Do you ever have one of these days when you feel like having something clean, yet sparkly? Yep, today was one of those days. I decided to do a pretty glitter gradient on a nice neutral colour that does not attract much attention. Glitter gradients have been popular for a while now, and since I haven't tried to do a proper gradient yet, I decided that it would make the perfect addition and play the role of the sparkle. For this mani, I chose Essie Eternal Optimist, which is a dusty pink nude. For the glitter, I decided on China Glaze Blonde Bombshell; a gold glitter that is made of various sized particles, and even small bar glitter that is barely visible (for those of us that think that bar glitter can give the nails a "hairy" look). Let's take a look at what the final mani looked like.
I used three coats of Eternal Optimist as it is a bit streaky. The final coat was needed to even things out. Blonde Bombshell (for some reason, I want to say that it is called Bubbly Bombshell...which is, if I am not mistaken, a magenta glitter buy Orly) is a pretty dense glitter, and is very easy to work with, especially for glitter gradients (I should probably count the number of times I used the word "glitter" in this post). Now, the colour in this pictures is pretty accurate. I was pleasantly surprised once I uploaded the pictures as this is the first time that I used the white kitchen light above my stove. Looks pretty good, if I do say so myself.
And can we PLEASE take a moment to marvel at my beautiful header? This was made by my dear friend, fellow nail polish fanatic, Laura, from Polish and Portal Guns. It is so gorgeous. So Laura, thank you so so much. I love it! I think that it is perfect for my little corner of the interwebs.
So ladies (and possibly gents?), this is it for my post today. I am planning to post pictures of my stash very soon, so please stay tuned for that.
I hope you enjoyed my sparkly goodness, and thank you for reading :)
The Lacquered Princess.
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