Disney Nail Art Challenge: Aurora/Sleeping Beauty

For my latest installment of the Disney Nail Art Challenge, I have Princess Aurora, aka Sleeping Beauty, themed nails for you.  I was inspired by the magic battle over her dress color, make it pink, no make it blue!! I did a splatter mani to show the overlapping colors.  Some nails have a pink base with blue splatter and the others are blue base with pink splatter. This was my first splatter mani and it was surprisingly easy and fun to do! I think I'll be trying another one soon.

Polishes Used:

Pink- China Glaze Dance Baby

Blue- Chrome Girl Barely Legal

Have you done a splatter mani before? Any color combos you think I should try?

Also, if you aren't already doing so, you should follow me on Instagram @sparkleandpolish because I post sneak peaks and extra manis that don't show up on the blog :)

Stay Sparkly,

A

Disney Nail Art Challenge: Belle

Day 15!! So excited to have made it this far in the challenge! Here are my nails inspired by the lovely Belle from Beauty and the Beast, she is one of my favorite princesses.  These nails are inspired by her lovely yellow and gold dress, and of course I couldn't skip red roses!

 Base color is Chrome Girl Endless Summer, the gold is Sinful Colors gold striper polish.
For my roses I started with blobs of China Glaze Ruby Pumps and added the darker petals with Germanicure by OPI.

Also, if you aren't already doing so, you should follow me on Instagram @sparkleandpolish because I post sneak peaks and extra manis that don't show up on the blog :)

Stay Sparkly,

A

Lancome Vernis In Love

I heard good reviews about Lancome nail polish on Instagram so I decided to give it a try. And let me tell you, I am so glad I did!! I picked up the entire summer polish collection, which has 4 great blue toned polishes!  To prevent myself from repeating the review with each polish, they are amazing! super pigmented, smooth flowing creams, and the brush, oh my gosh the brush!! Perfection! Thats all I have to say about that, if you haven't already tried Lancome, I cannot recommend it enough!

 Simply Aqua #500

Ultramarine Green #521

Aqua Bleu #545

Plunge Pool #561

I used 3 thin coats for each, I probably could have just done 2, but I am a chronic 3 coater.

These polishes are amazing and I can't wait to try more from Lancome, have you tried Lancome Polish? Any colors you think I should try?

Stay Sparkly,

A

OPI Mod About You

Here is OPI Mod About You with an accent nail of OPI Crown Me Already.  This mani felt so springy and feminine, and also made my hands look so tan!! I absolutely love this manicure, it was my first time wearing both polishes, but I had them on my wish list for a while.

It's so interesting to me how the color photographed differently depending on the bottle that I was holding, the first picture with the Mod About You bottle shows the color more accurately.

I know I saw this mani on another person, maybe via blog or instagram, but I have no clue who, so if you do know please leave it in the comments for me so that I can link to proper credit... Though I'm sure it has been done many times.

Stay Sparkly,

A

Blue Nails For Autism Awareness

April is Autism Awareness month, and the main color for Autism Awareness is blue.  I only did 2 manicures specifically for this cause,  I was planning on doing more but I got sidetracked with the Disney Nail Art Challenge.

Mani 1:

The puzzle piece is used as a symbol for Autism Awareness, this mani features a base of Sinful Colors Endless Blue, the accent nail features Endless Blue, Wet n' Wild Blue Wants To Be A Millionaire, China Glaze Kinetic Candy and OPI Can't Find My Czechbook.

 Mani 2:

This mani also features a base of Sinful Colors Endless Blue.  The accent nail is a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, with the roses done using Endless Blue and Chrome Girl Barely Legal. The leaves are Essie First Timer.

Stay Sparkly,

A

Rainbow Nails

I recently entered an Instagram nail art contest hosted by @thary_xoxo and the theme was rainbow! Everyone was allowed 3 entries, so here are mine! And if you are on Instagram please follow me @sparkleandpolish I am much better at posting there than I am about blogging here, but I'm really working on it :)
Here is my first entry:

This mani makes me think of the circus, so many colors going on haha

Ring finger is a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, dots are China Glaze Make Some Noise, Sally Hansen Sun Kissed, Mellow Yellow, Lacey Lilac and Barracuda, and Essie First Timer

Middle Finger is a gradient of Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac, Barracuda and Essie First Timer

Pointer Finger is a gradient of Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow, Sun Kissed and China Glaze Make Some Noise
Thumb and Pinky were My Boyfriend Scales Walls with NOPI Confetti Fun layered on top

My second entry is rainbow leopard. This is my first time doing all over leopard, I'm usually much more of an accent nail fan, but this was kind of fun. The base color is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and the spot outline is China Glaze Liquid Leather.

Thumb- NOPI Strike A Pose, OPI My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours and Sally Hansen Sun Kissed
Pointer- Chrome Girl Endless Summer, Essie First Timer and OPI Jade Is The New Black
Middle- OPI Fly, China Glaze For Audrey and Chrome Girl Barely Legal
Ring- China Glaze Electric Beat, OPI Don't Be Such A Budapest and Sinful Colors Amethysy
Pinky- Sinful Colors Beverly Hills and China Glaze Dance Baby

Today is the last day to submit entries, so I will let you know how I do!!

Stay Sparkly,

A

Disney Nail Art Challenge Day 7: The Lion King

Sorry I'm late with this post.. I was just not inspired by the theme so it took some effort.. but enjoy my Lion King inspired sunset and tree motif.

For these nails I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, then I painted 1 coat of Chrome Girl Endless Summer on all of my nails.  After that dried, I sponged a gradient of Endless Summer and OPI My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours. I freehanded black tips and then blobbed on an accent nail tree. The middle finger has a sun rising, or maybe setting to create the bright orange tones of the sky. 

Enjoy!!

Stay Sparkly,

A