I have a bit of a smorgasbord of nail polish on my nails today. Last year, I won a great six-piece collection of nail polish from Salon Perfect and Manicurator. It arrived on St. Paddy's Day last year, and I was a bit too busy to do a themed mani and have it up on the blog before the day ended. I've used some of the solid colors in various other manicures since then, but I haven't yet used the special glitter toppers that I got! (The glitters were limited edition, and are no longer available, so I have not included links for them like I usually do.)
Also, a few weeks ago, I purchased some nail polish from Swatcher, Polish Ranger in her destash sale. Courtney was kind enough to throw in a bonus polish - Fiona by Daily Hues Nail Lacquer. The shade of green is perfect for today, so I added that to my mani, too!
I was really impressed with Luck of the Irish. The glitter density on the brush matched the density in the bottle! I have two coats on top of Loopy Lime on my pointer finger, and only one coat on top of Gold Leaf on my ring finger.
Sadly, the glitter application of Sham-Rock Your Socks Off was not as smooth as with Luck of the Irish. I actually have three coats on my pinkie finger! Based on how much glitter is in the bottle, I was expecting one coat to look like what I ended up with. And I fished for the glitters quite a bit, too.
Fiona is holographic, but it's been an annoyingly cloudy week, so I wasn't able to get any sunlight shots of it. I'm so tired of all of these clouds! Sheesh! I guess this week's weather is better than last week's freak heat wave, though. (It was over 80 degrees last Thursday! eurgh!)
This was a pretty simple mani, only taking me about half an hour from base coat to top coat. I like manicures like that! Spending two hours or more on intricate nail art is only fun for me about once a month. :)
What are your nails sham-rocking for St. Patrick's Day? Let me know in the comments!
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