Minimalist Carmen Miranda Nails!

I don't have quite the same volume of time free to do my nails I used to, because I now have to commute 20 whole minutes to get to work and I keep falling asleep at crazy early times. This usually results in me slapping on the nearest polish I can get away with two coats of and then accenting with as many charms I fancy at the time. Charms are the best for making your nails fancy with no effort what-so-ever. Yesterday I felt like wearing smiley-face charms with pineapples on top. It took stablenails on Instagram pointing it out that I'd inadvertently created minimalist Carmen Miranda nails. THIS PLEASES ME, THANK YOU STABLENAILS.

To start, I applied three coats of Sephora Formula X Equinox, a really pretty foily purple duochrome polish. I know I said two but this really does look better with three. After sealing said coats off with Seche Vite, I used nail glue to apply my Sparkly Shop Smiley Face and Pineapple charms. I love these charms so much, like, LOOK AT THEM. Especially the pineapples. They're small and flat so they even stay on well, if you're not the type for giant King Cobras. I wear those cobras so much, they make me feel badass. Anyway, minimalist Carmen Miranda nails! Woo!

The Verdict: Sure, I'm biased with these charms cos I chose them in the first place but LOOK AT THEM. I can't believe I didn't notice what the combo looked like too. Woo for crazy charms!

DON'T FORGET, IF YOU WANT 15% OFF AT THE SPARKLY SHOP, USE THE CODE BLOGGYPANTS. I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE CHARMS AND SPARKLIES. Totally not for money, I swear.

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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