Polish Poptart

I hope you are enjoying your Friday! Today I have a cute layering experiment to show you. After looking at them for awhile, it occurred to me that this manicure reminds me of a poptart. Hence the title of this post. :)

I started off with two coats of Essence Sweet as Candy then one of Jordana Gemstones. Finally a coat of Sweet as Candy to make a jelly glitter sandwich. I love the look of sheer polishes over glitter! It gives depth. Its a very easy look to achieve.

Jordana Specialty Glitters retail for $3 at Jordana and Kmart. Essence Colour & Go retails for $1.99 at Ulta, H-E-B, and FredMeyer.

Tipped with Glitter

I hope you're enjoying your Tuesday! I'm starting a new weekly challenge called Monkey See, Monkey Do. Its a nail challenge for Monday (though mine will be on Tuesday since I already do one for Mondays) where we take inspiration from or recreate a mani done by someone else. Anything you see on blogs, Facebook, Pinterest, or anywhere else online. 

I was inspired by this gorgeous mani I saw on Pinterest from The Nailasaurus. I would have never thought to pair gray and glitter together. I'm not even a gray fan. I have this polish (my only gray) for nail art. For my nails, I started with a base of Julep Dendrie. Its a lovely gray creme with great application and is opaque in two coats. Next I sponged on Jordana Gemstones. I've found that for glitter, it is best to paint the polish on the sponge. I absolutely love this combination. Its given me a whole new appreciation for gray polish. I actually love it. Now I don't have any colors I won't wear. I only shied away from brown and gray.

Julep retails for $14 at Julep and Sephora. Jordana Specialty Glitters retail for $3 at Jordana and Kmart

Please check out the other lovely bloggers participating in this challenge. :)

Amber Did It
Angelina's Nails & More
Beauty Bumbles
Dressed Up Digits
Fancy Phalanges
Fanning the Fumes
Geeky Owl
Gnarly Gnails
Jen's Painted Tips
Kawaiinize Your World
LeSamowen
Macabre Manicures
Maquiclub Girl
Nail Polish is my Crack
PishPosh and Polish
Polish Crazed
Polish Lover
Tales of Knit and Nails
The Clockwise Nail Polish
The Crumpet
The Manicured Monkey
The (mis)Adventures of a Wanna Be Martha
Toxic Vanity