Rip Curl is a beautiful shimmery mixture of a few different blue pigments with tons of added sparkle and silver foils. Looks great as a one color mani or as an accent nail with Rip Tide. This one has extra large pieces of silver foils to give it the look of crashing waves. If you want smaller foils you can tear the foils with tweezers or add the dip to a plastic baggie and shake it to break down the foils more. This one is applied the best by using the cupcake liner method and laying your nail on top of the dip. Two swatches were made to show that each dip will look different and never the same. I did not buff or file these 2 swatches. They both have 2 dips of Rip Curl and then activated and finished with one layer of gel base and 2 layers of gel topcoat.
Pictures were taken in indirect window lighting on an overcast day.
Swatch was made with 2 dips of color using dip liquids and finished with gel base and gel topcoat.
*Powders made with ultrafine glitter may sometimes have a different consistency due to the addition of powdered acrylic.
Pictures of colors are taken in different lighting to best represent their true color. Color may however vary slightly depending on monitor settings.
While I try to capture the best photo of the true color, there are many things that may alter the color and vary your results. Computer monitors may make the color appear different than what it looks like in person. Other factors include lighting and method of application. Dip liquids vs. gel liquids will give you a different result as well as the amount of layers of color that you may apply. Swatches are made with 2-3 coats of color using the laydown method in a cupcake liner and most colors are encapsulated in clear. Dip liquids are used on every swatch. Solid colors may also have a slight shimmer due to contamination of the dip liquids.