Show Me Your Nails 2.0

[Tamara76]

Due to some technical glitches with the original Show Me Your Nails Thread, I am starting a new thread with @vegchililover78's blessing (She says "hello," by the way!).

Please share your nail looks, nail art and manicures!

...And don't forget to check out @Beadshopgirl's Nail Stamping Thread for stamping inspiration! ❤️  

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Nailed-It/The-Nail-Stamping-Thread/m-p/3328865

[itsfi]

Ohhhh, I love that holo glitter topper with that charcoal grey @RGbrown! The charcoal is pretty on its own but Confetti Ready really jazzes it up just right! Gorgeous mani! 😍

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Thanks so much! ✨

[RGbrown]

So apparently Live Love Polish is completely rebranding and blowing out everything. The new site launches 10/29 (mooncat is their new name on IG), so this is the last week, and some polishes are as low as $3.25 now (many are "only" half off, but there are a few cheapies to be found!)

Free shipping $48. I may play with a small cart of a few sub-$4 polishes later and see just how terrible it would be to pay for it because I've never tried the brand, but $48 just isn't something I'm willing to spend right now lol (ETA:shipping is $5.99 for me with a small cart of 4 polishes...hmmmm...not bad...) (ETA2: whoops, I just grabbed four for just under $20 😂)

Last ETA? Code SOCIAL30 for another 30% off!

 

[itsfi]

@RGbrown, oooh, thanks for this ... and all the good ETA info. I *may* have helped them clear away some of their inventory. hahaha! 

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Ah yay! It's such a nice deal, and I hope you love yours! ❣️

[RGbrown]

I spent the weekend helping my sis and BIL with some home improvement/remodeling projects, and desperately needed a polish change last night, but was way too exhausted for anything more complicated than one color. Perfect time for a fancy statement polish ❣️

Different Dimension polish, He's Not The Sun You Are

A gorgeous color, hard to describe. A deep but faded raspberry red in most lights, though at lower lights it takes on a purplish berry tint around the edges. It's got a bit of super fine gold shimmer that really only shows up close, but it serves to add another layer of dimension. And the holo flakies, oh my, it's loaded. ✨ Easy two coater!

Lotsa pics because I can't help myself with this one 💕

Indoor fluorescent light

Flash

Full sun

[Titian06]

Love this color and sparkle, @RGbrown !  💖💖💖

[RGbrown]

@Titian06 

Thanks so much! ✨💕

[CookieGirl1]

@RGbrown Always 💖 sparkle!

[RGbrown]

@CookieGirl1 

Sparkle is a must! ✨

[itsfi]

Helloooo raspberry sparkle!! 😍 She's a beauty @RGbrown! 

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Thanks so much! ❣️✨

[itsfi]

I came away with some discoveries and “lessons learned” from this mani - first, I rediscovered my fondness for OPI Passion - it’s off the chopping block and back in my nail polish library. 😉 Second, painting a heart on my nails is a heck of a lot harder than I thought. After repeated fails (and some interestingly shaped hearts) over the course of half an hour, 😔 I finally decided to move onto a completely different design on my thumbs. 

French mani nails: OPI Infinite Shine Passion + OPI Infinite Shine Cliffside Karaoke + a gold polish that was part of a stamping plate set I purchased.

Ring finger and base color for Thumb: OPI Infinite Shine Cliffside Karaoke - this is a  brown polish I can get behind. 🤎

Nail art on Thumb: OPI Infinite Shine Alpine Snow + OPI VI-Pink Passes

[Titian06]

Your nails look great, @itsfi !  💖💖💖

[itsfi]

Thank you @Titian06! Doing my nails has served as a nice "time out" from my day-to-day. 😊 It's also helped to sort through and rehome / destash some polishes. lol. 

[ather]

@itsfi  Wow!!! I can’t believe you did this on your own! My mind is blown. You are soooo good. I think this looks way better then the hearts! Classic! 

[itsfi]

@ather, thank you! 😊 I had an extra day off so I had more time to play and experiment (and watch a YT video over and over and over … to do the flower 🌸 🤣).

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Ahhhhh, this is fabulous! I love the mix of designs, and those shades all work fabulously together 💕

How were you doing the hearts? If not by dotting tool, give that a try! (It's still tricky, and it's not something I've practiced a ton, but they came out fairly decent the time or two I've done them that way)

[itsfi]

@RGbrown, I hadn’t thought of using a dotting tool; thank you! 😃 I will try that another day. I used a nail art brush. I was able to draw a semi decent looking half heart at each try - it was everything else that did me in. At one point, the “heart” took on the shape of a partially deflated football. 🤪 I know, it’s a true talent to put together a design like that! 😂 

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Hahahaha I can only imagine! 😅

With a dotting tool, just drop your dot, then lightly drag it down; you'll wind up with a point at the end, and just repeat next to it, dragging the second point towards the first. Some of mine still came out quite goofy looking, but it's a little easier than a brush!

[itsfi]

Ahhh!!! Thank you, thank you @RGbrown! That sounds much more doable than trying it with a brush! 😃