Category: Sparkles

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Autumn Tonal Skittle 🍁🍂🌻

Good morning loves & happy Wednesday. We’re mid-week through the first week of September! & tomorrow marks the first day of school around here. So it’s a very exciting week all around!

It’s also feeling very Autumn-y, so I’m excited to share some skittle nails which match the mood. (& would be perfect to wear while sipping some apple cider or a pumpkin spice latte!) 🍁🍂

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Top Coat: Essie Good To Go Top Coat
  • Base Coat: Essie Hard to Resist (purple)
  • China Glaze Buffalo Bills Bills Bills (thumb)
  • China Glaze Modern Auburn (index)
  • China Glaze Spice to Meet You (middle)
  • China Glaze Loves You A Latte (ring)
  • China Glaze The Snuggle is Real (pinky)
  • Essie Separated Starlight *pr

I think China Glaze is one of my favourite brands for Autumn nail polish releases. The colours, the formulas — just perfection.

I love a good Fall tonal skittle. It’s so much fun combining some of my favourite Autumn shades for a quick & easy look — & the use of the glitter brings everything together even more!

What do you think about this Fall skittle look? Do you love this combination of colours as much as I do? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments below.

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SWATCH SUNDAY — Quo Beauty Throw Confetti 🎉 (Happy 25th Birthday Quo Beauty)

Hello lovelies & happy Sunday! It’s not such a sunny Sunday today, but I’m excited to show off a pretty fun polish for you today!

Quo Beauty, Shoppers Drug Mart in-house beauty brand, is celebrating their 25th birthday this year & have released some fun beauty products in honour of the occasion! I was browsing my local Shoppers after work the other day, & couldn’t help but fall in love with this fun topper so I had to buy it! This is Quo Beauty Throw Confetti.

1 coat Throw Confetti over Quo by ORLY Venice + top coat

How absolutely fun is this glitter topper. If they were going for a confetti effect, they definitely succeeded. For my swatches, I only needed to apply one coat over each nail for the dense application you see (with minimal fishing for glitters in the bottle.)

The clear base they are suspended in is the perfect amount of thick without being hard to apply. It also means you get lots of glitter on the brush.

Just how cute are these! I love the assortment of different colours & sizes — different pinks, but also some blue, green, red, silver. It just feels like a party on your nail, which is exactly the vibe a Polish called Throw Confetti should give off. I can’t wait to use it in a glitter gradient next — it will look so beautiful!

You could also use this for a great glitter sandwich which I may have to try to create some fun Easter egg nails!

Quo Beauty Throw Confetti retails for $13.49 CAD at your local Shoppers Drug Mart. I found my bottle on its own display, separate from the other Quo polishes.

What do you think about this pretty glitter? Would you wear this? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments! & let me know what nail art you’d like to see me do with this polish.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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SWATCH SUNDAY — Sally Hansen InstaDri Holo-Glow Euphoric

Hello lovelies & happy Sunday. It’s a very rainy Sunday here which seems to be the trend for this April so far. But at least it’s not snow!

Today I’m sharing a new nail polish I recently picked up from my local Shoppers Drug Mart — Sally Hansen InstaDri Euphoric from their Holo-Glow line.

2 coats + top coat

You might remember I shared another one of these Holo-Glow shades back in September. The InstaDri line is one of my favourite to shop because they always have a fun selection of different shades & finishes to choose from. They also boast a 60 second dry time, although I find it a bit longer than that.

Lately I’ve been obsessed with perusing the Holo-Glow line, because holo makes everything better. I ended up purchasing two new shades: Euphoric & a purple from the Galactic Line called Planet Purple.

Check out that scattered glitter. The interesting base colour was what initially caught my eye: is it silver, is it lilac, is it a pale mint? It’s so shifty & pretty, & different from other holographic polishes in my collection. & when you own as many nail polishes as I do, that’s what you want: something different.

Formula was also very nice. On top of being a quicker dry, it was opaque in two coats. The glitter is scattered, but also very dense which I like. Will it suck for removal? Maybe. But the glitter pay off is worth it!

What do you think of Sally Hansen InstaDri Euphoric? Have you tried any of the Sally Hansen InstaDri Holo-Glow shades yet? What do you think? Let me know all your thoughts in the comments below.

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GLAM NAILS CHALLENGE DECEMBER (2024) — Party Ready ✨🥂

Hello lovelies & happy last Monday of 2024! How is everyone surviving this in-between week that exists between Christmas & New Years? I’ve been surviving on coffee, crackers & hope at this point. BUT! I did manage to get one more manicure done for the last prompt of Glam Nails Challenge December: Party Ready!

& if these nails don’t scream party ready, I’m not sure what else could.

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Base Coat: NailStuff Essentials Base Coat *
  • Top Coat: Nail Stuff Essentials Quick Dry Top Coat *
  • NailStuff Essentials Raven
  • Joe Fresh Gold Rush
  • Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Feeling N-Ice
  • Essie Making Spirits Bright
  • Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Goldie Rocks
  • Starrily Space Debris (c/o: NailStuff.ca)
  • NailStuff.ca dotting tool from Dotting Tool Trio
  • Latex Free Make Up Sponge

*PR/Gifted

Is it even a New Years Eve party if you don’t go all out on the glitter, silver & gold? My New Years Eve celebrations are much tamer nowadays than in my 20s, & usually at home, but I still always have to make such there is some sparkle on my nails. & this nail art look is absolutely perfect for ringing in 2025, no matter what you have planned.

& they were so easy to do! Started with my glitter gradient, then added some dots of more sparkly polish on top until it looks like glitter in exploding from your cuticles.

& that is a wrap on Glam Nails Challenge for another month… & another year! This has been an up & down year for nail polish for me, but I feel really good about what 2025 has to come!

I hope everyone has a lovely & safe New Years Eve… & I will see you next year!

♥︎

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GLAM NAILS CHALLENGE DECEMBER (2024) — Gingerbread

Good evening loves.

I know, I know. This post is coming to you way late today, but it’s been a rough couple of days. However, I wanted to make sure I had a design for this prompt to share!

Today’s prompt is Gingerbread & so I thought gingerbread cookies would be appropriate.

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

  • Base Coat: NailStuff Essentials Base Coat *
  • Top Coat: Nail Stuff Essentials Quick Dry Top Coat *
  • OPI Hot & Coaled (over NailStuff Essentials Raven*)
  • Essie Expressie Never Skip A Beat *
  • NailStuff Essentials White Dove *
  • Nailstuff.ca Mermaid Tail 7mm liner brush
  • NailStuff 4mm Micro Detail Brush

*PR/gifted

I do some version of this look every year, but with a different twist. It’s just such a go to easy look for this prompt, & looks way cuter than when I try to make gingerbread cookies in real life. Mine end up being a bit more… abstract. So I’m glad I can have cute, aesthetically pleasing gingerbread cookies, if only just on my nails.

What do you think about my gingerbread nails? What is your favourite holiday treat or cookie? While I do love gingerbread men, my granny’s scotch cookies always come in #1 for me — & I even figured out how to make them gluten & dairy free.

Don’t forget that you can follow along with all the designs this month with the hashtag #glamnailschallengedec24.

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