Try It On Tuesday: Glitzy Glazes It's a Confetti Party!

Hello, hello!  It's been a Monday all over in my neck of the woods.  I know I'm posting for Try It On Tuesday, but it's only 11:30 here yet.  I'm counting down the minutes.  I've got a missing package in the mail and my phone is currently incommunicado, no calls, no texts, and TMobile doesn't seem to be hustling to fix the issue.  Blah!  At least I did get a couple of awesome things in the mail, one of which I'm about to show you!

This pretty lavender girl is It's a Confetti Party! by Glitzy Glazes.  GG is a new-to-me brand and I was lucky enough to win Kathi's latest giveaway to get my paws on this lovely.  IACP is a sheer lilac jelly packed with two sizes of metallic and matte squares in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and pink; small metallic and matte hexes in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and pink; white bars; and a generous sprinkling of holographic glitter as well. 

I just love these jelly sandwiches in a bottle!  Look at the depth and the layers...squeee!  IACP is rather sheer so you may want to layer it over some undies.  I did not and used 4 coats here.  You can still see a bit of nail line, but I actually like the sheerness for this one.
 

Glitzy Glazes polishes are available on Storenvy where a full size bottle will run you $10.  I can attest to the friendliness of the maker, Kathi, and the speediness of shipping.  Even though mine was a giveaway prize, it was in my hot, little hands within 3 business days after she'd told me I won!  You'll want to like her Facebook page to keep abreast of new polishes, updates, and future giveaways!

As always, thanks so much for reading!

18 of 31: Half Moon Nails

Howdy!  It's a half-moon manicure challenge today...here are mine!

Two coats of Sonia Kashuk's Rock Star to start.  I followed that with a gradient using Essie's Bangle Jangle and The Nailasaurus's Gradient Tutorial. When that was dry, I free-handed some half moons again in Bangle Jangle.  I got the idea from a photo I saw on Pinterest, but unfortunately, it wasn't linked back to the original website, so if you know who came up with this idea, let me know so I can throw some credit their way ;)

As always, thanks so much for reading and tune in tomorrow for Galaxy Nails (which I've already done twice for this challenge and may have to redo again tomorrow...the Force is not with me tonight, sigh).

Saran Wrap Manicure

Howdy, everyone!  I hope your weekend is going well so far.  I managed to get today off and had brunch with my friend and her parents this morning.  I do so love brunch :)  I also got to try out a new (for me) polish technique this week:  saran wrap!  Here are my results!

 If you're not familiar with the technique*, a saran wrap manicure is similar to some wall treatments I've seen.  You apply your base color (here I've used Sonia Kashuk's Rock Star) and let it dry completely.  I used a coat of Seche Vite to speed it up.  Then you apply one coat of a different color on top (my mani uses Essie's Bangle Jangle).  While this coat is still wet, you use a small piece of saran wrap (cling film, plastic wrap, whatever your favorite term is), crunch it up and dab your nails.  The wrap picks up bits of the wet polish and creates a fun texture.  I actually did this second step twice, using Zoya's Neeka for a little bit of sparkle.  I'm enjoying this technique and would like to try it with different color combinations...maybe something a little less monochrome next time.  Here's another shot of my mani:

 

Thanks so much for reading!!

*I don't know who "invented" this technique as I've seen it on many different blogs lately.  If there's someone I should give credit to, please let me know and I'll be happy to add it in!

Sinful Colors Zeus

Howdy, everyone!  Can I get a big "YAY" for the weekend?!  I actually have a Saturday off and I have no idea what to do with it.  However, I figured a good way to start would be to blog about my nails :)

Top photo is indoors, bottom photo is in sun.

I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors Zeus, a dusky lavender with some lovely shimmers of pink running through it.  On top of that, I added an elongated French tip of Nina's Ultra Pro in Purple-Xing.  I love, love, love Purple-Xing!  I've described it before in this post; it's like wearing the night sky on your finger nails!  On my ring fingers, I added some iridescent sequins to cover the nail...they kind of look like disco balls :)  Very sparkly, love it!

Thanks for stopping by!