Neon, Rainbow Glitter and Matte, Oh My

So apparently I'm a bit broken as no sooner did I finish my nice, staid monochrome dot gradient mani that I took it off and replaced it with a mani so eyeball-punchingly neon and rainbow glittered that my brain still hurts. Yeah. Glitter and neon, baby! You didn't need your eyes in solid format, anyway, right?

I started this monstrosity off with three coats of American Apparel Neon Yellow. I'm quite fond of this polish as not only is it a true highlighter yellow, it covers well without being too streaky. That's often a problem with the neons but this one was fine, even without underwear. Then, using my usual technique, I added the rainbow glitter stripes to my thumb and ring fingers. As that wasn't enough, I mattified the other fingers, cos you know, why not. Cameras cannot possibly be expected to handle this level of neon but trust me, this is very very bright.

The Verdict: This may not be my most sophisticated effort but I love the combination of the neon and rainbow glitter, and the matte. This is so eye-catching that my male Project Manager at work commented on it, it's so in your face. Hooray!

The Polishes:

American Apparel Neon Yellow, American Apparel
Joe Fresh Matte, Joe Fresh.

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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