Mad mix of glitter skittle nails

Hi everyone! I've got a couple of Christmas nail posts coming soon but for now let me show you a couple of new nail colors and fabulous glitter toppers that I tried at a beauty store the other day.

Remember that time I layered glitter over Essie - Play Date and it was all like shazzam confetti in yo faces?! Okay, a tad bit of exaggeration there but who cares, right? Anyway, today I've got a couple of the same glitters but also moreee!

Taken with flash

Taken with flash

Taken with flash

Keep in mind that I tried these at the store so I don't know the names of the polishes I tried. I didn't buy any of these polishes because one, according to everyone I ask, I have enough nail polish and two, I really shouldn't spend any more on nail polish. Sad.

On my right hand (pictures above):
Thumb: Sky blue + a combination of circle, bar and micro glitter.
Index: Light green + big and small hexagon glitters in pink, red, green, blue and white.
Middle: Navy blue + black and white square, bar, circle and hexagonal glitter.
Ring: Red orange + multi-colored circle, hexagonal and bar glitter.
Little: Yellow + multi-colored circle, hexagonal and bar glitter.

The color combination of the glitter on my ring and little finger is different so don't mistake them as the same. As you can see, the glitter on my little finger is much more sparse and doesn't spread well.

I really love the glitter on my index finger and that shade of green. So unique!

Taken with flash

On my left hand here, I initially did a floral and stripe nail design which I have yet to post but don't worry, it's coming. I had no intention of layering glitter over the stripes but decided at the last minute that I was going to remove the design on the same day so I would just mess around with the glitter.

Yeah, I know, the glitter looks weird layered over the stripe design but let's just ignore that for now and appreciate how dense the glitter layers are.

As you can see, the glitter on my index finger has bar glitters while my ring finger doesn't. That's because I layered the bar glitter over the first layer of the glitter you see on my ring finger. What a mess, haha!

I also dabbed on gold hexagons randomly onto the my other nails beside the flowers. I'm not sure how I like them but I guess they don't look that bad.

What do you think? Which is your favorite glitter? What glitter polish have you used recently?

Thanks for reading! And in case I forget to post, happy Thanksgiving!!

Whimsical pink and purple floral nail art

Hey everyone. Today I have nails from quite some time ago - a couple of months, I think. It's another whimsy floral design, nothing too hard to accomplish if you're looking to try this design out.

Taken with flash

I started out with Love & Beauty - pale blue as a base for all my nails. I used 2 coats. Then I used a nail art brush to create the flowers with different pink polishes (I can't remember what colors I used, sorry!). Against the blue base, the pink polish turned kinda purple as you can see in the photos.

On my ring finger, I planned on painting a field of tulips so I striped on Sally Hansen - Lickety Lime Split (also the same green polish I used for the leaves). I don't know why I decided to add black polish but after I did, I was like, What?! Why did you do that? >< It looks like spilt engine oil...

Taken with flash

Taken with flash

I covered the black polish up with a darker green polish which I also used to create some depth in the leaves. Then I dabbed on some random yellow, pink and red polish to create my tulip garden.

Part of the idea to paint a tulip garden came from an art class I took in college. I really enjoyed studying the Impressionist-era paintings; I thought the style was so me - big brush strokes, vivid colors, spontaneous painting. So the tulip garden was kind of my Monet moment, I suppose..? Haha.

Taken with flash

Taken under yellow lighting

Taken in natural sunlight

I love this last photo best. The sunlight wasn't too strong and it seems to be giving this ethereal glow which is so pretty!

What do you think of this floral nail design? If you'd like to see a tutorial, just leave a comment and I'll do a step-by-step.

Thanks so much for reading! :)

Whimsy rose garden nail art

I did it! I finally did the floral nails that I've been longing to do for quite some time now. I scrolled through quite a few pages of Google images to find inspiration. I LOVE how these turned out. What do you think?

Taken indoors

I remembered to take a picture while doing these nails.

Taken with flash

Here they are, halfway done. Flash overkill, I know. :P

Taken with flash

And here they are, complete!

I used a dotting tool for the flowers, a small nail art brush for the leaves and a black nail art pen for the outline of the flowers.

The colors I used for this design:
Base:

• China Glaze - White on White

Flowers:

• China Glaze - Strawberry Fields (couldn't resist a bit of shimmer!)
• Essie - The Girls Are Out (shimmer, again)
• A pink Love & Beauty polish from F21.
• Two nameless local polishes.

 Leaves:

• Sally Hansen - Mint Sprint
• Sally Hansen - Green With Envy

I used Seche Vite as a top coat and it sealed all the colors in nicely.

Taken indoors

Taken indoors (matte)

Oh, I added my Orly - Matte Topcoat after a couple of days to see if I would like it matte. Nahhh. Glossy is the way to go!

Taken in the shade outdoors

Taken indoors

This is China Glaze - White on White before I did the design. You can probably tell from the picture that only my thumbnail had two coats and the rest only one. In my haste to get my nails done, I forgot to take a picture with all nails layered with 2 coats of White on White. ><

Thanks so much for reading.