I am sure you have seen all the buzz about these new chrome powders for nails. The have taken over Instagram and YouTube and nail blogs for the past few months. I can understand why because they look amazing. So reflective! I have been reluctant to try them because you need to use a gel top coat to make it last and I don't use gel polish. Actually...I am pretty darn terrible at gel polish. I have only tried it once before and it was a complete fail. I very much wanted to try out these chrome powders, so I figured I would give it another shot. Be prepared to see some fails in this post. Not because of the chrome powder...because of the top coats that I tried. The chrome powder I tried was called Dragon Powder from Whats Up Nails. It is a chrome finish with a green to gold to red multichrome effect. It is part of the Magic Shifting Powders line. The effect is stunning!
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