Glittering Garland Mosaic

I've seen quite a few mosaic designs on Pinterest (my favorite place for inspiration!) and put it on my nail art to do list.

I love love love the way this turned out. Unfortunately, it started chipping right away. I'm not sure if it was the base coat (I just changed that so we'll see) or the Seche Vite I used as the top coat (I normally use Sally Hansen or NYC).

I started with 2 coats of China Glaze Glittering Garland.  It's a silver holographic glitter.  I would say it's a bit dense to use as a layering polish, but with 2 coats it works nicely as a base. You can see a teeny bit of my nail peeking through, but that didn't bother me.

Next I used some striping tape to block off some sections.

I used a small brush and filled in the shapes with Wet n Wild Black Creme, Wet n Wild French White Creme, Barry M Pomegranate, and O.P.I. Fly. Then I removed the tape carefully and top coated.

The colors went together very nicely, and I love the little bits of holo glitter peeking out from the mosaic design.  This design was super easy to do too, so I foresee myself doing more in the future!

31 Day Challenge, Part 2!: Day 21, Inspired by a Color

The Inspired by a Color day can refer to being inspired directly by a color or by a polish name. I chose to be inspired by both!

The base color on this mani is Sally Hansen Green with Envy. See? Green's right there in the title! I used two coats.

Next, I used striping tape to tape off a design and painted using Essie Mojito Maddness and China Glaze Glittering Garland.

I've seen several other bloggers do the color block thing, but this was my first time trying. Boy, do I love it! I can't wait to explore other combinations!

Check out some other manis inspired by color below.

OPI Live and Let Die

Hello, readers! Today you have a post from yours truly.

I did this manicure on the Friday before Tristan was born so I actually wore this when I had him!

For the base, I did 2 coats of OPI Live and Let Die.

There's some great gold flecks in Live and Let Die that my camera refused to pick up. Lucy's Stash has some good pictures of the flecks over at her blog.

Next I decided to have some fun and play around with my nail art tools.  I added on some rhinestones and striping tape. I really love the look that I came up with.