Glisten and Glow - Oh, The Places You'll Go Collection

Hi friends!

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Today, I  have a fun little collection of cremes and shimmer toppers to share with you all from Glisten and Glow.  This collection is inspired by the Dr. Seuss book 'Oh, The Places You'll Go' which is something many of us got as a graduation gift because it is inspiring and encouraging.  The cremes in this collection match the book's color palette perfectly!  Glisten and Glow is known not only for their amazing top coat but they do amazing cremes and holos as well.  Along with this collection, G&G has released a new matte top coat.  And it is great!  I will be showing you all of the manicures in both glossy and matte versions using Glisten and Glow's top coats.  Let's take a look!

Stamping over nail vinyls

Hi Girls! Sorry I have been MIA lately. I started a new job back in late January and I have been so busy. I usually would write parts of my blog posts during my breaks at work but sadly I have had to put it off to the back burner.

Today I just wanted to show you my stamping I did using some nail vinyl stickers I had ordered online.

I started my base with some of my favorite OPI's. Alpine snow, Black Onyx and Hey Baby. 

I then applied nail vinyl stickers. You can also use regular tape and cut them with pinking sheers. 

I got my stamping image ready to apply to my nail

After stamping and removing the nail stickers. You have a very unique image. I chose chevrons for a creative accent nail.

I hope you give this a try. Let me know what you think! 

Week Long Gel Mani with Chevrons

What do you do when you get bored of a gel manicure that still looks flawless after 5 days? Add some nail art! This is a gel manicure that I wore for about a week when I was extremely busy. It's Gelish Rose Garden with some spectraflair added (the thought of wearing a plain creme for a week was too much, I had to franken). I then added chevron nail decals from Make It Stick Designs. If you've been reading my blog you probably have seen a lot of these nail decals from me, I'm a huge fan of them. They are so fast and easy to use with no mess or dry time, so they're my go-to when I want nail art and have no time to pull out my stamping plates!

These are the navy colored regular pattern nail chevrons. For application and an in-depth review of these decals please check out my review of the large pattern nail chevrons.

I thought a comparison of chevron sizes might be useful, so here is the regular chevron decals compared with the large pattern chevron decals. The regular chevrons have four thinner strips per decal and the large pattern have three thicker strips. They are both the same size and width, and fit nicely on wide nails (like mine). If you have very small or very narrow nails you probably want to go with the regular chevrons rather than the large patterns. 

I still can't believe I managed to wear the same color of polish for an entire week, even if I did add nail art! How long do you wear a manicure for before changing polishes? What's the longest you've gone?

Make It Stick Nail Chevrons

Today I want to show you a couple of looks I achieved with nail decals from Make It Stick Designs. I first tried these nail decals when I got to know their creator, April, in a nail polish group on Facebook. April is a wonderful person and I love supporting small businesses so I had to give it a try! I was not disappointed. :)

The nail decals are made of a super thin adhesive vinyl material that sticks strongly to the nail and is flexible (so it stays on). If you are like me and get annoyed with anything bumpy on your nails this shouldn't annoy you. There is an almost unnoticeable bump at the edge of the decal with a single layer of top coat, but with two layers it wasn't noticeable at all.

For this mani I used Cult Nails Let Me Fly on four of my nails, added the decals to my thumb and ring finger as accent nails, then added a second accent by doing my pinky in Zoya Trixie. This is a skittlette style mani inspired by Marta of Chit Chat Nails that I actually entered in a contest she had on her blog earlier this year.

This is a long post so click read more to see more photos, 

another mani and read all about the nail decals!