Disney Nail Art Challenge: Jasmine

Princess Jasmine nails!! I love Princess Jasmine, these nails weren't even intentionally planned to be for her, but when I was finished they just screamed Jasmine to me. Teal chevrons with subtle gold glitter on the accent nail and a sheer teal-green glitter on all nails. 

Base Color- OPI So Many Clowns So Little Time

Tips- China Glaze For Audrey

Glitter Overlay- Cult Nails Hypnotize Me

And Gold Hex Glitter 

Here is a picture without the added bling, I wore it like this for a few days and absolutely loved it! If only taping off the chevrons didn't take so freaking long. I would totally do this more often. 

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

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape

Recently I was at Planet Beauty looking for OPI Gargantuan Green Grape, I was excited to see 6 bottles of polish in the slot, but when I looked closer I noticed there were 2 distinctly different shades of polish there.  I checked, and double checked the labels and both were clearly marked Gargantuan Green Grape.  I did what any polish enthusiast would do, and bought both.

 I swatched them both to compare color and formula.

Green Version Thumb, Pinky and Middle
Blue Version Pointer and Ring

 Even in bright light, you can tell these are two very different colors.

In terms of formula, the green version was much more opaque, it took 4 thin coats to get this desired opacity from the blue version.  I completely love both versions of this polish.  Regardless of the reason for OPI releasing a bluer version, whether it be a change of pigment or lax quality control, I am quite happy about it. Both shades are gorgeous and I am happy to own them both. 

Do you have either version? Which one do you prefer?

Stay Sparkly,

A

Saturday Swatches- June 22

I have decided to try something new for my blog, I have seen this idea on several other blogs and I really like the idea.  I will be posting swatch spam posts on Saturdays, giving a quick review and only one picture of each.  If you would like more pictures or more info about a certain polish, leave your request in the comments and I will do a more detailed post on the polish :)

Chrome Girl Barely Legal

Gorgeous, well pigmented baby blue.  A thicker formula than I am used to be, but it covered really easily.

Chrome Girl Endless Summer

Amazing formula for a yellow polish. A slight, mostly hidden shimmer. Covered easily in 2 coats. 

LA Girls 3D Effect- Teal Dimensions

Obsessed. Beautiful, holo, glowy perfection. If you can find this polish, and love teal or scattered holo, I strongly recommend buying it. 

 OPI Funny Bunny

One of my favorites.  I personally do 3-4 very thin coats to achieve a squishy opaque look for this polish.  

Sinful Colors Lavander (their spelling, not mine)

A gorgeous grayed out purple shade.  When these gray/purple colors were getting really popular I totally didn't see the allure, I now do.  This is a bold neutral that I think I will reach for often during the fall. 

Chanel Black Satin

This is the polish that started it all for me.  I bought it when I was 18, and that was where my love/obsession with polish really began.  I love this polish, gorgeous glossy formula, and wears very well on me. 

Hope you have enjoyed the first edition of Saturday Swatches, anything you would like to see more of or learn more about, please let me know in the comments.  Also, if there is something I have in my stash that you would like to see swatches of, please request it. I would love suggestions.

Stay Sparkly,

A

China Glaze Flirty Tankini

This is quite possibly my favorite manicure that I have ever done, and I fully intend on recreating this multiple times over the summer, using more "me" colors. 

This is China Glaze Flirty Tankini and Angel Wings, the white is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.  The gold glitter is from Julie G Cleopatra's Cobra. Glossy and bright and absolutely stunning, with more of a tan I could have pulled this off better.

But of course I couldn't leave well enough alone, so I changed my pointer finger and pinky to Angel Wings... which pretty much ruined it :(

If you follow me on instagram you already saw these, and saw that I entered them in a few contests... If you don't follow me on instagram, you should!! @sparkleandpolish

Stay Sparkly,

A

Blue and Green Skittle Mani

It's no secret that blue and green polishes are my favorites, so obviously I absolutely adored this mani!

Pointer- Essie First Timer with a dot of Sinful Colors Sweet Nothing
Middle- Base of Mabeline Color Show Poolside with dots of First Timer and Sweet Nothing
Ring- Gradient of Sweet Nothing and First Timer
Pinky- Sweet Nothing with a dot of First Timer

I entered this mani in a few Instagram contests, so I'll let you know if anything happens from that. And if you aren't already following my on Instagram you should be @sparkleandpolish  :)

Stay Sparkly,

A

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