Trendy Tuesday: Gradient Glitter

I love using gold, so here is another. Gold Gradient Halo Glitter nails! I'm not sure the name of the Color Club's gold halo glitter... is it "Gingerbread"? I'm not sure. 

Revlon Golden Charm + Color club gold halo glitter

Happy!

Meet: 10 Professonal Nail Lacquer MoonLight

I love wearing nudes. When my nails gets long, this is the time I like to pull out all my nude colors and see which one gets picked. Most nude polishes that I have are sheer, and needs 5 coats to be completely opaque, but NOT this one! This is one of my favorite, and its probably the cheapest out of all my nudes. Funny how things works sometimes. I only have a couple of polishes by this brand, and I wish I grabbed more when they were still on sale. The formula for these polishes are all very nice. This one was especially creamy, and went on very smooth. The only thing that I have with these is the long stem of the brush, and if I don't wipe the excess polishes off, it will drip when I paint my nails. So be sure to wipe off the excess polish on the long stem when using this!

10 Professional Nail lacquer in: 458 Moonlight

Trendy Tuesday: Neon Green!!

Summer time just screams for Neon!!! Mint Neon is also something I have been loving. Instead of going out to find the perfect color that I wanted, I mixed my own. I used Sally Hansen "Sea Breeze" + Sinful Colors "Neon Melon" and Wet n wild "French White". I mixed them in a small water bottle cap until I got the desired color and painted my nails with it! easy peasy!

2 coats of mixed color

Wet n' Wild Wild Shine Nail Color: French White, Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel: Neon Melon, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri fast dry nail color: 02 Sea Breaze

Meet: Sinful Colors Savage

Such a cute color! This is such a fun color to wear during summer time! It goes on matte, which I did not expect it to since it's not really a neon color, but that's no problem! the formula on this is awesome, one coat will do the job just fine. With a layer or two of top coat. this thing becomes super shiny! Bought these sinful colors several weeks back at walgreen's during their 99cents sale, and it is definitely worth every penny!

Two coats of Savage

Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel in: 950 Savage 

Two coats + Top coat

Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel in: 950 Savage  

Meet: Sinful Colors Mint Apple

This is Sinful Colors Mint Apple. I bought this color when it was really popular on the interwebs. I've seen swatches on several different blogs and thought I really liked the color. After using it the first time, I hated it! I'm not sure why, but I never wore it again after that until now. Since I'm on a teal kick I decide to give this another try. I have to say I don't really like it, but I don't hate it either. I do like the subtle shimmers in this that makes it different from all the other green/teal colors that I have, but I think it's just too dark for my taste. Maybe if it is a little lighter, I might like it better.

The formula on this was actually really good. It would have worked with only 2 coats, but I like to apply my polishes with thin coats, so I used 3 just to be safe.

These swatches were taking with artificial lighting. I had a busy day and forgot to take pictures, and since I got a little razor nick on my middle nail, and being the OCD that I am about my nails, I wanted to change polishes. So I just took some pictures with my make up mirror lighting. So I would say these are not that color accurate. In person it's a bit darker and greener. 

Mint Apple Swatch (3 coats + Top coat)

Mint Apple Swatch (3 coats + Top coat)

Sinful Colors Professional Nail Enamel in: 947 Mint Apple

Trendy Tuesday: Wing Tip Shoes

I was flipping through my magazine and saw a bag inspired by wingtip shoes that I just loved! I thought this was perfect inspiration for a "wing tip" manicure! This trend has been around for a while now, and wingtip has always been a classic for men's footwear, but recently we have seen a lot of wing tip shoes for women as well.

Here is my take on this trend on my nails. I used Orly Dress in White for the base, and drew the tip with OPI Siberian Nights. I didn't want to do the classic black and white so I opted for the dark purple. 

Wing Tip inspired Nail Art

Wing Tip inspired Nail Art

Orly Nail Lacquer in: 40606 Dressed in White, OPI Nail Lacquer in: NL R52 Siberian Nights

Meet: OPI Black Cherry Chutney

OPI Black Cherry Chutney is a perfect name for this polish. It is a deep red with subtle shimmers that reflect lots of light. I loved the formula for this color, and it would have worked with just one coat. I am a sucker for dark vampy polishes, so even though I usually lean towards more matte polishes, I still really like this one since the shimmers in there are so subtle.

Black Cherry Chutney Swatch (2 coats + top coat)

OPI Nail Lacquer in: NL 143 Cherry Black Chutney