Gradient Friday : Irish Luck

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day here in Canada, I did a green gradient in commemoration. I used 3 coats of NCLA AM:Beauty Sleep PM: Shopping Spree as my base coat. This is my first time using this 5 free brand (Formaldehyde, DBP, Toulene, Camphor and Animal Testing) and I found this polish to be quite hard to work with and needed a thick coat in order for it to be smooth. I sponged on Joe Mojito Mix, a deeper minty green, near the tips. I blended the gradient using nails inc The Wyndham, a flaky green special top coat effect. Finally, I used Milani Gold as my accent nail and drew a shamrock using Milani nail art in green. 

I am going on a short vacation, so I will blog when I am back!

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Corset it up

This is the mani I wore on Valentine's Day. I started off with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Madame X, which is a gorgeous deep reddish-pink color that applied flawlessly. Next, I used Color Club Vintage Couture, a cream pink, and painted the tips in a V shape. I added black outlines and accented a finger with a corset using Milani Black Sketch Nail Art. 

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Ladybug party

I was invited to a cute ladybug themed party recently, so I thought it was only suiting that I did a mani to match! I used Zoya Carmen (swatch seen here) as my base coat and then used Milani Nail Art in Black to draw my ladybugs. I used Sally Hansen Nail Art pens in white to add the dots. I thought my thumb looked a little bare, so I added a leaf using Milani Nail Art Green Sketch and Black.

I took some pictures of the party favors and cupcake decorations. They are all homemade! Arent they adorable? Thanks so much for reading. It has been a crazy week.

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Crackle and Glitter

When I heard about Milani's One Coat Glitter line, I was very intrigued. Glitter usually takes 3-4 coats to be opaque given the nature of the size of the sparkles and the lack of opacity. Milani Red Sparkle, is a glittery red polish that is packed with glitter. In the first picture, I used a medium coat of the polish, and it covers quite well. However, I still think that it would look better with another coat so the second pictures shows you the polish with 2 coats of polish and a coat of Milani Top Coat. Milani has done really well with what it has promised as one coat of this glitter polish does allow you to get by. It has good opacity and the formulation applied well. The dry time was decent and removal was normal compared to other glitter polishes. I would personally apply two coats just because I think it looks better.

I wanted to try China Glaze metallic nail crackle on top and alternated 2 different colors. On my thumb, middle, and pinky finger is China Glaze Tarnished Gold, a metallic gold crackle. On my index and ring finger is China Glaze Cracked Medallion, a metallic bronze crackle. Although the colors may look similar, Cracked Medallion is noticeably darker and more on the copper side. I think adding these metallic crackles on glitter nail polish are a bit overkill and I will try it on a solid color polish next time. It did allow me to test out the formulation and the crackle effect of these polishes though, and I am a big fan. Like the rest of China Glazes crackle line, I love the way these polishes crackle and I am so glad they were able to transfer the same formulation in the metallic crackle line.

Thanks for reading polish addicts, giveaway coming soon!

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A Bolt of Glitz

Right before my vacation, some nail packages arrived for me, so here are some of the colors! Milani Bolting Blue describes this color quite well. It is a shimmery royal blue color which applied quite smoothly and was opaque in 2 medium coats. I really liked how this color looked both in the sun and the shadows, so I took a picture displaying that.

Next, on my index and ring fingers, I layered on Milani Jewel FX in Gold. The sequins in this formula just blow me away. It distributes nicely on the nail and it saves me time from having to put sequins on myself individually. Doesn't this look pretty? It's also available in silver and multicolor, which looks like a lot of fun.

On my thumb, middle, and pinky finger, I used China Glaze Platinum Pieces, a silver metallic crackle, and applied a nice even layer on top. There is just no contest for me. China Glaze makes one of the best, if not THE best, crackle polish. This metallic crackle is no different and I love the big chucks and easy application.

Finally, I topped all my fingers off with Milani Top Coats, which gives it a nice shine and the dry time on this was quick as well.

All products in this post was sent to me for review. All opinions are my own.

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Hawaiian Holographic Gradient

I am back from Hawaii with an inspired gradient for all of you! The trip was great and I took so many photos. Hopefully I can translate some of my gorgeous photos into nail art for you all. This one is inspired by the colors on the side during the middle phase of sunrise which I got to enjoy in Haleakala National Park at 10000 feet elevation.

I used Milani 3D Holographic Cyberspace as my base coat. This took 2 medium coats to be opaque but the formulation was smooth. Next I painted Milani 3D Holographic Digital on the top half of my nail and used Wet N Wild Clear Nail Protector to blend it in. I picked up both of these nail polishes in Hawaii as I do not have anything from the 3D Holographic line from Milani.

Finally, for the design, I stamped on a Hawaiian flower using BM16 on my ring finger with Wet N Wild Black Crème. On the rest of the fingers, I painted palm tree leaves using Milani Nail Art in Black Sketch 703. This has to be one of the best nail art brushes I have used thus far. The polish did not overload the brush, it was easy to handle and it painted nice crisp lines. I love this!

Hope you got to enjoy some sun as well Polish Addicts, wherever you all are!

Milani Nail Art Black Sketch was sent to me for review. All opinions are my own.

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Nail Mail

Today is a quick post of some nail mail I received from Milani. They sent me a polish from each of their lines and small nail pens as well. They are so generous. I can't wait to try them. Thank you!!!

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