Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are two manicures I tried this week. Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful day!

Using: Zoya Pixie Dust shades in Miranda and Arabella

Base is using China Glaze White on White

Using: Zoya Special Edition Katherine Hill from the You Knew Me When Trio by Emily Liebert and Zoya Pixie Dust in Miranda. 

Black Outline was done using Milani Nail Art in Black Sketch

First Attempt at a Gradient Manicure

Decided to try something different this week...a color gradient. First off, I have a million blue polishes. I seem to always grab them. So, I decided to do a subtle gradient using a few blues. 

For this look I used the following: 

Beauty Secrets (base and top coats), Sally Girl-Epic, Rimmel London-Apple Berry Smoothie, China Glaze-Frostbite & Spoiled-My Saturn Broke Down. 

I applied the polish for the gradient with a beauty sponge (wedge) after putting on my base coat and one coat of Sally Girl-Epic. I used Beauty Secrets Nail Matrix Cuticle Oil around my nails to minimize clean-up. 

Here is a photo of the final look with China Glaze-Frostbite.

Due to the use of multiple polishes, I will not do a follow up on this post. Have a wonderful weekend fellow nail polish addicts. 

Follow Up: China Glaze- Pelican Gray

Pelican Gray by China Glaze

I had some issues with this polish this week. I started noticing chipping by the beginning of the day, Day 3. The side of my right and thumb and a chip on my right hand middle finger bubbled underneath the polish. The polish from this point was easily able to peel off and leave a clean nail. Normally I would have left this for your viewing pleasure, but with a family funeral this week I didn't want my nails to look awful so I redid both fingers Tuesday morning. My Day 7 photo was of  my left hand which I didn't mess with all week.

As you can see I got quite a few chips through out the week. My pointer finger showed the most tip wear. That became noticeable around Day 4, starting by the beginning of Day 3. Chips occurred throughout the week. 

 Interestingly enough, the nails I repaired (with no base coat showed minimal to no wear after 3 1/2 days. I may try to find another base coat or try the next China Glaze without a base coat to see how it fares. 

Any suggestions on good base coats? I'd love to hear them. Please comment bellow.

China Glaze- Pelican Gray: Day 1

Wednesday my husband and I got some sad news when we found out his grandfather had passed away. Probably because of this I haven't felt like using my typical bright polishes for my manicure this week. 

Today I am opting to go with China Glaze's Pelican Gray. It is a light gray with  fine silver shimmer. I got this polish in an Ombre Collection from Sally Beauty Supply that I will show in a later post.

Application: This polish had a pretty smooth application. Was a little streaky on the first coat, but evened out completely after a second. Photos above are with two coats for complete coverage. 

Base coat: Beauty Secrets

Follow up will be next week. I also may add a gradient...