Nails of the Day: Rainbow Sparkle + Crackle Manicure

Once again I was inspired by a nail tutorial from sayanythingbr00ke on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBaQUb3N0Dw)
This manicure didn't take nearly as long as I expected! To make cleanup easier, I applied Vaseline all around my nails (but NOT touching the actual nails) because it just wipes off with the excess polish at the end.


Obviously I changed a few things about the manicure, but it was inspired by Brooke's video. I chose to do sparkly polishes since I've been really into them lately. I would have liked to use a black crackle rather than grey, but I don't have a black. I don't hate the grey, but it's definitely not the same effect.

Before I applied the crackle polish

The polishes I used are:

Pink: China Glaze - Strawberry Fields
Purple: Zoya - Dannii

Blue: Orly - Halley's Comet
Green: Zoya - Ivanka

Crackle: China Glaze - Cracked Concrete

With crackle, and mostly cleaned up.

Detail of thumb nail.

Overall, I'm really happy with how it turned out. I think using the grey instead of a black crackle makes it less crazy bright looking. The black would have added more contrast. I think either look is good depending on what look you're going for. If you have the white crackle, that would probably look awesome as well.

Nails of the Day: Tape Manicure

Base(blue): China Glaze – Shower Together
Top layer(yellow): Revlon Top Speed – Electric

This manicure was inspired by a video from sayanythingbr00ke (http://youtu.be/TUmln2Fv_UA)

I cut up a bunch of strips of electrical tape (just because I had a lot of it) and placed them randomly over the completely dry base coat, topped it off with a thick coat of the top layer, then immediately peeled the tape off. Once it was dry I put on a topcoat. This was my first try doing this type of manicure. It’s really easy! Next time it’ll probably look neater, though. Sometimes I forgot to press the tape down so some of the yellow got underneath it.