Sparkle

A while ago I got these cool chunks of sparkly stuff from Sally's. I thought they would look good with a solid color but concentrated on the tips. They turned out nice but I don't think they will last long on my fingers. I usually don't do put things other than paint on my nails and I forgot that since these are slices of plastic, they don't lay flat. So each little chunk sticks out and is sharp. Each time my finger tips tough my skin, my skin gets scratched lightly. Also, they peel and fall off easily. ...But they look so cool! And they're sparkly!!!

...yea, I'm taking these off soon.

The color I used is Coral Reef by Sally Hansen (I am obsessed with coral for the summer!)

My nails look better in person :( Since the sparkles don't lay flat, they don't look very clean up close.

And here are the sparkly things I got: 

If I do use them again, it will be for a special occasion that's only one night. Or maybe I'll only use the glitter on a couple nails. They look nice, but they're inconvenient.


Hope you're staying cool in this summer heat! (Lesson learned today: even 10am is too hot to run here!)

Valentines Nails..? Maybe...?

I LOVE SPARKLES! I am obsessed with this sparkly pink color! It's sooooo cute! I didn't want to do an over the top Valentines day nail design this year but I thought this design was a little Valentines-ey because it's pink and girly (Can I get away with that? Is that right?). Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's day, but I like that I have a reason to use girly pink sparkles! You could probably get away with painting it even when it's not the holiday but it's not something I personally would do (not exactly like this).

The first photo has a nice view of the gradient I did but the second photo has a better angle to show the color of the sparkles. It's so hard to get both!

I used Essie's "We Can Do It Pink!" for the base color and "A Cut Above" for the sparkles.

Hope you have a great Valentine's Day!