Hello lovelies & happy Wednesday. I hope everyone is having a lovely week so far. The weather here has been weird — cold then hot & muggy, with sporadic rain. Makes it very hard for a girl to know what to wear!
But today marks another prompt for Glam Nails Challenge August, & today’s prompt is stained glass. & obviously, I had to pull out an old favourite for this prompt — the stained/shattered glass look I love so much. This time, I used a flakie topper which gave it more of that stained glass effect I think.
The polishes I used for this manicure are:
- Base Coat: Essie First Base
- Top Coat: Essie Speed Setter
- OPI Turn On The Northern Lights
- ‘Ard As Nails Fairy Flakes
NailStuff.ca dotting tool from Dotting Tool Trio
How pretty is this look! I’ll admit, fishing out the flakies vs the usual hard glitters I usually do this kind of look with was a bit more time consuming than I was expecting, but then end result is so worth it! I’m kind of obsessed with these flakies over this dark base & it’s giving straight up Autumn—& I’m okay with that. Time to pull out my over the knee socks & sip on some pumpkin spice.
I’ve been wearing this look for a few days, & I got curious how it would look matte-ified & oh man… I think I love it even more! What do you think — shiny or matte?
I love a good stained glass look, so this was a fun prompt. Plus it let me tap into those Autumn vibes I’ve been seriously craving, & I’m not mad about it at all. Over all, this might be one of my favourite designs of the challenge thus far. It’ll be interesting to see what the rest of the month holds!
& as always, you can follow along with the Glam Nails Challenge on Instagram with the hashtag #glamnailschallengeaug24 & see all the beautiful nails that have been created!
Happy Wednesday
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Coffee & Nail Polish 
Lovely! Both the glossy and the matte versions are gorgeous, though since I love fall but am just not ready for it yet, I’m siding with the glossy right now. 😂😇 The matte looks SO fall and I’ll keep this in mind when I’m ready to wear that sort of thing! Thank you so much for sharing!
(PS I bought Sinful Endless Blue over the weekend- all thanks to your gorgeous mani a few months back! Wearing it now… LOVE IT! It’s totally that great cobalt that I’ve wanted. All the others I’ve bought and tried have appeared with a much more dull tone on the nail than they looked in the bottle. This one is almost neon! SCORE! Thanks for sharing about it!!!)
Blessings,
C
Thanks love! The matte is DEFINITELY giving strong Autumn vibes. Might have to pull out some neon next to make sure I don’t veer too far into the Fall vibes quite yet!
& oh that is so exciting! I’m so glad you love it! It is SUCH a stunning blue. 💙💙