Lately I have been building up my confidence in my nail art abilities, and have been sharing them on my personal instagram. For my poor followers from my personal life they get a mix of my nail designs, professional life, my boyfriend's cats, and diet coke cans. Let me be clear, my dream boss "<3" my nail art photos in Insta. Do you know what that's like? To see your professional life and love of nail polish collide? Its a bit terrifying, but over all a great reception. When I explain it as my hobby and my outlet people just tend to think that I can do magical things with glitter. // end rant.
Okay! On to my special holiday themed manicure post!
Okay! On to my special holiday themed manicure post!
For Parties: Dipped In Gold
I am going to let you in on a little secret. When I was a kid, I loved glitter nail polish! When I started getting back into nail polish last year I couldn't figure out a way to make glitter look all grown up, until I figured out how to do glitter tips.
Start with your usual filing, base coat routine. Then paint your nails either a nice silky navy or a to die for berry shade. I decided to use Julep's Lupita. As for the glitter I used more of a bronze-gold glitter: Essie's Luxe Effect "Summit of Style". Next carefully freehand a triangle with glitter. Since you are using glitter it doesn't need to be perfect. I recommend 2-3 coats of glitter so you can get a full coverage look. Finish off with two coats of top coat and ta-da!
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Lupita and Summit of Style
