Hi loves!  I'm sure all of us have a few nail bloggers who we were just in awe of before we started our own blogs, and today I have a guest post for you from a lady who was one of those to me!  Jacki from Adventures in Acetone is always doing the most amazing and intricate nail art, and to top it all off she is just the biggest sweetheart.  I'm hoping to have some time to meet up with her in real life while we are in Florida this month.  Keep reading to see the nail art she has come up with today!


Hello, Smashley Sparkles readers! I'm so happy to be here today! I'm Jacki, and you may know me from my blog Adventures In Acetone. I know that Ashley loves green and purple combos for nail art so I just had to do that combo for today's guest post!

• I started out with 2 coats of Elevation Polish Wuyi Mountain. This is a really pretty green with blue shimmer. 
• Once it was completely dry, I used striping tape to do a criss cross design all over the nails. (Similar to this tutorial I did with textured polishes last month.)
• Then, I used a torn makeup sponge and Picture Polish Amethyst to do a gradient from the tips toward the cuticle. The blue simmer and flakies in Amethyst tied in so nicely with Wuyi Mtn!
• After I removed the striping tape, I was left with this design with the diamonds fading that were closest to the cuticle. 
• Lastly, I used HKGirl top coat to seal it all in!

Hi guys!  Today's guest post is from my lovely friend Michaela.  She has a new-ish blog called The Mani Café, where she posts some awesome nail art and swatches.  We have a few things in common, such as our love for purple, MAC Cosmetics and Lynnderella, so we've bonded over that.  Big thanks to her for being here today.  Let's keep reading to see what she has for you guys to read about!


Hi Smashley Sparkles readers! I'm Michaela from so happy to be guest posting for Ashley over here today. I love her blog and nail art in particular! 

I have quite a simple but pretty manicure for you today in my favourite colour from one of my favourite brands, Elevation Polish. All of Lulu's polishes are spectacular but these two really blew me away, especially worn together! 

Elevation Polish Pata Puffer II and Mount Cangyan

Mount Cangyan is a gorgeous purple shimmer from the 'View From The Top' collection which really glows! 
Here is the description from Elevation Polish: 
Royal Purple shimmer polish that is highly complex in the light. Red shimmer in high concentration as well as copper & gold shimmer
Finish: shimmer almost a duochrome

Elevation Polish Mount Cangyan and Pata Puffer II

I used two coats of Mount Cangyan for perfect opacity. The formula was perfect and application was easy. 

Elevation Polish Mount Cangyan and Pata Puffer II

As an accent nail I added a coat of Pata Puffer II from the Tools Of the Trade collection to my ring finger. 
Pata Puffer II is a gorgeous glitter topcoat which I can't wait to layer over loads of different colours! 
Here is the description from Elevation Polish:
Clear base, Blend of Wine, Fuchsia, Purple and sparse pink glitters including circle glitters.
Finish: Heavy glitter

Elevation Polish Mount Cangyan and Pata Puffer II

Elevation Polish Mount Cangyan and Pata Puffer II

 

Elevation Polish Mount Cangyan and Pata Puffer II

These two look great together and I really enjoyed wearing this mani. What do you think of it? Thanks to Ashley for having me today and I hope that you'll come visit me over at . 

Elevation Polishes can be purchased at http://elevationpolish.bigcartel.com/ and restocks are every 7th of the month at 9PM (CST) and every 22nd of the month at 9AM (CST).

I knew I wanted to do a fun skittle mani with glitter bombs.  I thought doing purple would be really pretty and it's Ashley's favorite color, BUT I decided on teal instead.  I just like the teal/silver combo.
 

I started with a base of a no-name teal that I got from Urban Outfitters in an ombre set.  You can see my post about them HERE.  For the silver glitter I used Ulta Starstruck which is a super dense scattered holo silver glitter.  I used three coats.  Over that I layered L.A. Colors Color Craze Sparkling Diamond which is a multi-sized silver glitter in a clear base.
 

Ooooh!  Look at all that holo glitter!
 

For the stripes I used Kiss Nail Artist Fine Art pens in black and white and then a nail art brush to draw a cutesy little heart on my ring finger with the teal polish.  I topped it all off with a hefty coat of Seche Vite and I was good to go.  I did think to myself, "OMG this is gonna be such a pain to get off".  Thankfully I used a glue base so it will come right off. I hope you all enjoyed this super fun mani as much as I do.  Thanks to Ashley for having me and I wish her and her husband the best while they are here visiting family and friends. 

 Don't forget to swing by and check out my blog at Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!  You can also follow me on , , and .

   Hey guys! It's Heather from Peace, Love and Polish guest posting here on the amazing Smashley Sparkles blog. I am fortunate enough to know Ashley through the Digit-al Dozen Group and she does some AMAZING work. She sure has an eye for color combos and nail art. So anyway, when she was calling for guest posts - I jumped right on the opportunity :)   For this guest post, I wanted to create something fun, and new for me. I decided on some galaxy nails. I can't believe that in my two years of blogging I've never done galaxy nails. I've always admired them from afar - but they looked too complicated and time consuming for me to accomplish. Boy, was I wrong! They're super easy and super cute - and you can change up the colors and make each your own.



I love how the green shimmer gives it a fun sparkly effect (aside from the Northern Lights). I loved doing these galaxy nails, and I can assure you they won't be the last ones I do, I have big ideas in my mind for more - especially with different colors :) Thanks Ashley for having me! I hope you all enjoyed this galaxy nail art :)
If you'd like to follow Heather to see more of her nail art you can find her blog HERE, and her blog's Facebook page .

When Smashley Sparkles said she would be on vacation in September, I jumped at the chance to do a guest post for her to help fill in! Well to be honest, she promised to take lots of photos and I'm so itchy to go on vacation that I love seeing travel photos. So she'd better live up to her end of the bargain!

Today I have a gradient to show you using two of the newest blogger collaboration shades from piCture pOlish: Freya's Cats and Shy Violet. They're both so pretty and just play so well together.











If I could have, I'd have done a water marble in honor of all the spectacular ones Smashley's done, but alas, it's not my forte. I do hope you've enjoyed the mani as much as I enjoyed doing the guest post!

Safe travels Smashley! ♥


♥ Sheila
Pointless Cafe


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Hello! I'm Kim from The Ides of Polish and I'm excited to be guest posting on Smashley Sparkle's blog for the first time! I have a polish from Koh Colours! called Jewel which is a jade color polish with green flecks that don't show up on the nail very well. Application was easy and this is three coats with top coat.