I have a simple glitter gradient manicure to show you today. I used OPI Don't Burst My Bubble as a base, and it was so soft and elegant!
To make the gradient, I just dabbed on some ORLY Dazzle to the tips of my nails, and then added Hard Candy Celebrate Sequins to that. I really like this look!
Would anyone be interested in a tutorial? This was an easy one. As much as I enjoy video tutorials, I might try my hand (ha! get it??) at pictorals, where I just give you step by step photos. Which would you prefer?
What do you think?
Showing posts with label hard candy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hard candy. Show all posts
16 July 2013
13 May 2013
My First Jelly Sandwich With Hard Candy!
Well, that's a strange title for a manicure! I went to Wal-Mart today and got a couple of Hard Candy polishes and I knew I would have to try a jelly sandwich. (For those of you who don't know, a "jelly sandwich" is when you sandwich a glitter polish between coats of a sheer polish.
I used OPI My Pointe Exactly as my jelly polish, and layered it with Hard Candy Party Central.
I am so excited about this glitter bomb! It's got 4 different size white glitter hexes, and medium sized blue, purple, orange and yellow hexes. I think I also see pink and green little hexes!
You can't make a jelly sandwich without mattifying it! I added Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love.
I am pretty excited about this manicure. The gliter was easy to grab and the look was easier than I thought it would be. Here is a super macro shot of the mattified sandwich:
Wowza! I love it. What's your opinion on jelly sandwiches?
I used OPI My Pointe Exactly as my jelly polish, and layered it with Hard Candy Party Central.
I am so excited about this glitter bomb! It's got 4 different size white glitter hexes, and medium sized blue, purple, orange and yellow hexes. I think I also see pink and green little hexes!
You can't make a jelly sandwich without mattifying it! I added Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love.
I am pretty excited about this manicure. The gliter was easy to grab and the look was easier than I thought it would be. Here is a super macro shot of the mattified sandwich:
Wowza! I love it. What's your opinion on jelly sandwiches?
10 August 2012
Hard Candy Beetle Swatch (Photo Heavy)
I know I promised more nail art and I have been doing a lot of swatches lately, but today I was in Walmart and I came across a brand I'd heard about but never tried, called Hard Candy, so I picked up a few colors, including today's swatch and an incredible matte top coat which I will be showing off soon ;)
Here is three coats of "Beetle" - the name kind of put me off but I couldn't resist the color!
What a gem! This shimmery multichrome looks purple at first, but in the light it becomes a prism of purple, orange, yellow, and green!
Let's take a look at the bottle -
It actually came with this silly little heart shaped ring on the bottle. But it was too small to fit any of my fingers, so I took it off.
Look at the edges of this bottle! Beautiful.
The formula was easy to work with, but the brush was a tad small for my liking. I think it would have been fine with two coats, but I wanted another just to be sure. I think the multichrome would be stronger with a black base coat though.
Just starting to look greenish gold here -
And here is another shot of that beautiful spectrum. I wanted to take pictures outside but it is pouring so my lightbox was the best I could do.
Isn't is just so pretty? And it was only four dollars. Exclusively at Walmart.
Here is three coats of "Beetle" - the name kind of put me off but I couldn't resist the color!
What a gem! This shimmery multichrome looks purple at first, but in the light it becomes a prism of purple, orange, yellow, and green!
Let's take a look at the bottle -
It actually came with this silly little heart shaped ring on the bottle. But it was too small to fit any of my fingers, so I took it off.
Look at the edges of this bottle! Beautiful.
The formula was easy to work with, but the brush was a tad small for my liking. I think it would have been fine with two coats, but I wanted another just to be sure. I think the multichrome would be stronger with a black base coat though.
Just starting to look greenish gold here -
And here is another shot of that beautiful spectrum. I wanted to take pictures outside but it is pouring so my lightbox was the best I could do.
Isn't is just so pretty? And it was only four dollars. Exclusively at Walmart.