Festive decorations

For this festive design, I used 3 medium coats of SpaRitual Illume, which is a blurple cream polish. The formulation for this was quite runny and hard to work with, which was disappointing because it is such a pretty color. You should probably use 4 coats if you want it to be opaque or wait longer in between coats as the formulation is quite sheer. I was too impatient so I only used 3 and waited not very long in between coats. Next, I used China Glaze Harmony to stamp on a design using my BM plate. This design reminds me a lot of the shiny decoration balls you hang on Christmas trees and I really liked it. Harmony stamps wonderfully and I sealed my mani off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Hope the holidays are treating you well!

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Gradient Friday Recap

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Fall Gradient Friday

To welcome the start of September, I have chosen to do a more earthy toned gradient. I started off with 2 coats of OPI You don't know Jacques!, a gorgeous taupey brown color that everyone should have in their collection. Next I mixed a bit of OPI You don't know Jacques! and SpaRitual Mystic together for my middle gradient color. This is a great trick to finding the perfect middle gradient shade for the perfect blend! Finally, I completed my gradient by sponging on SpaRitual Mystic, a light beige color, on my tips and then topped it off with CND Super Shiney.

I really like this gradient because it’s basic and simple but still has a bit of style. Hope you are enjoying the start of this Labour Day weekend Polish Addicts!

PS – I am holding onto Julep Hand Scrub in one of my pictures, it makes my hands really smooth!

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Green Gradient Friday

Polish addicts, I am very excited to announce that today is the first of my GRADIENT FRIDAYS. That is right, you read correctly! Every Friday, hopefully, starting today will feature a nail gradient for you to see and sometimes learn how to do! Since my wonderful friend Maggie gave me this awesome idea, today’s post is dedicated to her and her favourite color.

The polishes I used for this sponge gradient are – from left to right:

SkinFood BL002, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, OPI Green-Wich Village, SpaRitual Twisted Vine, China Glaze He’s going in Circles.

Feel free to make any color combination requests and I will see what I can do!

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A World of Compassion

SpaRitual A World of Compassion is a gorgeous blue cream with hints of grey and purple undertone. It applied very well and was opaque in 2 coats. I am wearing no top coat in the first picture and CND Super Shiney in the latter pictures. I used Konad plate M56 with their special white polish to stamp on the bow design on the thumb and ring finger.

Tomorrow is the last day of the giveaway! Click here to enter if you haven’t already.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous

Today has been a great day. I hope your day has been full of joy and laughter as well. I thought today I would share with you something I bought with my friends awhile back. My local nail and beauty store is now carrying SpaRitual. SpaRitual is the first vegan nail polish brand and are also 3 Free. My store only carries the mini polishes at the moment, so I bought a couple to swatch. First up is Drop Dead Gorgeous. It is a gorgeous shimmery berry burgundy with a heavier tint on pink. This applied super smoothly and I am wearing 2 coats. In the future I would probably wear three as it dried pretty quickly. I can already imagine some marble designs I would like to try with this color. Have you tried any of their nail lacquers? What are some must haves?

Have a wonderful warm and happy day.

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