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 :)

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.