Neutral Manicure with Chunky Gold Glitter

I did an impromptu manicure this morning, using one of the oldest polishes in my collection:

 

Back in the day, I really used to love Revlon's selection of sheer neutral polishes. I used to use them a lot for French manicures, or on their own for a subtle, polished look. I still have 'Sheer Nude - 004' (which used to be my absolute favourite), 'Sheer Blush - 005', 'Sheer Innocence - 013' and 'Sheer Cotton Candy -030', all of which I purchased approximately 10 (or perhaps even more) years ago.



My Revlon Sheer Neutral Polishes

Over the years, I've experimented with quite a few other brands of sheer neutral polishes, and these Revlon's have fallen out of regular rotation. I'm pleased to see that they have held up quite well over the years, and are still usable. The only thing is that they have become a bit more thin than I remember them being initially. I decided to use one of them, 'Sheer Innocence' to do today's quick and simple manicure, along with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 'Set the Stage'.



Polishes Used: 'Set the Stage', and 'Sheer Innocence'

Nail Polish Declutter Project: Post #1

It's been a long time since I last updated this blog, so I'm really excited to post something new today! I had been really indulging in a lot of my other hobbies over the past several months (gardening, and cooking/baking in particular) so I haven't been able to keep up with my nail art. Sadly, I also have not been doing my nails as much during this time since both gardening, and food preparation are very tough on manicures, and I find it way easier to leave my nails bare when doing these activities frequently.

Today's post has been prompted by my recent decision to start to gradually declutter my nail polish collection. I've been taking out a few polishes here and there that I haven't been using, and have been finding new homes and owners for them among friends and family. I've decided to post swatches of some of the polishes that I needed to try on, in order to decide if I wanted to keep them or not.

Above, I've posted a swatch of a polish I bought at Ardene, called 'Wish'. It's a translucent purple polish, jam-packed with various sizes of holographic glitter. It's quite cute in the bottle, but I don't think the colour suits my skin tone. I tend to like my purples either much lighter, or much darker than this shade. I ended up giving this polish away.

Over the coming weeks and months, I hope to have a few more swatches to post as part of my 'Nail Polish Declutter Project', as I go through my polishes.  Well, that's all for today!

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'.

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.

Analogous Colour Scheme Skittle Mani

Today I have a simple impromptu manicure to share:

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.

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.

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.

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!

Blue and Green Glitter Mani

Today I have a gorgeous glitter mani to share with you all: