Teeny Tiny Glitter Quilted Nails

You guys know I'm a little bit cray about glitter by now so I'll spare you the defensive excuses-so-you-don't-judge-me bit and move straight to the glitter. Because holy crap, look at this glitter would you. I ordered some new glitter from LoveNailz and just *die*. I got a whole mess of glitter but the ones that really stood out for me were the tiny holo squares in red, blue, purple and pink. I had some free time the other day and knew I had to use this glitter, to its full potential. I think I did that.

Let me say up front that this was not a quick process. You need a lot of patience, and that's fine, because I have that. This was so time-consuming I only did two fingers. TWO. But if you have less time, the other three fingers don't take long at all. This is what you do, for both complex and simple designs: to start, apply your two coats of base colour. I keep using Rimmel Black Satin because it keeps being on sale and it applies nicely and is shiny. Using a slow-drying top coat - I'm using Maybelline Color Show clear right now but it really doesn't matter - apply a stripe of top coat down the middle of your nail and lay down your first line of glitter. If you're going to be particular about the positioning, it should be with this first line because you'll build out either side, using this as a guild. Just keep doing it til you're sick of doing it, make sure you have something on each nail and call it good. I have a tutorial (with video!) here, if you want to see more detail.

The Verdict: I love this so much I can't even think straight, not the least because I finally have square glitter that's actually square and is reasonably straight cut. Sure, this took forever to do but the holo glitter is so sparkly, it's so complex-looking, it's worth it. If any of you are quilters as well, I just had to do a bargello pattern with the colours :)

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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