NYE Blingy Gradient-y Mani!

Happy New Years, everyone! I wish you all a safe and happy new years! I am not going out tonight but I did do my makeup and attempted false lashes, which are so hard for me to accomplish. And the glue got stuck in the tube then sprayed into my hair and one of my favorite shirts....*long breath*

Here's my NYE mani. I was inspired by this mani. Although I didn't use the same colors. I was thinking of using ChG Nova, but I wanted to keep it all silver w/o holo silver.

I used Zoya Trixie for the tips, a Sinful medium sized silver glitter in a clear base and the Sally Girl silver glitter pictured below.

I am really happy with this mani and I love Trixie as a tip color.

Thanks for looking and Happy New Year!

Some Recent NOTDs

I wanted to do some glitter a little while back so I finally decided to bust out ChG Luna that I received from Tuli and her glitter giveaway.

This is 3 coats I believe...

Removal was a PITA of course, but worth it I think for this one. Next time I wear this I might try layering it with a sheer color on top like I have seen some ladies do lately.

And here is a horribly blurry pic of ChG Strawberry Fields with a couple of hearts that survived the first night of this mani. I picked the hearts up at a Dollar Store for $1.49, go figure.

Massini Magic Attraction

I've also had this one for a while too. I didn't want to wear it since removal is such a PITA. Even with soaking cotton in remover and putting it on your nails for ten minutes. But it was well worth it. I also went with something that would last along time since I don't get a lot of chances to do my nails with the puppy around. He keeps us BUSY!!

When I did find a moment to myself I 'nadded it with Konad blue and not sure which image plate. I really like how this blue stands out.

Here I tried to be like Colette :)

New Years Mani

For this silver glitter-tastic mani, I used Zoya Trixie (one coater, people!) as the base color, a coat from the cuticle to half of my nail of ChG Nova, a full coat of Orly (i believe) Shine on Crazy Diamond, then Cover Girl Disco Dazzle (the big round chunky glitter). This looks a little rough, but it really isn't. I topped it off with the Out the Door Silver Holo topcoat.

My nails will be a bling-blingin tonight! Don't have huge plans. Either going to a house party (because everyone is broke) or going to a cousins.

Have a safe and happy NEW YEAR!!!

One Christmas Mani

I wanted a really dark red so I wore Isadora Midnight Red for a day.

I really like this deep creme, but I had a problem with it coming off on paper and it looked like I was drawing with crayons. Does any one else have that problem?

Then I decided I wanted some kind of red sparkle so I added Miliani Spellbinding on the pointer, ChG Ruby Pumps on the middle, and Orly Star Spangled on the ring finger.

This is a different way of getting Spellbinding on with one coat instead of alone with 3 or 4 coats.

Then I reversed it. I added Ruby Pumps and Star Spangled to half of my pointer nail and added Spellbinding on top of the middle and finger nails.




On my thumb I have Spellbinding and I added Ruby Pumps as a french. Very subtle.

This was all done, just for fun and so I could see how they looked.

Then it was time for something Christmas-y and I was too lazy to take off my nail polish.

So I added a french tip with OPI Paris Couture for Sure followed underneath that with ChG Emerald Sparkle. On my ring I used PCFS, ES, RP, and Zoya Trixie to make it kinda look like wrapping paper. KINDA!!

I am hoping to do a Christmas Tree mani tonight and I will try to post it as well.

EDIT: I forgot to post that this was a b*tch to remove!!! It stained my nails like crazy! It might be because I kept packin on the layers or that this was an old polish.

Thanks for looking!

Snow and Icicles

This idea I copied from Nora @ Nail of the week seen here. My lines aren't as defined as hers, but I still like how this came out.

This is SH Salon Wine Not? as the base and Zoya Trixie for the silver and Sinful Colors Queen of Beauty for the glitter. I used a thin (but not so thin) art brush to apply.

This kinda ended up as a great way to do a french tip more than icicles.

Thanks for looking!

Silver Holo Comparisons

I decided to do some comparisons of the silver holos I own since I recently picked up Gosh Holographic. The other ones I own are Nfu-Oh #60? (I think) and SH Nail Prisms Diamond.

The Nfu-Oh and Gosh ones are really close and look spectacular without a topcoat. Diamond is kinda old and doesn't dry very well. I think the age of the polish is why it came out more grey than silver. I'm not sure how old it is since I got it off of eBay.

Anyway onto the comparisons!

All without t/c unless noted.

Gosh Holographic

Gosh Holographic next to Nfu-Oh #60?

Gosh Holographic, Nfu-Oh #60?, SH NP Diamond

Gosh Holographic 4 coats with t/c

So you can see the holo

After one day of wear :(

Holos do really suck at staying put on your nails. It might have been the four coats too.

On to the comparisons...

One Coat

top-bottom: Gosh Holo, Nfu-Oh #60?, SH NP Diamond

two coats

three coats

4 coats!

As you can see, Gosh and Nfu-Oh start out real streaky but begin to come to a full application. They are really close and holo-y. I would go as far to say they are dupes *maybe?*

Diamond- not so much

All the same as above

pinky- Gosh holo has the t/c and it does lose it's luster

SH NP Diamond- 4 coats w/tc

please excuse that bump on my middle finger, my nails are in bad shape (peeling) and the holo picks it up

same as above, in full sun

Thanks for looking!