Taupe Ibiza Mix

Some glitter for today.

I didn't feel like a full of glitter mani, so I sponged a glitter gradient (well, tried to attempt a gradient, anyways...). My base is Artdeco 116, a brown leaning taupe creme. Model's Own's Ibiza Mix is a clear based glitter topper with hex glitters in pastel colors (the colors look more vivid in my pictures than they are irl), gold, blue, pink and silver, in two sizes.

Glory

A autumn-colored mani for the fall weather in Switzerland...


 


My base color is Artdeco 171. I haven't worn this deep red shimmer for quite some time, but I still love it. Over the base color I dabbed one coat of ILNP Glory. "Glory travels through hues of red, orange, copper, gold, and chartreuse with hints of other colors in different lighting! You just can’t go wrong!" (Source: ILNP)
One coat of Pahlish Magic Mirror Top Coat finished this mani.

ILNP polishes are available on Etsy and at their own shop.

52 Week Challenge - Chevrons / Red And Gold

This weeks challenge themes are already Christmas-y with red/gold and chevrons. I used a color combo that reminds me very much of Sunnydale High School...





My base color is Essence A Piece Of Love (Breaking Dawn Part II Trend Edition), a warm, yellow toned gold shimmer. The pictures show two coats.





After three hours of drying time (I added some topcoat to speed it up), I used chevron nail vinyls and added one thick coat of Artdeco 171, a dark red, almost maroon shimmer,. One coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top finished this mani.

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Two Christmas Manis

I'm back (and stating the obvious)! I hope you had a nice holiday. Mine was great, but I must have gained at least 4 pounds with all that eating...

Today I have my Christmas mani for you, that I was wearing for the last couple of days.





I started with Artdeco 171, a dark shimmery red, and Models Own Emerald Black on my ringfinger, three coats each. Emerald Black looks blue in the bottle shot and the sunlight picture, but on the nails it's a deep, shimmery forest green. I didn't take any pictures of the base colors alone, as I did my nails at my parents'. I did bring my camera with me (you can't leave the camera at home when you're spending some days with a little puppy), but the lighting didn't allow any decent pictures.

Then I added OPI The Man With The Golden Gun (Skyfall Collection), a clear base with 18K gold flakes. The flakes are a little sparse, so I had to use two coats o get a decent amount of flakes on my nails. I finished with one coat of Essie Good to Go. I took the pictures yesterday afternoon, after three days of wearing it. Please excuse the tipwear and the scratches in the top coat.

The afternoon of Christmas Eve I spent with my godson. His mother, my best friend Jessica, likes nail polish, too, and is a devoted reader of my blog. So I gladly accepted when she asked me to bring some polishes and help her with her Christmas mani. She chose a England Perceval as her base color, a gorgeous classic red shimmer, and a stamping with Barry M Gold Foil and the DRK-B plate. This was the first time I did the nails of somebody else, so the mani is far from perfect. But I guess it could have turned out worse...

What were you wearing on your nails during the holidays?