Thanksgiving 2015: Watermarble Turkey

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These cute watermarble turkeys were 100% inspired by @banicured_ on Instagram! She did such a good job, I really wanted to try. Last time I did water marble, it actually worked out really well, so I was actually excited to try again!

Red: China Glaze Tip Your Hat

Orange: China Glaze Stoked to Be Soaked

Yellow: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow

Brown: Essie Partner in Crime

White: Salon Perfect Sugar Cube

Black: Salon Perfect Oil Slick

I am so happy with how these turned out! The turkey and water marble were complimented a lot, and my sister loved the dots so much I had to do the same thing on her in Christmas colors!

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31 Day Challenge: Day 31

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Prompt: Honor Nails You Love

White: OPI Alpine Snow
Red: OPI Amore at the Grand Canal
Orange: China Glaze Home Sweet House Music
Yellow: Zoya Darcy
Black: Essie Licorice

It's the last day! I can't believe I finished the challenge again this year, and I even finished it on time! I got behind for a few days, but then I got caught back up, and I'm so excited about it. I feel so god about having it done now.

I was completely inspired by @banicured_ on Instagram. I did the gradient, and then hand painted the design on top of that.

Thank you so much for following me throughout this challenge again this year, and I can't wait to try again next year!

31 Day Challenge: Day 3

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Today's Prompt: Yellow

Today I had a different plan originally. I even did it…and it failed. I pushed it up to the last minute, so I didn't have time to redo what I planned, so I did something different, which I actually really like!

Yellow: China Glaze Sun's Up, Top Down
White: China Glaze White On White

For the accent nail, I just used a dotting tool and created a "border" around my nail with dots! I actually really like the way it turned out. I think it's really fun and different, but a twist on a dotticure!

Check back tomorrow for more nail art! <3

Wet 'n Wild Summer Mix & Match

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Today I wanted to share the nails I painted for the other day! I wanted to finally use some of the Wet 'n Wild summer polishes that I had laying around, so I picked out three of them that went well together and did a sort of mix & match! I've been loving mix & match nails lately, because they are so much fun! I just like how there is something for everybody in them.

Pink: Wet 'n Wild Re: In Carnation
Orange: Wet 'n Wild Sun Settle Down
Yellow: Wet 'n Wild Bee-U-Tiful
White: OPI Alpine Snow

I wasn't crazy about this manicure in general. It was alright, but my least favorite thing was the middle finger. I just didn't care for the lightning bolt with this set of nails. It's not awful, but it could've gone better with something else, for sure.

The pointer finger was sponged on using a latex free cosmetic sponge, and the dot flower was done using some basic dotting tools. For the middle finger lightning bolt, I used the tip of the sponge to try to fade the orange up into not much of the yellow.

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31 Day Challenge: Day 31

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Today's theme: honor nails you love!

It's the final challenge! I actually completed the challenge just one day late, but I haven't had much time to post, so this post is later. I'm proud of myself for getting this done this year, even if I was scrambled and late in the end. I finished, which is much better than I did last year!

I had trouble coming up with something to do. I wanted to do something quick and easy, and not one that would require waiting for different portions to dry, or to get different details on. I decided finally to honor @nailstorming from Instagram. She has done so many different minion nails, and they are all so cute and amazing! I went with the basic minions, but she has done some pretty clever ones for different months and holidays throughout the year. You can find her on Instagram, and on her blog here.

For the base color, I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron. The overalls were done with Salon Perfect Nail Art in Blue Skies. The grey for the minions goggles was Zoya Carey, the white was Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost, and the black details was Salon Perfect Nail Art in Black Ink.

I'm happy with the way these turned out! I definitely think that there is room for improvement, but they are much better than the first time I tried a minion which was two years ago, and I only did it on one nail...so much progress!

Most of my posts can be found on Pinterest, and I also post the pictures an announcements of blog posts on my Instagram (@glitternails89).

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*I am not sponsored in any way. All polishes were purchased with my own money. All opinions are truthful and my own.

31 Day Challenge: Day 20

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Today's theme: water marble!

I've only done watermarbling two other times before today, and I'm actually pretty impressed with myself! I was inspired to use these colors because I wanted something that looked like fall, and I recently saw a picture posted by badgirlnails on Instagram.

I started by putting down a white base of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost. Once that was dry, which was quickly, I started the water marble. I used China Glaze White on White, Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow and Sun Kissed.

I did put tape around my nails to keep the cleanup minimal, but it still took some time. My favorite turn out was on my thumb, which there is a solo shot of below.

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*All polishes were purchased with my own money. All opinions are my own and truthful. I am not sponsored in any way.

31 Day Challenge: Day 3

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Today's theme was "Yellow Nails." I used Color Club Almost Famous.

I have only used one other Color Club polish before, so this was a fairly new brand to me. I like the color a lot. It picks up much brighter on camera. In real life, it is more of a "school bus yellow:" darker, not quite as neon or vibrant.

The formula was a cream formula, but it was a little thick. It was not perfect, it had some streaks and unevenness. I did like that it was very opaque, however, and the only reason I added a third coat was because of the streakiness. At that point, most of the nails were already covered completely.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to top coat it, so I didn't get to see if that helped even it out or not. It seems like most yellow polishes are hard to do, so I wouldn't say this is much worse than what you'll find with many yellow polishes.

Be sure to check back tomorrow for day four!

Thanks for reading <3

*All polishes were purchased with my own money. All opinions are truthful and my own.

31 Day Challenge: Day 13 (Tutorial!)

Day Thirteen: Animal Print

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow

Essie in Little Brown Dress

China Glaze Matte Magic

I decided to do giraffe print for today because 1) it's easy, and 2) I never seen many giraffe nails, or tutorials, if any! So I decided to make a tutorial of my own!

1. Start with clean, unpolished nail. Add a base coat.
2. Paint nail with yellow nail polish. I used Mellow Yellow by Sally Hansen. Add several coats until it is a solid yellow. It does not need to be absolutely perfect, because a lot of it will be covered up.
3. With a large dotting tool, create splotches with a brown nail polish. I used Little Brown Dress by Essie. I just tried to make the spots look as close to giraffe spots as possible, but I did not want every nail to look the same.
4. Once it is dry, put a matte top coat on top, to make it look more like an animal. I used Matte Magic by China Glaze.

And that's it! It was really easy, and other than waiting for the colors to dry to ensure there was no smearing, it did not take very long at all to do!

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 3

Day Three: Yellow

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Hard Hat

 I absolutely loved this nail polish. I have tried many Sally Hansen nail polishes before and have always liked them, but found that there seems to always be something better. That still holds true, but I was excited to try this new line of Sally Hansen. I had never tried the Hard as Nails line before.

When I started this color, I thought it was going to be much like my polish from yesterday, because it was shimmery and seemed very thin. As I added a second layer, though, I realized how easily it builds. I added three coats, just to make it more intense, but it may have been okay with just two on some nails.

I thought that was impressive, especially considering the stain I have on my pinky nail from a blue polish that won't go away. Also, on the orange polish from yesterday, I could still see the white tips  of my nails through the color. Although my nails are shorter now, it was much harder to see the white.

Overall, I was very impressed with this nail polish AND the color!

I also apologize for the poor quality of the picture. My camera was having issues :/

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