Nails/NOTD: French Tips with NYX Girls - Sexy Plum and China Glaze - Ruby Pumps

I felt like playing around with my nails. I don't get the chance to paint them very often as I don't have much time, but I decided to neglect some other things (house chores!) to treat myself. I originally meant to just do a dark red coat then put the sparkly red on top all over. Part way through, I changed my mind and just did 3 coats of dark red and then bright red tips. I love how this turned out. I definitely will try it again with other colors.

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1 coat Avon Nail Experts Gel Strength Base Coat

3 coats NYX Girls Polish - Sexy Plum

2 coats China Glaze - Ruby Pumps

1 coat Avon Nail Experts UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: China Glaze - Ruby Pumps

I just love this red sparkly polish. It is so perfect around the Holidays!

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1 coat Avon Nail Experts Gel Strength Base Coat

3 coats China Glaze - Ruby Pumps

1 coat Avon Nail Experts UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: China Glaze - Liquid Leather + Orly - Galaxy Girl

I've worn Galaxy Girl several times but never over a black base. I'm thinking that I either needed to do more than one coat or it doesn't work well over black. It just didn't have the same look as it always did before. It's still pretty, but not how I was expecting it to turn out.

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1 coat Avon Nail Experts Gel Strength Base Coat

1 coat China Glaze - Liquid Leather

1 coat Orly - Galaxy Girl

1 coat Avon Nail Experts UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

 

 

Nails/NOTD: Liquid Leather + Mermaid's Tale

I haven't done a nail post in forever! I love doing my nails, I just don't have much time to do them. When I do, I usually don't have the time to photograph them. :-/

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1 coat Avon Nail Experts Gel Strength Base Coat

1 coat China Glaze - Liquid Leather

1 coat Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Mermaid's Tale

1 coat Avon Nail Experts UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: Orly - Smolder

Ah....this is definitely now in my top 5 fav red polishes! It's so gorgeous!

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I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of Orly - Smolder

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: Orly - Out of this World + Sobe Botanicals Digging for Gold

I rarely do gradient glitter looks because I feel like I suck at them. Maybe I just need more practice!

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I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of Orly - Out of this World

2 coats of Sobe Botanicals - Digging for Gold (applied to the tips and dragged lightly up toward to the cuticle)

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: Avon - Golden Wine

This is one of my top fav sparkly wine polishes. It's so beautiful!

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I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of Avon Nailwear Pro Nail Enamel - Golden Wine

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: NYX - White + Sobe Botanicals - Purple Holo Glitter

This look was from Easter weekend. I normally would apply this type of glitter polish on top of black or a dark color, but I wanted to use the white that I haven't used in a very long time. I don't celebrate Easter, but I felt like my nails unintentionally turned out sort of looking like those weird malt ball/egg candies that come out around Easter. Do you see what I mean?

BTW, I really don't care for malt balls!

The glitter polish is a new addition Sobe Botanicals and is a top coat. It was super easy to work with and dried really fast! Check out their polishes here: Nail Lacquers

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I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of NYX - White

2 coats of Sobe Botanicals - (It's a light purple large holo glitter)

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: Sally Hansen Nail Prisms - Burgundy Orchid + Ozotic - 529

This is so pretty! I love colour shifting polish. I'll definitely have to wear this combo again!

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The rest were taken in indirect sunlight at different angles to show the colour shift. Gorgeous!

 

 

 

I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of China Glaze - Liquid Leather

1 coat of Sally Hansen Nail Prisms - Burgundy Orchid

1 coat of Ozotic - 529

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: China Glaze - Liquid Leather + Butter London - Knackered

It's been a long while since I posted a nail look.  This polish is just okay on its own, but over black, it looks so cool!

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I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of China Glaze - Liquid Leather

1 coat of Butter London - Knackered

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: China Glaze - Ruby Pumps French Tips

This is the nail look I created for this club makeup look posted here.  I've never done french tips before so I wasn't really sure what the heck I was doing. This was a little rushed, but I thought it turned out well considering I wasn't using french tip strips. I originally wanted to use a nude base but I didn't have the time, so I just went with a clear base coat, 3 red coats on the tips and then a top coat. Even though I let Ruby Pumps completely dry before applying the top coat, it picked up some red and transferred it onto the clear polish. :-(

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I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

3 coats of China Glaze - Ruby Pumps (just on the tips)

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: Avon - Stunning Cobalt

Normally I'm not a huge fan of blue polish, but I do like really dark blues and ink blues. This is a perfect shimmery dark blue for me.

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I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of Avon nailwear pro+ nail enamel - Stunning Cobalt

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: NYX - Purple Noir, SH Turquoise - Opal and Ozotic - 528

I've never layered this many polishes before. I really like how this turned out. All the changing colours are so pretty! I took the photos about 4 days after I painted my nails. While there isn't any chipping, there are some tiny stress cracks at the outer edges of some nails.

I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

1 coat of NYX Girls Polish - Purple Noir

1 coat of Sally Hansen Nail Prisms - Turquoise Opal

1 coat of Ozotic - 528

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat

Nails/NOTD: Avon - Noir Emerald

This reminds me of a black polish with a clear polish with green shimmer painted on top. It's very pretty!

I achieved this look with:
1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS Smooth Beginnings Base Coat 

2 coats of Avon Nailwear Pro Nail Enamel - Noir Emerald

1 coat of Avon's NAIL EXPERTS UV Gloss Guard Top Coat