Sunday, September 13, 2015

Coral Compilation Mani


For this manicure, I picked out a bunch of coral polishes that are all similar in tone but have different finishes, and put them together for a subtle skittles mani. I used 'Sally Hansen's 'Crushed', a metallic finish polish, on my thumb and ring finger; 'Hello World', a jelly finish polish from Nicole by OPI on my index finger; 'Kiss Me Coral', a frost finish polish by Revlon, on my middle finger which was then covered with a chunky red heart glitter polish called 'Have a Heart' from Nicole by OPI; and finally, on my pinky I used a crème polish from Revlon called 'Craving Coral'.

Nicole by OPI ‘Have a Heart’, Revlon ‘Craving Coral’, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear ‘Crushed’, Revlon ‘Kiss me Coral’, and Nicole by OPI ‘Hello World’

Polishes Used
Nicole by OPI ‘Have a Heart’
Revlon ‘Craving Coral’
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear ‘Crushed’
Revlon ‘Kiss me Coral’
Nicole by OPI ‘Hello World’

I haven't been doing a lot of nail stamping or designs lately, so I've been trying to do a lot of interesting combinations to add some element of fun into my manicures! I found this to be an interesting way do a monochromatic look but still have some subtle visual interest. 

It's also really nice that I got a chance to use some of my older polishes for this manicure. I love going back and rediscovering over-looked gems from my collection.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Analogous Colour Scheme Skittle Mani

Today I have a simple impromptu manicure to share:

Manicure with nails painted in metallic gold, shimmery pastel mint green, and pastel blue nail polishes

Recently, I decided that I wanted to try use my 'Borghese Rapido' polishes a bit more, since hadn't been using them that frequently. That decision was the inspiration for today's manicure, where I use three different Borghese Rapido shades to create a simple skittle mani.

Borghese Rapido ‘Lira’, Borghese Rapido ‘Menta’, and Borghese Rapido ‘Castello Blue’

Polishes Used
Borghese Rapido ‘Lira’
Borghese Rapido ‘Menta’
Borghese Rapido ‘Castello Blue’

The main feature of this manicure is the colour combination of the different nail polishes. These colours look great combined because yellow, green, and blue are adjacent to each other on the colour wheel, and create an 'analogous' colour scheme when used together. I originally wanted to do some nail stamping over the look, but I never got around to doing it. Even so, I still think that the look holds up despite the lack of any added embellishments.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Blue Glitter Impromptu Mani

Today I have a quick post to share an impromptu mani that I threw on over my last manicure. I even recycled the gold accent nail from that mani.


Sorry that the picture is a little out of focus - I literally only have this one semi-usable shot of the manicure! I didn't get a chance to take photos right after doing the mani, as I usually prefer to do. As a result, I almost forgot to get a picture entirely! At one point, I did this quick snapshot of the manicure just in case I forgot to do a proper photo shoot before I removed the polish. Sure enough, that is exactly what ended up happening!

Here are the polishes that I used:


Polishes Used
L.A. Girl Glitter Addict ‘Jostle’
Sally Hansen Triple Shine ‘Wavy Blue’
Essie ‘Rock at the Top’
Quo by Orly ‘Filthy Rich’

The manicure is just a simple royal blue shimmer polish topped with a royal blue glitter polish. The gold accent nail is essentially the same, but there, the gold glitter polish is applied in a glitter gradient.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Camo Mani


I've been wanting to do a camouflage manicure for ages. Now that we are in to September, and we're starting to see more fall clothing and fall colours I figured that now would be the perfect time to try the look out!