Neon Flowers

I hope you are enjoying your Tuesday! 

Nothing says the warm weather is coming like a bright neon manicure. Claire's Flashy and Milani Fresh Teal go together nicely, especially with the dried flower accent I added. Fresh Teal matches the flower perfectly. I used two coats of each polish. I love these smooth creamy neons, no white needed underneath.

Claire's nail polish retails for $5 at in store and online. Milani retails for $3-5 at various stores (a list can be found on their website) and sites. The dried flowers retail for $6.08 (for a set) at Born Pretty Store, and they offer free shipping worldwide. Use the code AHL91 to receive 5% off your Born Pretty purchase.

Mattified Flakies

I hope you are having a great Thursday! I'm quite behind on getting posts up. Things have been hectic. I'm trying to prepare for a trip next week. I had planned to post about this particular manicure Tuesday, but time got away from me.

I love mattified flakies! I started with two coats of Milani Fresh Teal, a teal blue neon. Then I added one coat of Finger Paints Asylum, a clear base with glitter flakes that shift red, blue, orange, yellow, green and purple. A final coat of Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love gave the flakies a fun finish.

Milani retails for $3-5 at various stores (a list can be found on their website) and sites. 

Asylum is part of the Finger Paints Special Effects Collection. The collection has been discontinued and while bottles can be found online, the prices are generally marked up quite high sadly. Hard Candy retails for $4 at Walmart.

Combining Neon, Purple & Glitter

Last week's Monday Nail Art Challenge on PAA was Crackle. This polish effect has definitely grown on me. When crackle first hit the polish world, I disliked the look. It wasn't until I received a free black crackle that I fell in love with the uniqueness of it.

I used Milani Fresh Teal as a base coat. Fresh Teal is a lovely neon one coat polish. Next I layered on Finger Paints Purple Crackle. It cracked nicely, as you can see. I'm a big fan of accent nails, so I just had to add some glitter to my index finger. I chose Essence Edward. I love Edward so much. Such a pretty glitter.

What do you think of crackle polishes?