Sunday, November 27, 2011

SH Jumpin' Jade + SC Pinky Glitter

I know both of these polishes are old, but I haven't had a chance to update my stash in awhile and I still like poking around in there and discovering new combinations.  As I've mentioned before, the holiday season is very inspiring for me and I love coming up with fun holiday/seasonal looks.  Today's look reminds me of a Christmas tree covered in lights.

I started with a strengthening base coat (Sally Hansen Double Duty Strengthening Base & Top Coat).  Then, I applied 2 coats of Sally Hansen Jumpin' Jade, and then 1 coat of Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter.  I finished the look with a coat of quick dry top coat to even out the glitter and then a coat of Essie Matte About You, since I love matted glitter.

This look was pretty easy and a quick manicure since the Jumpin' Jade is one of Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri colors and the glitter dries quickly.

Photos taken in natural light.




Stay inspired!  Thanks for looking! :)

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Winter Medley

Hi everyone!  Well, it's snowy and cold where I live so that means I'm sporting winter nails!  For Thanksgiving my sister wanted me to do her nails for her, so I was trying to think of several ideas for her to choose from and ended up swatching them to see how they would look.  Well, I ended up with 5 different looks and just wore them as a manicure that I named Winter Medley.  Since they all had the same shades of blue and glitter, it didn't look as disjointed as I imagined.  I figured I could post them here for everyone so you could have some inspiration this winter!

Look #1:
Base: Wet n Wild Blue Moon

Glitter: Wet n Wild silver shimmer top coat (no label on bottle) on entire nail
Northern Lights Holographic Topcoat in silver on top 2/3 of nail
Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope on top 1/3 of nail

Rhinestones: Broadway Nails

  

Look #2:
Gradient (lightest to darkest): OPI What's With the Cattitude?
Sally Hansen Pacific Blue
OPI Blue My Mind
Wet n Wild Blue Moon
Color Club Blue-topia

Glitter: Wet n Wild silver shimmer top coat (no label on bottle) on entire nail
Northern Lights Holographic Topcoat in silver on top 2/3 of nail
Wet n Wild Kaleidoscope on top 1/3 of nail



Look #3:
Same as Look #2, but in the opposite direction


Look #4:
Base: OPI What's With the Cattitude?

Snowflakes: Rite Stripe in White

Glitter: Wet n Wild Hallucinate


Look #5:
Base: Color Club Blue-topia

Snowflakes: Rite Stripe in White


These looks were really fun to do.  I feel like there are so many sources of inspiration during the winter months and around the holidays.  Do you find the holidays inspiring? Where do you get your inspiration?