Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share with you something I discovered at a dusty nail supply store in Chinatown this week. It is a different version of China Glaze Atlantis! This was mixed in with the version I had seen before, and actually, I own the normal version. So here are some comparison photos.

Hello everyone!  Sorry I haven't updated in a few days... things have been busy due to the holiday, I'm sure the same is true for everyone!  Santa brought me a few nail polishes, as well as a new plexi glass wall mount rack, which I was definitely in need of.  I hope you all got what you were wishing for, spent some time with people you love, and ate some delicious food.

My giveaway ended last week, and I never properly announced the winner, so I just wanted to take a moment to do that.  The winner of the Nail Prisms was Pryanka!  This was her first giveaway win, and I'm sure she will take very good care of her new pretties. ;)

Congratulations, Pryanka!

I think I will be doing my next giveaway when I hit 100 followers, so keep an eye out for that!  Only 24 to get there...

Hi everyone!  Today I have another holiday manicure for you!  This was one of my favorites so far.  I was inspired by this mani from Stacy over at Wickless & Polished.

I used OPI I Juggle... Men as my base color.  The white is OPI Funny Bunny, silver snow accents are China Glaze Icicle, tree is China Glaze Holly-day.  I added the red ornaments on my trees with  Orly Star Spangled, and the tree topper with CND Gold Chrome.  I did most of the detail work with my dotting tools.  I really need to invest in a small brush and some acrylic paints to make nail art easier for myself.

This made me feel really festive and happy!  I hope you all like this as much as I did. :)

Hi everyone!  Today I have some Candy Cane nails for you.  My base was OPI Funny Bunny, then a layer of Sally Hansen Nail Prisms South Sea Pearl.  SSP has a duochrome of green to pink, but that didn't show up in my photos.  With a striping brush I added the Orly Star Spangled.  I still have a hard time making steady lines with a striping brush, I need to practice more!  If anyone who is good at nail art with brushes has any tips for me, I'd love to hear them!!

Hi guys!  I didn't have too much time to work with when I did my nails this time since we have extended holiday hours at the salon right now.  I decided to do some layering and keep it simple.  I got OPI Funny Bunny a couple weeks ago, so I used that as my base color.  It is a soft white jelly, and I actually wanted Essie Marshmallow but couldn't find it, so I got this instead.  I haven't seen a comparison but it seems like they may be dupes.  I was originally going to do a jelly sandwich*.  I did 2 coats of Funny Bunny, one coat of a random iridescent glitter, another coat of FB, then 2 coats of China Glaze Snow Globe.  At this point I just couldn't bring myself to cover up the gorgeous sparkles of Snow Globe so I just stopped!  I'm a serious sucker for glitter!

I had a difficult time getting pictures of the different colors of glitter in Snow Globe.  I feel like this mani was sooo much prettier in real life!  Also, even though it was glittery, this mani was a nice palette cleanser after all my red and green and gold ones.  Hope you like it!




What are you favorite layering colors?



*This is where you do a base color, then glitter, then a thin layer of the jelly polish over the glitter, for anyone who may not have heard of a jelly sandwich.  The jelly polishes are sheer, so the glitter still shows, but it is muted and looks suspended in the base.

Hi everyone!!  I want to do a giveaway for my readers for the holidays.  I have a set of Sally Hansen Nail Prisms to give one lucky reader!  The set includes the colors: Lapis Amethyst, South Sea Pearl, Blush Diamond, Diamond, and Ruby Diamond.

Please enter in the form provided below, comments left on this post will not be counted as entries!

Good Luck!!

Hi guys!  I've got a tape mani for you today!  Part of the reason I started wanting to do more nail art was from being inspired by the blog Chloe's Nails.  I thought her scotch tape manicures were so cool looking, and they seemed like something easy enough to accomplish.  She has lots of great tutorials on her blog, so check it out for ideas!

For these I used Zoya Isla, Zoya Ivanka, and China Glaze Twinkle Lights.  They are so festive and I think all the colors worked really well together.  Mr. Sparkles said my nails look like presents. :)

Hi Everyone!  Today's nails are some fun mixed patterns using my dotting tools and a striping brush.  This was my first time using the striping brush, and I was quite happy with how it turned out.  On my thumb and ring finger I used China Glaze Icicle as the base, and on the rest I used China Glaze Blue Year's Eve.  The accents are the same 2 polishes.

Hi guys!  Today I have some really fun nail art for you.  Mr. Sparkles loves LEGOs and his birthday was on Monday.  Tonight we are having a birthday/graduation (Mr. Sparkles also now has his Master's degree in Physics, I am so proud of him!) party for him at the apartment that is LEGO themed.  So of course I needed some LEGO nails.

I only found a couple other people who have done LEGO nails online... I took my inspiration from this post on The Daily Nail.  I think she did hers with a nail art brush, which I attempted and quickly decided I need to practice more.  I switched to my dotting tools, and that worked out well for me.  The colors I used in this mani were:  NYC Big Apple Red, NYC Times Square Tangerine, Finger Paints Papier Mache, Finger Paints Black Expressionism, OPI Roadhouse Blues, China Glaze Towel Boy Toy, Orly Lucky Duck, and Zoya Pippa.  I did some mixing for the shadowing/highlighting.  Overall, I think this turned out pretty cute, and awesomely nerdy!