Silver glitter gradient

My current manicure. It's very sparkly but somehow seems kind of subdued and feminine. Lots of fun!

For this mani, I used the Essence Gel-look topcoat (recommended and gifted to me by my bud Kristy) under Poshe to smooth things out and it seems to be a better alternative to Gelous. Everything is glassy smooth.

Here's the rest of what I used.

Left to right: Essence Wear Your Little Tutu, Etude House Glam Pearl, Sally Hansen Celeb City, Etude House Sparkling Silver, The Face Shop SL211

For those interested in a breakdown, it's one coat each of Essence Wear Your Little Tutu and Etude House Glam Pearl as a base. Then SH Celeb City on the tips for opacity and finally the gradient, created with Etude Sparkling Silver and The Face Shop SL211. Easy!

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Sally Hansen Gem Crush Collection

Well... not really the whole collection. Just my favourite three. Again, many thanks to the awesome Ali for getting these for me. *hugs!*

Lady Luck. Magenta microglitter and small silver holo hexes. Amazing! It's so strange that I would pick a pink as my favourite from a collection... but yes. This is my favourite. It's so bright and happy. And the shade doesn't give me corpse hands!

Glitz Gal. A couple of shades of charcoal microglitter plus small silver holo hexes. Sparkly! I love wearing this as a pedi. I know there are a few dupes to this one out there though.

Cha-Ching! Red microglitter and small silver hexes. Such a rich red on the nail. I love how this pulls together... the silver glitter looks like it's half buried in a sea of red. So awesome!


One thing I think should be mentioned are the brushes on these. They're the same as the Complete Salon Manicure ones resembling a big ass paddle. Do. Not. Like. I hate brushes like these. They don't give me enough control while painting. Love the colours though. I'm willing to forgo the brush for that!

Recent Glitter Haulage - Bottle Spam

Trying to get back in the swing of things here sooo let's start with some sparkly bottle spam. This is some of the polish stuff that has arrived to me over the past couple of weeks. As always, you can click to enlarge anything for more detail.

First of all, Aussie ladies - check your Pricelines/Targets. There are a whole bunch of new Essence Colour & Go shades. I picked up these three along with a couple others. Blue Addicted is a supposed AtU dupe.

Blue Addicted, Time for Romance, Make it Golden

Oh how I despise Nicole bottles... and not to mention "Kardashian Kolors" makes me gag. But I caved and bought one anyway. And I think the Missha I found is new(ish).

Kendall on the Katwalk, RD04

Some stuff from Transdesign...

Marry a Millionaire, Gingerbread, Beyond the Mistletoe

Guppy polishes from the bay. Love the frosted glass bottles but these smell like Kleancolors. As in, they smell like a mix of insect repellent and death. LOL

01, 08

12, 13, 14

16, 17

And finally, a package from my friend Ali over at Ali's Nail News (thanks girl!!) arrived today containing both the WnW Ice Baby and Sally Hansen Gem Crush collections plus a whole lot of extras which I have failed to photograph. Bah.

The Wet n Wilds...

Believe Me It's Real, Give Me a Price Quote, Diamond in the Rough

Rockin' Rubies, It's All in the Cut

Cost is No Issue, Back Alley Deals, 24 Carats

And Sally Hansens...

Cha-Ching!, Showgirl Chic, Lady Luck

Big Money, Be-Jeweled

Bling-tastic, Razzle Dazzler, Glitz Gal

The polish companies are pouring glitter upon us this season. It's practically raining sparkles! I love it.