Happy Thursday! It’s been a while since I rocked any cactus nails, & I was craving some vibrancy. I don’t often reach for green polish when painting my nails, but I’ve been trying to get out of my comfort zone. Keeping with that, I decided to pull a green (textured) polish from deep in my stash that I haven’t worn in too many years to count, & paired it with some cute cacti on my accent nails!
Polishes I used for this design were:
- Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy
- Top Coat: Essie Speed Setter
- LA Girl Sand Blast Nail Polish in Green Island
- China Glaze What’s She Dune?
- Essie First Timer
- Essie Off Tropic
- Deborah Lippmann She Drives Me Crazy
- Essie A-List
- OPI I Eat Maine-ly Lobster
- Small detail brush (from Bundle Monster)
- Small dotting tool (from Bundle Monster)
Sadly I kind of hid the texture of LA Girl Green Island with my top coat, but it came through a bit. This was my very first textured polish, back in the very early days of my nail art. It was also the beginning of my obsession with finding nail polish deals at Lawton’s—I remember scoring it & a blue Sand Blast Polish for only a dollar. & so began my obsession with finding old polishes at awesome deals. & I still hate spending full price for polish to this day!
Also I love creating these little freehand cactus. Still on the search for some cactus nail vinyls, because I’m a little cactus obsessed, but in the meantime I don’t mind freehanding my cacti. I also just picked up a new stamping plate from Essence with a cactus on it, so stay tuned as I plan on trying it out soon (hopefully this weekend!)
What do we think of this design? Do you still have any textured polishes in your stash? Let me know down in the comment below!
Coffee & Nail Polish 