My husband LOVES when my nails are painted and if you're a long-time reader, you know why ;) so doing them to share here, with you, is just an added bonus. Sometimes I need dual motivation to succeed at certain tasks or it's just not worth my time. But I'll admit I've been loving all my fun manicures as of late.
I wanted something bright and festive and fun for New Year's Eve and didn't want to stick to just gold or just silver so I combined the two by painting half of my nail with one and the other half, with the other. It's similar to my glitter stripe manicures but covers the entire nail. I'm sure you could also layer one over the other but I thought it'd be a bit too thick... and anyone who has used these glitter polishes knows what a headache they are to get off so I thought I'd do half and half. I love the turnout!
1.Nicole by OPI - "Make U Smile" 2.Sephora by OPI "Only Gold For Me" 3.Chanel Extreme Brilliance 4.White Nail Polish {I used Wet n' Wild from literally 100 years ago. I need a new white polish asap!}
* 3 coats of white nail polish.
* 1 coat of chunky silver glitter on half of nail... 1 coat of chunky gold glitter on the other half.
* 1 or two coats of your favorite top coat.
Have Fun!
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40 comments:
waooow the coolest nails ever Maegan!!
i wish you had your best year in 2012
xoxo
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hey :) super super like and darn nice, trying for new year. Thnx
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oh my your manicure is amazing. I have silver sparkle polish on right now but didn't think about mixing it with the gold and then on top of the white base... brilliant!
Jen
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LOVE it! definitely the prettiest manicure i've seen in a long time :)
Hope you are having great holidays :)
xxx,
Fashion Fractions
That OPI glitter is fab, but as you mentioned in a previous post, a real pain to take off. I think I will pair the gold with a very dark blue for NYE. I really like your combination!
I love all the glitter manicures! I have a huge collection of glitter polishes, but didn't use them often until I discovered a trick to take them off. I cut five cotton pads in half, soak them in nail polish remover, and wrap them around my fingertips with tinfoil on top. Have weird alien hands for 3 minutes, them slide them off. It's easier when you do all your figers first and then do the thumbs seperately.
I love it! Since seeing the OPI glitter polishes here I've really wanted to get one but can't find them in the UK (even on ebay) - so sad! Maybe I'll get out the glitter pens instead!x
Ooh nice!
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Very nice! I also did a nice nail art for new year's eve.
The Life After
So fun for New Year's! I was not a fan of white polish for me, but with the glitter it looks cute!!! Your rings are pretty too!
This is beautiful!! And thank you for your sweet comments. Hugs and many smiles in this new year coming.
Anne.
I literally JUST bought chunky gold and silver nail polish, AND I found out I can leave work at noon today. I think we all know how I will be spending my afternoon ;)
Thanks for sharing, darlin!
That is different but it looks so pretty on! I love it for NYE!
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Love this! The white base looks so cool with the glitter. Happy New Year!
this is so pretty. i love your nail posts!
~nic
Wow I love this nail look. Great idea and perfect for NYE!
so unique and pretty. one of my favs for sure!
and while im a long time reader i dont remember why your husband likes painted nails, but i can take a guess.....or maybe my mind is just in the gutter!! ;)
happy new year maegan!
Yay sparkles! Your nails could have a blog for them alone, always fantastic ideas hun!
Cess O. <3 The Outfit Diaries
oh la la ... i love this and want to replicate for tomorrow night!
xo
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Love love love the nails! So cute. Happy Friday!
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Oh my goodness, they are STUNNING! Definitely need to try this soon... NYE perhaps? ;)
That looks SO COOL Maegan! Seriously...you come up w/the best ideas. Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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That is hotness! Very pretty. http://www.houseofavandan.blogspot.com
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Love your nails!! absolutely beautiful!
Wow, love the nails. I'll have to try it out soon!!
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Lurker here - your manicures are always my favorites. I've done a few of them myself :) I love your rings too!
Happy New Year,
Sherry
http://sherry-startingoverat40.blogspot.com
Happy New Year 2012..(^_^)
Sooo cute! Yours make mine look really crappy & boring, hahaha! <3
So cute! And btw, your wedding and engagement rings are gorgeous!
xx Lexi
FASHION: Glitter & Pearls
WEDDINGS: Glitter Weddings
Love love LOVE these nails! You always have the best manicure ideas!
BLING!!! Those looks amazing! Greay for NYE.
-Jani
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LOVE.
I love the glitter manicures and I saw that someone mentioned an easy removal tip... just wanted to say that it works perfectly!
again, soak cotton balls in nail polish remover, place one cotton ball on each nail and wrap each nail with aluminum foil. let it sit for about 5 minutes. pull the cotton ball and foil combo off your nails and you'll pull ALL of the glitter off with it. amazing!
Hi Maegan!
Wanted to let you know that I am doing a fun nail diy on my blog tomorrow and I am linking this entire section at the bottom of the post...because it rocks!
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Seeing all of your recent nail polish posts has inspired me to use all of my colors at least once this year!!! I actually just bought a silver and a gold effect from CND. I think even though the New Years is over I'm going to do this manicure. Or maybe I'll do it on my toes. :)
I must be a long time reader! My husband likes it too. :) Great color combo, its gorgeous. To remove glitter polish I followed this blog's example and you don't have to fuck with aluminum foil.
Not my blog...hope they don't mind.
http://gingerbreadmanne.blogspot.com/2010/09/5-minutes-nail-polish-removal-tutorial.html
I just love this look! I really need to replicate it for my birthday perhaps....
Featured this on my blog!!! Absolutely adorable!
http://acreativecookie.blogspot.com/2012/02/five-things-friday-1-glitter.html
Love it.
Tab
My-cliffnotes.blogspot.com
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