31 Day Challenge - Day 6: Violet

Well, these didn't come out as awesome as they could've been, probably. I still really like them, but I was just feeling a bit uninspired and I kinda just wanted to get it over with. I used the explosion tape manicure technique from the fabulous Nailside, and did silver explosions coming from different directions on each finger.

The base color is two coats of China Glaze Spontaneous, a polish of my sister's that I'd never tried before, and I actually really like. It's a lovely blue-toned purple cream, and it dries a bit darker than bottle color. Explosions are done in Sally Hansen Silver Sweep, my favorite silver layering polish. It's super opaque and dries quickly.

I actually kind of liked my right hand better, but forgot to take pictures of it before it had gotten serious tipwear, and I decided it wasn't worth it.

Thanks for reading! 

Revlon Scandalous

This is quite possibly one of my favorite nail polishes ever. Notorious for being an exact dupe of Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance, Revlon's Scandalous is a black jelly base with tiny purple glitters, and large hex purple glitters.

Look at that! Look how freaking gorgeous it is!! Ahh, I love it. (I just thought that in a british accent. Oh I've been watching way too much Doctor Who)

The last time I wore this, if I recall correctly, I wore it on its own and it required 3-4 coats for opacity, and there was still a bit of VNL, so this time, I layered it over one coat of OPI's Black Onyx, just for insurance. IT'S SO PRETTY. I can't stop staring at my nails.

As usual, I used one coat of Revlon's Colorstay Base Coat, and then I applied one coat of OPI's Black Onyx, followed by two coats of Revlon's Scandalous, and one coat of Sally Hansen Insta Dry Topcoat.

Here are some more pictures.
Enjoy!
xx

Glitter Chevron Nails

Good morning!
This is going to be a relatively quick post, as I have to get to work soon. Today's manicure is mostly based around this gorgeous nail polish from the Sally Hansen Gem Crush line called Big Money. I'm too lazy to go take a picture of the bottle right now, but this is what it looks like.

It's a gorgeous mix, with small flecks of light gold glitter, and larger chunks of lilac glitter. On it's own, it's opaque in three coats or more, but it is quite thick, so I like to layer it over Orly Rage, a lovely rose gold.

So when I was doing my nails yesterday, I decided to play on the lilac glitters, and combine it with Sephora by OPI It's Hippo to be Square. (seriously, who comes up with these names? What does that even mean?) So I broke out my scotch tape and created these simple V-gaps. I really like the look of them, actually, and the glitter matches quite nicely with the base color.

Polishes used:

Revlon Colorstay Base Coat

Sephora by OPI It's Hippo to be Square

Sally Hansen Gem Crush Big Money

Sally Hansen Insta-dry Topcoat

 Well, I gotta get to work. See you soon!

City Skyline Nails

Hello again!

I just posted my sky manicure from last week, but we're going to pretend that I posted it a week ago, when I was still wearing it, and that seven whole days have gone by, and now here I am with this week's manicure. So hello. How was your week? Mine was splendid.

Alrighty then. Here is this week's manicure, inspired by this video by cutepolish on youtube. I had never tried ombre before, and I fell in love with this design when I saw the video, so I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone. Armed with a few of my favorite polishes and a whole ton of free time, I attempted my first complicated-ish design, and I think it turned out pretty well.

Polishes used: 

-Revlon Colorstay Base Coat

-Some white Orly polish, unknown name, for the base

-NYC Skin Tight Denim Creme (#115A) for the blue

-China Glaze Spontaneous for the purple

-OPI Black Onyx for the buildings

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Lightening for the windows

-Orly Instant Artist Striper in Crisp White for the moon

-Sally Hansen Quick Dry Topcoat

Here you can see the detail a little better.

I got a lot of compliments on this design the other day at a party, and its really simple to do.

I just wish it didn't wear off so quickly.

Anyway, it gives me an opportunity to try out a design I've been wanting to do for a while (; 

See you in a few days!