Shakeup Your Makeup

 

I am officially obsessed with glitter gradients.  Not only are they beautiful, but my last one went chip-free for over 5 days, so the maintenance is easy-breezy too! 

 

Today I decided to go a bit more dramatic, and chose OPI Mod About You as the base, with L'Oreal Sparklicious as the gradient.  Mod About You is a pale cool-toned pink crème, and Sparklicious is a pale gold/silver glitter. 

 

Oh Pinterest...you enable me on so many levels.  Be it food, décor rand beauty, I just love browsing through and pinning things.  I finally got around to trying my hand at a gradient manicure I saw on Pinterest (below).  I wasn't quite sure how to do a glitter gradient, so if you need some instructions and "how to's", head on over to Lucy's Stash, because she has an awesome video tutorial there, not to mention the most beautiful manicures for inspiration!

 

 

From Revlon's Spice it Up Collection, I picked up the nail polish called Glitz and Glam.  This is a cranberry jelly base with silver glitter.  It reminds me of one of last year's holiday colors by China Glaze - Mrs. Clause - but I don't own it so I can't do a comparison. 

Although the color is a bit sheer, due to the jelly base, after three coats you do have a nice coverage.  The dry time was pretty quick, so I suppose it lives up to the name "Top Speed", but I prefer to use a quick drying top coat like Seche Vite as well.  

I also picked up Mistletoe, which is a really vampy olive green - pictures coming soon once I wear it!

Another pumpkin for you today, but this one wasn't quite as seasonal.  This is a clear base with pale pink microglitter and very large, silver hexagonal glitter.  Similar in texture and makeup as the Pumpkin polish in a bronze/silver, the actual coverage was quite sheer compared to the bronze.  This is three  coats, and you can still see quite a bit of nail through.  With that said, the sheerness didn't really bother me.  Because the pink color was more of a neutral, my nails just looked sparkly.  It's kind of a safe-for-work glitter, in my opinion.  I received tons of compliments on it too, which is an added bonus!

Below are a few more shots from different angles.  I actually found this one on sale after Halloween at Meijer, and I think it cost $0.62 - talk about a find! 

Revlon Starry Pink, from the Expressionists Display at Meijer last week.  On a side note, I did notice these in the permanent display at Target as well.

Starry Pink is a very pale pink creme polish.  It almost borders on pale pinkish-lilac creme, to be honest.  There are tons of small silver glitter, and larger hexagonal silver glitters as well.  As you paint over each layer, the glitter becomes more and ore muted towards the bottom, leaving those pieces on your last top coat to shine the most.  Some say this is not work-safe, but I think that depends on where you work.  Lucky for me, I can wear pretty much any color without the questioning stares, but for those that work in a more conservative environment, this does have glitter.  Although I tend to go much darker and warmer in the fall/winter, I think this is a nice way to sort of brighten things up without wearing too summery of a color.

Please excuse the chip - this wasn't a fault of the polish at all.  I actually had a nail that was peeling a bit, and I must have snagged it on something just prior to taking the pictures.  This particular manicure is 3 coats, with a top coat.  I didn't have problems with chipping or bubbling.  The consistency is a bit thicker than some Revlon polishes, which actually made this easier to apply.