So for this weekend I went with something super simple and sparkly. Nude base and glitter gradient tips. I feel like you can't go wrong with this combo.
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Hmm new pose? I don't know maybe. What do you guys think?
Here are the polishes I used for this mani.
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| Left: OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre Right: OPI In True Stefani Fashion |
OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre is one of my favorite sheer nude polishes and OPI In True Stefani Fashion is my first go to glitter polish for glitter gradients.
I love those square glitters!
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| Macro OPI In True Stefani Fashion |
Base coat and top coats used. I think I might need a new clean up brush soon!
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| From left to right: miracle nail, Seche Vite top coat, Zoya Armor top coat, Salon Perfect Matte FX matte top coat, clean up brush, glitter placement tool |
I've been using miracle nail, found at Dollar Tree, as my base coat the last few days. For me it works like a peel off base coat. After two-three days my manis just pop off.
I applied one coat of miracle nail first. Then I did three thin coats of You Callin' Me A Lyre, allowing some drying time inbetween coats. I topped that off with Zoya Armor top coat. I applied In True Stefani Fashion on the tips by dabbing the brush on the nail, then I slowly dragged the polish towards my cuticule but I was careful not to drag too much far up. I did this to all my nails. Then I dabbed a bit more glitter on the very tips. I did a bit of glitter placement to get the square glitters where I wanted. One final coat of Seche Vite top coat to smooth down the glitters. A bit of cleaning around my cuticules with my clean up brush and acetone and done.
For the accent nail I used silver holo hex glitters also found at Dollar Tree. I placed them in a dotticure pattern. I had to add a matte top coat because I couldn't get the pattern to photograph well. I did one coat of Salon Perfect Matte FX.
Hope you guys enjoyed this mani. Hopefully I'll have some Halloween nail art coming up soon! See you next time :)
