Snow and Ice Glittery Mani Featuring Sephora Indi-go With the Flow

I picked up this lovely indigo (ish) glitter at Sephora during my annual bonus mega haul and have been trying to come up with a way to put it to good use. Looking through my stash, I thought it might go well with an interesting Sally Hansen Complete Manicure polish I picked up at the same time. Together, they make a lovely icy, snowing mani, good with the snow we've been having recently.

Indi-go With the Flow is an indigo glitter in small and large pieces, in a clear base. It almost looks silver on the nail which takes away a lot of the unique-ness. On, it's really not that interesting. In the bottle it looks like it could go all the way to actually being, well, indigo, but as you can see it just doesn't translate.

Underneath the glitter is Sally Hansen Complete Manicure in Lavender Cloud. This one is actually interesting as it's soooo close to being white and yet can still be called lavender. I just haven't seen anything like it before. The coverage is nice although what you see here is three coats. Pale colours always do need that extra coat. I think I'll keep this one around to show off interesting glitters, as an alternative to hard white.

Finally, for something different, I added a coat of Milani Jewel FX in silver. I've written about that one here, if you want to know more about it.

SUPER MACRO MODE ENABLED!

The verdict: Meh to Indi-go With the Flow, yay to Lavender Cloud. Indi-go is just like so many other glitters out there, hex glitters in multiple sizes, could pass for silver. Lavender Cloud is really pretty and is a great alternative to white. The brush is great too.

On a side note, I got a new lens for my camera! You'll be seeing a lot more of the super macro shots so check back soon :D

Review: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles is Accurately Named

It's amazing what you can find when you wander around at night. My favourite time to go shopping is ridiculously late and I'm extra happy when it pays off. I've been looking for Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles for a while now at that couldn't be more up my alley if it tried. I finally managed to find it in a Shoppers last night and it really does live up to its name. A Million Sparkles is a predominately blue glitter that has an amazing ability to look like a foil after a couple of coats. Combine that with gold, silver and pink bar glitter and you have a winner. It's seriously so sparkly I got distracted from what I was saying at lunch today. Application is decent but you really need four coats to get completely opaque coverage. That's ok, glitter dries fast. It's a little rough too but nothing Seche Vite can't fix. The Verdict: Yay glitter! If, like me, you like sparklies to the point where it's the biggest tag on y

I'm a Proper Mermaid This Time Beeeeaches

Ermerger guys, I don't have any glitter on me! Well, I do, just on my nails. I always have glitter on me. And cat fluff. It's funny how often my bf comes home with glitter in his beard. That means it's been there all day... Anyway, new nail vinyls mean something a bit different. I swear I'm not actually obsessed with mermaids, it just seems like it... Anyway, again, shall we?

Overlaid Red, Black and White Gradient Nails!

Ever since I did this mani recently I've been wanting to do a better version. The colours seemed like they would work together but it just didn't turn out how I wanted. I wanted to try again and decided to learn from my original mistakes. For example, make sure you use a super opaque creme polish on your top layer, don't bother with horizontal stripes and using thicker lines looks cool too.

Polish All the Nails

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