Oh My Stars over ILNP Summer Stargazing

Stars! Yeah! Woo! I used to hate star glitter cos you'd always get bits sticking up and catching on everything. Turns out that doesn't happen when your stars are teeny and adorable. Yess. It also makes me feel clever when I use matte glitter over holo polish. No idea why but I feel like I'm inverting a paradigm. And then I get to feel even more superior for spelling paradigm correctly the first go. IM SMART GUISE.

I started off here with two coats of ILNP Summer Stargazing, a royal blue holo polish. It's nifty, although I feel it could be darker. This was after I applied my acrylic tips. I kinda ruined my nails scuda diving in Curacao and picking off too much nail glue so this way I get to have the nails I want without having to grow them. I've been using the Nailene Ultra Quick Gel Kit and it's actually really good. Sure, it takes a bit of practice but it's not hard. You just have to make sure you spend enough time filing down the join where the tips end. You can see I didn't do it enough on my middle finger, that's why you can see a ridge. Not only do you get long nails, but the combo of the gel and top coat activator works awesome over glitter. Very shiny and long wearing, even if you're really rough on your nails like I am. Anyway, glitter. Usual deal, just covered my nail in top coat and stuck my stars on. Not really too complicated this time.

The Verdict: Loving the acrylics even if they make me want to pick them off. Loving the holo ILNP polish and of course the stars. They're available from The Sparkly Shop in a nice little set. That I made. I tell you, it's very difficult to comfortably promo your own stuff...

THE FIRST THREE PEOPLE TO FIND FIRST ELECTRIC MERMAID POST ON MY BLOG GET 20% OFF AT THE SHOP YEAAAHH that's a thing, good job Laura

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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