Day 242) Nail art brick wall

When I bought my Artdeco sparkling sand nail lacquer (gold) I had trouble deciding which one to take.
There was also a beautiful black one but after a lot of thinking I chose the gold because I saw some more ways to use this one (read Christmas time).
I regretted that I couldn't take them both but today my eye catched Essence Colour & Go Sparkle Sand Effect nail polish.
The color in the bottle showed some similarities with the Artdeco black one that I couldn't afford.
Obviously this ended up in my shopping basket.

Want to know what I'm talking about...
Here is a swatch of this polish:

 

Essence Colour & Go Sparkle Sand Effect - 165 Here's my number

 

 

I'm loving the color! It's not really black but more of an anthracite which makes it more appealing for a wider public.

The sparkling effect is brought by multicolor micro glitter.

Two coats gives an opaque coverage and it goes on very smoothly.

As I was applying this polish I asked myself if this was really a sand nail lacquer. Most of the sand lacquers I know are matte. This one was so shiny I couldn't believe that there was any texture in it.

The picture above reveals some of the shinyness that was still there.

But after some time I saw this polish drying and it turned into a really (beautiful) sand nail lacquer (this look can be found in the next picture).

 

 

Anthracite...stones...tiles...floors...walls...brick...BRICK WALL

Logic thinking right ;-P

Well, here is my brick wall nail art:





 



 

Day 212) Liquid sands nail art

I worked my but off today and I'm really tired.
Today is a very simple nail art again.
As compensation I'll show you my new purchase ;-D

Artdeco - 53 Sparkling Sand Nail Lacquer

(Douglas)

I decided to paint 4 of my nails with this beautiful golden liquid sand version and make a nail art on the ring finger nail as an accent.

For the nail art I used some stencils:

Wynie Accessories - Ref. 570601

I already did a Chevron nail art. So, for today's nail art I used the left ones.
After the basecoat I applied two of the stencils on my nail.
Then I applied the golden liquid sand on the free parts:

I removed the stencils and I filled the open spaces with another liquid sand that I own: OPI Couture de Minnie - Magazine Cover Mouse.

Here are today's nails:

Day 177) O·P·I Couture de Minnie

I finally got it!

O·P·I Disney Couture de Minnie - Runway minnies



 

 



The 4 mini polishes are:

• A Definite Moust-Have: This fantastic fuchsia is at the top of my shopping list.
• Magazine Cover Mouse (liquid sand): This headline-making strawberry has sparkling texture.
• Chic from Ears to Tail: This pop of bubblegum pink is totally fabulous!
• Innie Minnie Mightie Bow: Catch this crimson by the toe!

Although O·P·I is quite expensive for my budget, I seem to forget all about it when I see sets like this ;P

 







Time to show you!

From left to right: Innie Minnie Mightie Bow, Magazine Cover Mouse, A definite Moust-Have and Chic from Ears to Tail.

Such a beautiful colors!
Application is smoothly and accurate and the polishes dry very quickly.
When you are in hurry you could get away with just one coat (except for the light pink), but I recommend applying two coats and three for the light pink (see pictures).

But the main reason I've wanted to have this set is the liquid sand mini.
I had seen a swatch of this polish and immediately fell in love with it.
A sweet pink with a subtile glitter and sand texture...very pretty!

Totally happy with this set I still had to make a nail art with it.
I already had an idea in mind and was almost starting, when my eye catched the cover of this set.
"Doesn't that couture Minnie Mouse look cute?" Indeed it does!
So, why not try to replicate this on my nail...

 

Not exactly the same, but I think it turned out quite good.

Day 114) Nail art Summer