lychee (thumb) and Prickly Pear (pinkie) Gelly Hi Shine polishes to show off Chalk Dust as it's a clear base unlike the other three polishes.  It's also, in my eyes, the star of the collection. 

It's been touted as a dupe for L'Oreal's Confetti polish which has become increasingly hard to find of late and although it's very similar Maybelline have crammed in much more glitter which makes it a total winner in my eyes. 

Of the other three Speckled Pink shows off the glitter best, Rain Forest Canopy and Shooting Stars give a more subtle glitter effect.

My favourite nail from this manicure was my thumb, I just love how chalk dust looks over Lychee, like little eggs, I can't wait to try this one out over other colours, I'm thinking baby blue for starters.