The Digit-al Dozen Does Childhood: Day 4 - Glitter Swirls

Remember those spinning paint toy.... things that made really cool art when you dripped colors onto the spinning paper and it swirled all together? That's what inspired today's mani - although it is a very loose interpretation!

I loved that toy when I was younger! I created marker art and wicked paintings with that thing!

Essence - Gorgeous Bling Bling

Ever since I first saw a swatch of this polish, I wanted it so bad. I can't get Essence polishes here, though, so a little birdie whispered in my swap buddy's ear, and I was so excited to see that she'd found it for me!!

I couldn't get over how unique and pretty this one was, and thankfully it did not disappoint! I love the burnt orange color, the gold flecks; I love everything about this polish! It was perfect in two coats!

Essence - Oh My Glitter!

This one looks like it has pink, purple, and blue shimmer in it, but it is hard to tell. I applied two coats but could have used one more; no topcoat.

Color Club Twiggie and Essence Break Through

I was playing in the untrieds box and since I didn't want to do a one-color, plain mani, I figured these two might look okay together. I love purple and green together so it couldn't come out too terrible!

The green is Color Club Twiggie and the purple is Essence Break Through.

Gradient-aholics Anonymous

Maybe 5 different gradients at once will fulfill my lust for them? Doubt it!

But, oh, you know how it goes...

Snowman Topcoat with Colorful Tips

For the Christmas Theme challenge of the December nail art challenge I am participating in, I cheated and did that mani early, using a glitter topcoat snowman polish. This beauty (though it was pretty hard to photograph, I tried sun, shade, indoors, and everything, it is more than evident in person) reflects some gorgeous colors: pink, purple, fuchsia, and sometimes a little orange, too.

Even at three coats, I had some visible nail line, so using a pink (Finger Paints Steal My Beating Art) and purple (essence Break Through), I decided to add some simple french tips to cover that in colors that would match its glow.

Snowflake and Snowman Tips

For this look, I started out with a two-coat base of essence Date in the Moonlight, then added a coat of a blue/green shimmer, Pure ICE Oh Baby!, and another of Wet'n'Wild Hallucinate. Painted everything on with acrylic paint, then topped it all off with China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Essence - Date in the Moonlight

Quick swatch post today. I do wish the beauty of this came through better, but it is such a pretty, dusty blue with gorgeous blue shimmer throughout! Of course, I am a sucker for a great blue polish, and this one definitely did not disappoint!