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

[RGbrown]

@Titian06 

It definitely stands out! I had actually been thinking I wanted to go subtle with the glitter, let the stripes stand out more, but nope, this was the absolute wrong topper to fill that desire 🤣 Not that I'm upset over the result, because sparkle can never be bad ✨

[Mellmars1185]

@RGbrown Now this is awesome!

[RGbrown]

@Mellmars1185 

Thanks so much! 💕

[RGbrown]

Garden Path Lacquer New Age Philosophy Major

A medium purple jelly absolutely stuffed with red/orange/gold shifting flakies and shimmer, this is a fiery creation that is insanely difficult to photograph even halfway accurately with my pitiful camera. My pics definitely don't do this one justice. Three coats for opacity, but not fussy, and one coat of top coat was all that was needed.

Zoya Beatrix

Soft yellow-orange Pixie Dust, toeing that "mac & cheese chic" line I'm so fond of lately. At the right angle, it's a perfect match for the shift in the GPL polish. Three coats for opacity, no top coat.

Full sun: IRL, there's a red shimmer so strong as to blot out the purple almost completely

Indirect light: this pic is a little better, but it's almost like my camera is pixelating the shimmer...it's brighter and smoother IRL

Picking up the orange-gold shift to match the Zoya polish

[itsfi]

That shift on the purple jelly is very cool @RGbrown! And what a great compliment to the Zoya orange pixie dust polish. I took a look at my Pixie dust polishes and decided that I need more. The mac and cheese chic of Beatrix is speaking to me. 🧡

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

I've been making a Pixie-push with my last few Zoya orders...it's about time I collect 'em all 😮🤣 (ok, not quite all, I don't think I'll get many of the "Ultra" ones, I find those to be just glitter bombs, not the sandy Pixie texture of the originals. Not that I'm opposed to glitter bombs at all, of course...I'm just in the mood for the sandy ones lately!)

[ather]

@RGbrown  Purple and orange are the best!!! 

[RGbrown]

Thank you @ather  🧡💜

[Saradestin]

Such beautiful combination and texture! ❤️❤️ You always “nail” it @RGbrown 😁

[RGbrown]

Thank you @Saradestin! 💖

[QueenMarceline]

@RGbrown So pretty 🙂 I love this combo.

[RGbrown]

@QueenMarceline 

Thanks so much! 💖

[Titian06]

@RGbrown - Wow!  The purple is amazing! 💜💜💜

[RGbrown]

@Titian06 

Thank you @Titian06! I really didn't expect the shifts to be as strong as they are, but I'm certainly not upset by this at all 😍 

[Mellmars1185]

@RGbrown That orange colour!!! 🍊😍

[RGbrown]

@Mellmars1185 

Thanks so much! Zoya did a really nice job with this one 💕

[MvLL]

..& that dazzling Purple! @Mellmars185 , @Tamara76 

Mac n' Cheese chic-?? sounds decadent & v.appealing.

That mani & those photos are nice; natural light is wonderful!

[RGbrown]

@MvLL 

Thanks so much!

Mac & cheese chic needs to be the next it phrase, for sure 😂 

[WinglessOne]

Last night I used two tried-and-true polishes and one new-to-me polish. 

DSO is 3 coats; I think everything else is 2 coats. My left hand mirrors my photographed right hand.

Polish notes: 

Spoiler

Bluebird Lacquer Double Stuffed Oriole is my favorite flake polish. The black jelly base is very easy to work with and is usually opaque enough for me at 2 coats. I sometimes add a 3rd coat for maximum flakes and opacity. There’s also some holo glitter in the mix for additional pops of color. I know there are dupes and I’ll need one of them if I ever finish this bottle, because DSO was an HHC offering. 

Butter London Empire Red is new to me. In my photo, it’s visible on the left side of my ring finger. Butter calls it poppy red. On me, it’s more tomato… eh, some poppies are this orangey red shade. The pearl finish has a very subtle gold shimmer—or maybe it just seems very subtle to me because it’s outdone by neighboring Amy. 

Also, I THINK that’s 2 coats on that finger? My unphotographed left hand definitely has 2 coats, but I started getting sleepy during all this and I might’ve skipped the second coat on that right ring finger. It doesn’t look as opaque as my orange left-hand nails, or even my right orange thumb. Hmm. 

Zoya Amy is probably my favorite sparkly orange polish. It’s almost a bonfire on nails. If I ever buy a gold-only flake topper, this will be the first polish I layer it with. 

I originally planned to sponge a horizontal ombre on the orange nails (using the same 2 orangey polishes). But I wasn’t in the mood for all the cleanup that’d require—especially using Amy which leaves glitter everywhere—so I decided to do half & half and run a black cream line down the center of each orange nail. Near the end of painting everything, I got sleepy and decided “eh, do the black lines later... just add a top coat for tonight and go to bed.” Later arrived, but the planned black lines didn’t. 😄 Eh, maybe I’ll add ‘em tomorrow. 

[itsfi]

@WinglessOne, I like the sound of sparkly orange polish! Will have to check our Zoya Amy. 🧡

[WinglessOne]

@itsfi  Zoya Amy paired with Tanzy (the gold-orange sparkly shade) = straight-up fire. But Amy on its own is fun!