Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This manicure starts out with a base of Zoya Ivanka, then the tips are a fine gold glitter. I decided on the rainbow on the ring finger the day after. I used acrylic paint for those.

Essie Shine of the Times over Zoya Julieanne

I know a lot of people have seen this colour before but I just have to add my photos because it is lovely. It is Essie Shine of the Times and I put it over Zoya Julieanne which is a dark shimmery purple base. It really brings out the different colors of Shine of the Times. I missed the boat on sally hansen's Hidden Treasure, so I was super excited when this new color came out. Flakie polishes are so fun and I hope they can develop different color shifts. On the close ups of the thumbnails you can see the purple shimmer coming through.

4th of July/Patriotic/Fireworks nail art

This is some fun nail art for any patriotic holiday. Start with a shimmering blue base and then paint some flags on your nails.  Oh and don't worry about being perfect.  No one noticed that they were not.  I got a lot of compliments on this.  A little advice, if you are using white acrylic paint and not polish, put a layer of clear before doing the dots and stripes.  It bled a little because of the polish.

The ring finger is an accent of fireworks.  Just draw some lines arcing out of the center to simulate the sparks falling to the ground.

Black on gold splatter

Here is another fun splatter.  The gold is a franken. I started with a gold from Sinful Colors that was too sheer.  I just kept adding gold glitter to it until it was pretty opaque.  If you are not satisfied with your polish, don't be afraid to play around it to make it useable!