Today's Challenge is glittah!!! I have to tell ya, this mani took FOREVER! Not because it was hard, but because my day yesterday was rotten to the core, and everything that could go wrong, did. In fact, about 3/4 through this mani, I was crawling around on a dirty Walgreens floor hunting for the expensive Android phone that my daughter had randomly placed in our cart, and had either slipped out onto the floor (and was taken) or just plain stolen out of the cart. Fun right? *grumbles*
I did actually manage to finish this mani......at 10:30 pm. Considering I started at 10:00 am, well, that may give you an idea of how freakishly bad my day was. However, glitter makes everything better, right?
I had a really hard time deciding what to use for this mani, but in the end my need for something fun won out. I chose Hard Candy The End, a straight, glossy black, as my base, and Spoiled By Wet N Wild's Pirate's Booty for the glitter. Pirate's Booty is a gorgeous combination of gold and orange microglitter in a clear base. I don't wear a lot of gold for some strange reason, but this glitter called to me when the Spoiled line came out. It's very sparse, and I needed 3 (count 'em, 3!) coats for this mani. Not a great full coverage glitter, but I'll bet it would look rockin' over a deep Burgundy.
I used scotch tape for the design, and sealed everything off with Seche Vite. I have to admit that this is one of my fave designs and I was itching to wear it in Black and Gold. This Challenge was the perfect excuse! I will confess that I skimped on the tip wrap on some of the coats of SV between the base color and final coat, but hey....if it's only seen in macro mode, it's still alright. ;)
I am loving this. It's been a while since I've been this happy with how a mani turned out. My lines aren't perfectly aligned, but it's close enough for my nail OCD to be okay with it. ;)
What do you think of this design? (Erica from Chloe's Nails does it the best!)
Be sure to check out all the Varnished Vixens and their glittery manis today!
Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L
-Gini at Sassy Paints
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish
- Robin Sparkles
We'll see you all back Wednesday with Half Moons! Hopefully I'll have some posts between now and then, if my streak of bad luck has ended. :/
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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