Gold glitter gradation

Gold glitter gradation

This mani looks so much better IRL than in my pictures... *sigh* Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow so I can show you the glitz! Here are the polishes I used:

L'Oreal Shine & Resist - 735 (the base)

Gallery Colours - Gold Sparkle

Color Club - Gingerbread

Milani Jewel FX - Gold

OPI - Heart Of Gold

China Glaze FYI & beige holo comparison

China Glaze - FYI, 2 coats

China Glaze - FYI (index & ring), Make Up Store - Madeleine (middle) & Eveline (I need to check the # of this one) (pinkie), all 2 coats

Onni the poodle's disco nails

Nubar Hologram Glitter, 1 coat

Even the poodles in my household get subjected to glittery nail polish... Okay, so Onni does not mind a bit if I polish his nails once per year - he just sits there, facing me and is totally still while I paint his nails. I always start with a coat of Orly Bonder, then a coat of the densest, fastest drying glitter that I can find, and finish it off with a coat of Nubar Diamont. All of this takes just 10 minutes, and Onni barely bats an eye at me. Afterwards he is showered with nom-noms for having been such a good boy. He does not try to lick off the polish, nor does he gnaw at his nails - if he did, I would stop painting them.

Color Club Sugarplum Fairy

Color Club - Sugarplum Fairy, 2 coats over 1 coat of a lilac chrome

Prom Dress Disaster franken & LaRosa Hot Purple

Franken - Prom Dress Disaster, 3 coats over 1 coat of Color Club Pucci-licious

Franken - Prom Dress Disaster & LaRosa - Hot Purple, 3 + 1 coats

Confetti Blue Bombshell & OPI DS Glamour

Confetti - Blue Bombshell, 4 (possibly 5) coats

Confetti - Blue Bombshell & OPI DS - Glamour, 4-5 + 2 coats

Blue Skies franken

Franken - Blue Skies, 2 coats

- Wet 'n' Wild Nocturnal (a super dark true jelly) + clear
- China Glaze Nova (mixed size holo glitter)
- H&M Hello Kitty Glitter Purple (slighty-larger-than-regular and small purple glitter)
- Pure Ice Strapless (blue microglitter)
- Saffron silver glitter (large and small silver hexes, similar to OPI Crown Me Already)

Spectra Shield franken

Franken - Spectra Shield, 2 coats

This simple yet super pretty franken is definitely one of my favourite concoctions ever. Spectra Shield consists of a nearly full bottle of Flormar Supershine Miracle Colors U16, a few scoops of SpectraFlair fine grade pigment and a few drops of (any generic) dark purple shimmer polish. It's a fair bit more holo IRL than in my pics, and perhaps slightly more purple than in the first couple of pictures.

Layered purples & glitter gradation

Layered purples & glitter gradation

Oh dear... this mani has so much going on in it I don't know where to start. Originally, I had wanted to do a simple, clean nude mani with absolutely no bells or whistles, but the polish I was using was so sheer I would've had to do 5 or 6 coats to get an even semi-opaque finish. So I said to hell with it, I'm going to have to redo this all in any case, and just started slapping on any sheer polish that was on my desk. In addition to the nude polish, this has at least the following: Flormar Supershine Miracle Colors U28, Maybelline Purple Water, Pure Ice Busted, China Glaze Nova, and an unnamed Yes Love purple tinted hologram glitter. Phew! And you know what - I actually really, really like the end result!

Collection 2000 Maxiflex Purple Mist & Color Club Too Violet

Collection 2000 Maxiflex - Purple Mist, 1 coat (left hand) & 2 coats (right hand)

Beauty on a budget! I got Purple Mist for £1 on eBay and was very pleasantly pleased. The reddish purple base is packed full of blue shimmer and small golden & multicoloured flecks.

Collection 2000 Maxiflex - Purple Mist & Color Club - Too Violet, 1 + 2 coats

I was lemming for Too Violet for so long until I decided to purchase it. With purple and holographic glitter in purple jelly base, it's a bit too sheer to wear on its own so I layered it over Purple Mist. So much purple!