Manicure Monday #2!

Here is a mani I love! I cannot get over how much I love these two polishes together.  I have already made nail polish jewelry with this combo I love it so much. I just haven't worn it on my fingers yet. I started with three coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Grey Area, which is still one of my favorite polishes EVER.  I then topped it off with one coat of wet n wild Wild Shine in Sparkled.  The glitter payoff in this polish is awesome.  This is just one thin coat and my whole nail sparkles!

The only downside is as with most glitters, it just does not photograph well!

Here is a pic in natural light, you can't really see the glitter well in this one.

Here is one under the light in my living room.  you can see the glitter better in this one.  Love!

Manicure Monday

Here is my first mani of the day.  Honestly, didn't like it one bit so my second mani of the day is soon to follow.  I wanted to have something sparkle for the new year, so I wanted to top off with NYX Hieroglyphics.  I didn't want to do basic black so I did two coats of wet n wild megalast in Disturbia.  I then did one coat of Hieroglyphics and was not impressed.  The clear base was super thick and did not deliver much glitter.  I was expecting a much more dense glitter.  What bummed me the most is this polish just would not dry.  Three hours later and it was still easy to dent, and even the next morning wasn't has hard as it should be.  Sooo off it went! I'm much happier with my second mani of the day, post coming soon!

Swatch: Sally Hanson Complete Salon Manicure in Gilded Lily

When I first saw the bottle shots of the Sally Hansen and Prabal Gurung polishes I was totally in love with Gilded Lily.  When I saw swatches of it though...I was not impressed and decided to skip it.  Few months later it was on clearance at Target and for a little over $3 I figured I could pick up another gold polish.  Still wasn't in love with it and put off swatching it for a few months.

Then I finally decided to swatch it and OH MY I LOVE IT!!! This polish is not done any justice by any swatches I have found online.  It is a clear base packed with tiny gold flecks.  It makes me feel like I have covered my nails in gold foil.  It has amazing shine without the dreaded brush strokes if this was a gold frost.

This swatch was with four coats.  I could have done less if I had used a creme base, but the dry time was so fast it didn't bother me to do an extra coat.  It also has a very smooth finish compared to other glitters.  So glad I finally picked this one up!

Manicure Monday

Here is the perfect Christmas Eve mani! Christmas trees! I love my dotting tool, its the only way I have any chance of doing nail art on my right hand that looks semi passable. Being ambidextrous would have been great for doing my nails!

I did two coats of Sally Hansen Extreme Wear in Cherry Red, then the green dots in Julep Leah, and the gold in Sally Hansen Salon in Gilty Pleasure. Super fun and easy.

Now to relax my stomach as I have three giant meals coming my way in the next 32 hours. *rolls away*

Swatch: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Very Cherry

So to keep in the theme of shiny for the Holidays, I chose Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Very Cherry.  This is a bright red that borders on pink.  It is packed full of micro glitter to give it a great sparkle.  Best part is the glitter is so fine there is no extra effort in removing this polish.  These are with two coats, I could have done three, but it was late and I was tired and two coats looked good! lol.

Swatch: Tokidoki Donutella

So I found this awesome polish in the sale section at Sephora.  It is a red microglitter with holographic bar glitter.  These swatches are with four coats.  I could have done three, but was having too much fun adding sparkle! The only thing I don't like about this polish is how the bar glitter makes the tips of my nails feel rough.  Totally scratched my face! Yup, that would be my fail of the day lol

GLITTER!!!

Blurry shot to show the bar glitter

Manicure Monday

I love this mani! Love how it looks like swirled metal.  I did three coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Time to Shine.  I waited for it to dry then did a layer of Extreme Wear in Midnight Sky and used wrinkled plastic wrap to blot away part of the top layer.

I love using this technique.  Its fast and gives me something use use the worlds worst plastic wrap on. I swear...this roll we got from Walmart doesn't even stick to itself.  So basically its a lifetime supply to use on my nails =P