Thursday, July 12, 2012

Nails Inc Sprinkles-Pudding Lane

I'm so excited to have the Sprinkles collection! They were originally only in the UK but recently showed up on Sephora's website so I grabbed them up! There seems to be several Nails Inc polishes on my wishlist lately, they have a great formula and some really nice colors. And Pudding Lane is no different!

Pudding Lane is a dark blue and green/yellowish glitter in a light blue base. I say green/yellowish because in different lighting it's hard to tell, it might even be gold...at some points it even looks silver. But I'm sure it's just my eyes playing tricks on me.






This was almost a one-coater. I got a few bald patches towards my cuticles, so it needed a thin second coat. I also did 2 coats of top coat to smooth out the grittiness (which isn't as bad as most glitters). But even after 2 coats I can still feel a little bit of texture.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy Fourth of July!

I just realized I've had my blog for a year now! I guess it would be more of an accomplishment if I posted more often! Anyways, here's a quick post on my 4th of July mani.

I attempted my very first gradient with red, white and blue. Then I added Red, Blue, Silver and Pink glitter on top.





For my first gradient I'm really happy about how it turned out. My right hand didn't get so lucky, but that's ok! For those of you wondering, I used a makeup sponge with the three colors to dab it onto my nails. If you really want an in depth tutorial I can create one, or lead you to the one that taught me! 

The colors used:
China Glaze First Mate
China Glaze Phat Santa
Sinful Colors Snow Me White
LA Girl Glitter Celebrate

Happy Fourth of July! Stay safe.