China Glaze Winter Holly

I went back and forth on whether or not I wanted to add this green to my collection. It ended up coming in a set so that cleared it up. This is China Glaze Winter Holly from the Holiday Joy collection. The press release described this as a "gold-flecked dazzling green glitter". It applies nicely but dries with a gritty matte finish (as shown in my pictures). After thinking that China Glaze couldn't top Glittering Garland from last year's collection, I was surprised that I liked Winter Holly a lot.

Brand: China Glaze
Collection: Holiday Joy
Color Name/Number: Winter Holly
Finish: glitter
Number of Coats: 3 on index, 1 over WnW Poison Ivy on rest
Top Coat: no

ASBMF - Glitter Tips

Another post for ASBMF challenge and the theme for this one is Glitter tips. I used China Glaze Ray-diant because it has a shift from yellow to green. I'm really loving the look of glitter tips and I'm surprised I don't do them more often. 

Next I added one layer of Essie as gold as it gets. It gives a deeper gold tint to the green. Can you believe that I was able to do this manicure on BOTH hands. Usually my more advanced nail looks are only done to my left hand.

My base color is Sally Hansen Resolution. Resolution is a green metallic with subtle gold shimmer.

Brand: Sally Hansen
Line: HD
Color Name/Number: Resolution / 10
Finish: metallic
Number of Coats: 2
Top Coat: no

52 Week Challenge - Week 11 - St. Patrick's Day Mani

 For this NOTD, I drew a little inspiration from this pin. I came across that St. Patty's design browsing through my Google reader. On my index finger, that is supposed to be a hat, I'm not sure it actually looks like a hat. On my middle finger is my spin of Kayla's belt buckle. On my ring finger is a pot of gold. My other two fingers just have dots as "gold coins".

This is an updated list that Jenna posted of everyone still participating in this challenge. If you want me to add your link to the list be sure to let me know. I don't want anyone to feel left out.

I'm still thinking

Polished & Not Quite Put Together

Prncess Sarah 02 

Polished Criminails 

No More Nail Biting 

Charlotte's Nails 

Fun With My Nail Polish

Lauriestrodes Fun With Nails 

Square Polish

Nothing But Nail Polish 

The Dragon Lady 

Nails By Carol 

polish, polish, polish 

Tres Chic Nails 

Glitter Obsession 

Lissa's Nail Blog 

NailsN'cupcakes 

omgnoodles 

Oje Sihirbazi (Wizard of Polish) 

Meisie's Nails 

Asa Nisi Masa Nail Spot

Gypsy's Glitter

Twinsie Tuesday: Sinful Colors Irish Green and Green Ocean

 Hey everyone, I'm back with my second edition of Twinsie Tuesday. This week's theme is Jelly Sandwich. I don't own many jellies so I didn't have many to choose from. The first jelly polish that came to mind was Sinful Colors Irish Green. Irish Green is a bright neon squishy jelly polish. I combined that with a layer or two of WnW Party of 5 glitters and then topped it with 2 layers of Sinful Colors Green Ocean. Green Ocean is a flakie/glitter in a jelly-like base. To top it off, I added 2 more layers of Irish Green. I liked the look of this jelly sandwich but it was much too thick to keep on with out denting.

I can't wait to see the other jelly sandwiches the wonderful ladies of Twinsie Tuesdays come up with. You should check them out too.

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Minty

Hey everyone! My Saturday was a little bit crazy and I really wanted to get a post up today. It's 9:24pm and I just painted my nails (one hand to be exact). So for now, I have one pic ready to share.

I will edit this post later to add more pics and details about what is on my nails. As for now, I am off to spend a little QT with Loro.  

Edit: Details were left out yesterday when I posted this. Did anyone take a guess of what was on my nails? This is Revlon Minted with Pure Ice Mint Dream. In my search for looking for a perfect green, I ended up collecting quite a few minty greens and they are the ones I like the best. Looking at my nails just made me want something minty, luckily I had some Mint Chocolate M&M's. This color also reminds me of Tiana's dress from Princess and the Frog.

 Brand: Pure Ice over Revlon
Color Name/Number: Mint Dream over Minted
Finish: Mint Dream (frost) Minted (cream)
Number of Coats: 2 of each
Top Coat: Northern Lights Out the Door