Glitter and Nail Art: Day 7

Here's the last post in my glitter and nail art week. If you're looking for some kind of inspiration and motivation to challenge yourself and your nail blog, consider doing a week of glitter and nail art. It gives you enough wiggle room to keep your manicures simple, but still requires that you do more than just layer some glitter over your regular polish. It forces you to think outside the box and is challenging enough to stick with without feeling obligated.

For my final design, I wanted to showcase the glitter mainly, so I did a glitter gradient. The glitter is Clockwork from Sonoma Nail Art. I scored this one during her last sale, in addition to Pinot Envy. I have shown you the two others I have here and here. I piled Clockwork on at the base of my nails over Rising Star (OPI), which I painted over Posh (Revlon). I love Posh and I'm glad I bought it.

I hope you've enjoyed glitter and nail art week at Nailed It as much as I have! Keep an eye on those Etsy stores as some restock constantly, some randomly, and some at a very specific time which they will tell you outright if you ask or check their info sections.

Glitter and Nail Art: Day 6

Dummy! Who does a holographic nail art design but doesn't take pictures until it's too dark!?

Sorry Mercury Twilight, I didn't do you any justice in these shots.

In lieu of the amazing shots of this polish I'm sure I'll be able to grab and update with tomorrow, here is a sunny picture of my last manicure with my favorite flower, the pansy.

I apologize for the small post, but I'm heading out the door and I don't have much time after the hike that brought that pretty flower out.

You'll notice there isn't much to the nail art today. Well, again, not much time. The polish I used is another F4 Polish polish called Stormy Night. I should've worn it two nights ago, when it really was stormy.

I'll get better pictures of the holographic and glitter mix tomorrow when (and if) there's sun. Have an awesome night!

Edit: Here is an updated sun picture. THERE'S THAT HOLOGRAPHIC!

Glitter and Nail Art: Day 5

Is it really day five of this Nailed It installment already? Boy how time flies when you're nails constantly sparkle!

Speaking of sparkle, check out this glitter! Black Tie Affair is from F4 Polish, which I have been absolutely loving lately. All the polishes I bought from these ladies are the perfect consistency when it comes to glitters. Not too chunky, but you don't have to fish around to fill your brush.

I didn't get enough neon yesterday, so I really brought it out today with four China Glazes: Flip Flop Fantasy, Sun Worshiper, Happy Go Lucky, and Electric Pineapple. The middle finger uses the same colors over White On (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear), done freehand with my nail art brushes.

Drink it in! I'll wait while you go buy everything you see here, because I know you're drooling as much as I am.

Glitter and Nail Art: Day 4

I needed more neon in my life, especially after looking at American Apparel's mix of promos for their neon line. I've shown you Floam and Orange You Unique? already though. I want to share with you my find from GlitterFest Nail Polish, Water Wings.

It's made up of neon green, blue and purple glitter pieces. The blue pieces provide the most sparkle, but I bought this polish for the matte green neon glitter. Can you see it very well? Here's another picture showing it a bit more up close.

Just another glitter shop to keep a watchful eye on. I may have to tell Siri to remind me to check for restocks a few times a day.

I just used my striping brushes dipped in Lickety-Split Lime (Sally Hansen Insta-Dri) and Fan the Flames Fuchsia (Sation) to create the stripes.

Glitter and Nail Art: Day 3

Do you know how hard it is covering up even just a tiny bit of today's glitter? It literally pained me to apply any strokes of a different color to Sneeze Breeze, a sick blue glitter from TheHungryAsian. That also may have been from the recent increase in weights during YPump, but let's attribute it to the gorgeous polish shall we? After all, this is Nailed It, not Wailed It.

I thought it appropriate to add roses to Sneeze Breeze. It's Attack of the Cottonwoods out here in Boulder, as day after day, little soft fluffy cotton drifts breeze around town. It's beautiful, especially at night when cars' headlights capture them moving across the surface of the roads, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't constantly pumped full of allergy medicine. Stupid gorgeous nature!

The roses were done with Hot Like Lava (Color Club), White On (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear), Be My Valentine (Sinful Colors), Green (Color Madric), and a hint of Me First (Sinful Colors). Whew! 

I layered Sneeze Breeze over Swimsuit...Nailed It! (OPI) because I didn't want to waste any of it. They actually appear quite close in color at first glance, but the OPI doesn't pack the neon punch like Sneeze Breeze. I don't know where Kae (TheHungryAsian's shop owner) found the blue glitter used in this, but it's a mind-melter. Is it neon? Is it shimmering? Is there more than one color of blue in there? I wish I had these answers, but alas, my glitter envy stops at buying polishes, not making them.

Glitter and Nail Art: Day 2

DAY 2! I'm pissed about today. Things did not go according to plan, but this will have to suffice as it's getting late and I don't have time to repolish, rephotograph, and repost a new one. It's passable, but definitely not my best work. I blame it on the rattling motorcycle I was riding around earlier. I'm an excellent back seat accessory to a motorcycle, let me tell you.

I love the polish that was used today. It's called Pirate's Booty and it's from Polish Rehab (Facebook and Etsy). Hayley has crafted some great glitter collections since the conception of her store, and I was pleased as pickles to be in the know early on so I could grab the glitters before their popularity took off. It since has, as you can see by the lack of product currently for sale, and for good reason.

It's a bit hard to make out over Hey Sailor (China Glaze), but there are red glitter pieces in addition to the black and gold. Baby squares, big squares, and hexagonal shapes are all found in this polish.

Again, I apologize for the bumpy appearance this manicure is giving off. I used the tape method, but unfortunately, letting the glitter layers dry before adding another doesn't work well with taping. It'll just goo-out on you, and you'll be peeling off a filmy layer of polish with the tape.

Oh well, lesson learned!

Glitter and Nail Art: Day 1

For the next week, I'm going to put together a series of designs that feature some of the absolutely amazing glitters from Etsy I've been accumulating for the past month or so. I'm really excited about it, and I know you will be too.

I didn't want to just do swatches of glitter, so, like today, I'll add some funky nail art to accompany the glitter and make it much more interesting.

Today was inspired by Hey, Nice Nails! awesome design. She has been doing a lot of stuff I am in love with lately, and these bows keep making appearances. The best part is they're incredibly simple to make! I did mine with White On (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear), Pool Party (China Glaze) and Black Creme (Wet n' Wild). It's so fun!

The featured glitter is from F4 Polish, and it's called Pink Penguin. I'm sure there's some clever joke about what is black, white and pink all over, but I don't have it. It's everything I like in a glitter...and by everything I like I mean it has black or white matte glitter.