sparkly monday tips

so i did this once with a dark blue and decided to try the opposite with Zoya's Snow White. turned out super cute, but i am super disappointed with the bubbling from the top coat. i managed to do a better job applying the Snow White this time. it is super thick and took two heavy coats to get opaque and even then i had a little bit of streaking around the edges. 

over all i was super happy with the white, it isn't too stark for an all over nail color and with the little bit of sparkle i think it's a pretty fun (but not quite every day) manicure.

 

subtle glitter makes me smile

i decided i wanted to try something i saw on pinterest. why is grey so pretty with glitter?? (another example here) but i wanted it matte...

this is two coats of revlon timeless, and btw i love this grey. it isn't blueish, greenish or even tan tilting. it is just a neutral grey. one quick coat of milani jewel fx gems, which is seriously my favorite glitters. so many sizes and so many colors! not a complicated mani, but still made me happy for a bit :)

sneak peek of sneeze breeze

played with this last night, but it didn't quite fit my mood. but i will totally do this again and believe me, this is worth seeing in all light and from every angle!

pixie dust comin' out of my finger tips

not a very exciting story here... i read and have seen the tinkerbell movies a few too many times and got it in my head to do a tinkerbell/pixie dust manicure. i used OPI Who the Shrek are You? as a base, did two layers of essie's as gold as it gets (one covering half of the nail, the second covering a third) and then a kind of pressed on the Milani Jewel FX Gold on the tips of the nails. it isn't perfect and it sure doesn't photograph easily, but it is sparkly and to me, entirely tinkerbell-tastic.

Work Safe Wednesday - Thursday Edition

ok, we all know i was super bitter about how badly my EUT accent nail turned out yesterday. so i decided to keep the Amanda and jazz it up a bit. i redid the ring finger with one coat of Amanda and added Set in Stones. I did my best to use a light hand with SiS, but all of that glorious shiny silver glitter has a mind of it's own. i have read some complaints about the flat nature of the silver glitter, but i happen to love it. the shine is phenomenal and i get so many compliments every time i wear it. it truly is eye-catching. 

also if you can't tell from the massive dent in the bottle, i love matte top coats, they dry so quickly and especially combined with glitter it adds an unexpected element to my manicures. there is also something so pretty about the combination of a nude + glitter + matte...

i am resisting the urge to take this manicure 2.0 and make them all matte. 

oh, excuse the broken pinkie nail. i got a little manic with the cleaning yesterday and in my enthusiasm i apparently lost a little soldier. it ripped low so it'll be a little hidden for the next week or two.