My (bling) week in nails

I went a bit glitter-insane this week:

Monday

Models Prefer - Little Black Dress with Revlon - Celestial FX

Tuesday

OPI - Save Me

Wednesday

Savvy - Grey with Australis - Frisky Feathers

Thursday

 BYS - Blue Beat

Friday

Models Prefer - Teal Ya Later with BYS - Dazzling

That is all.

NN

Glitter Schmitter - Part 2

More glitz to show you . . .

Savvy - Splash and Dash (no base colour)



Australis - Carnavale Chaos (over Australis - Knickers in a Knot)

Australis - Rio Riot (over Australis - Indie)

Savvy - 100's & 1000's (over Savvy - Grey)

Revlon - Celestial FX (over Models Prefer - Little Black Dress)

Glitter polish can be the trickiest of all polishes to apply.  Glitter clumps in the same spot, leaves patches in others and is generally uncooperative.  All that is about to change!  I was going to prepare for you a diagram which demonstrates how best to apply a glitter polish, but the gem behind All Lacquered Up has done a super video which does it for me!  Click here to watch.

Like perfect polish application, applying glitter polish does take practice, but once you get the gist of how it works, you'll be away laughing!  And if you still have patches, you can just dab another small amount in the middle to even it out. 

You can also use this method for applying the new Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat polishes, as essentially, these are just matte bar glitter.  In fact, applying Fuzzy Coat using this method is how I got the hang of it!

Glitter polish can be for everyone, too.  I love this article which demonstrates different ways your can wear your bling - aside from the normal total glitter bling fest.  Click here to learn how.

It's hard to go back to wearing just normal creme polishes when the bling that's out there is so purty.  It's gonna take something quite spectacular to shake me out of my glitter state of mind!

NN

Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat - Part 2

And here are the rest of the swatches for the Fuzzy Coat collection:

300 - Peach Fuzz (on top of Models Prefer - Love to Shop)

100 - Wool Lite (on top of Models Prefer - Little Black Dress)

800 - Tweedy (on top of Australis - Indie)

 

I don't know if I can pick a singular stand out in this collection, but I can say that Wool Knot's formula was the least easiest to apply and also find a base colour for.  The rest I am absolutely delighted with and feel like I need to buy back-ups!

 

But, yet again, there is the mystery of the missing polish from the collection - Fuzzy Fantasy! Sally Hansen, why? I called a few Priceline stores in the Sydney CBD and asked whether they had Fuzzy Fantasy, only to be told that it wasn't even part of the kit they had been sent. So it begs the question, are we being sold leftover products that didn't sell in the Americas and the UK/Europe? And why release some polishes in some countries, but not the full collection? Infuriating. Ah helooooo nail polish companies - we have the Internet and can see what you're releasing overseas, duh!

Picture Source Credit:  beautygeeks

All in all, I am extremely happy with these polishes. They're funky, on trend, and something completely new to dress your nails in.

NN