Review: Nail foil from Charlie's Nail art + MoYou London Steampunk 03 (or, foiled steampunk!)

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Hello!


So I was playing around with some nail foil that Charlie's Nail Art sent me for review, and when I saw what I came up with, I knew I just had to turn it into some steampunk nail art...but wait, I'm getting ahead of myself!


First things first. Take a look at this holographic silver foil from Charlie's Nail Art:

Holographic nail foil from Charlie's Nail Art

So, okay. I started with a base of Zoya Yuna, a dark gray with green-gold flecks:

Zoya Yuna

 Now, you know you can cover your entire nail with nail foil, but I like to play around with it and use it in different ways. You can use it with stamping (see my post here), and I love to use it for background texture. Since I am currently obsessed with the dry-brush technique, I decided to see how it would look in combination with that.


I used Hit The Bottle Polish Everyday I'm Truffling (also at Beautometry) to add some golden-brown streaks, and some Messy Mansion Red-y Or Not (also on Amazon) on the accent nail. For the foil application, I used the dry-brush technique with my topcoat and pressed the foil on top of the polish right away, waited a few seconds, and lifted off. Here's how it came out:

Dry-brush + nail foil technique

Dry-brush + nail foil technique

I love that just the way it is--it's abstact and arty, makes me think of something you'd see in a museum. But my second thought was that it would be a perfect background for a steampunk mani! So I pulled out MoYou London Steampunk Collection 03 to stamp with.

I did a video of this plate you can see here:

And here's a closer look at the plate:

MoYou London Steampunk Collection 03

Clockfaces and geegaws and gears, oh my!


I stamped with Messy Mansion Soft Gold, and here's how it came out:

Dry-brush + nail foil technique + MoYou London Steampunk 03

Dry-brush + nail foil technique + MoYou London Steampunk 03

I love, love love love, love it. It's like some abstract bio-mech steampunk concoction filled with gears and awesome! I love how the depth and the holographic flash the nail oils add, like pieces of some precious metal suspended on my nails. :)


You can find the nail foil at Charlie's Nail Art, and you can use my code LOLAM10 for 10% off whatever you order.  You can also follow them on Instagram for tons of inspiration.


Happy foiling!
M.