GOT Some Pixie Peacock Polish

Hello, Fireflies!

It's glitter time! When Pixie Polish shut her doors, I nabbed a last few bottles of some of my faves, and I want to share one of the glitters with you today.

First, I started with a beautiful bright blue that I got in my Blue Memebox - Hope Girl BL03.  It dried rather quickly to a satin finish.

Pixie Polish Disco Peacock is a holo glitter topper with rainbow flecks in it.  I saw a lot of blue sparks shining in this polish!  If you own this, you know that the glitter settles really quickly.  I don't think it's formulated with a glitter suspension base.  No matter, it distributes really well with a few shakes into glittery goodness.

Because I like to stick random things on my nails.

I ordered a Ciate dried flower kit from Hautelook, and decided to try the purple flowers with this mani.  I actually liked how it looked, but I couldn't get the stems to lie flat, so I ended up picking it off.

What a surprise.

Bottle shot:  Hope Girl BL03, and Pixie Polish Disco Peacock (and some dried flowers.)

Sticking dried flowers to my nails sounds pretty strange.  Somehow, when you pay a prestige company some money for the tools to do it, it seems somehow more normal... Any strange trends you've tried because you bought a kit?

First and Last 'Watercolor' Nail Art

Hello, Fireflies!

Still working on this month's challenge to recreate the first 4 nail arts that I recorded.  The second one I found was this 'watercolor' acetone-wash blue and gold mani.  I was so proud. *sniff* That pose is so awkward, though, it's almost painful.

I think it's harder to post these old manis than it's been to post my makeup-free face!

To start the re-creation, I used two coats of Nina Ultra Pro Blue La La, a dusty medium blue.  Love the color, but the brush was wonky, so my application was less than stellar.

The build up of blue wasn't all that exciting, so I'll spare you that and go to the final blue look, where I dabbed on Hope Girl BL03, Bettina Gems Sapphire, and Different Dimension Dewing It Right, and patted on acetone in between colors.

Then, the gold - my fave Maybelline Bold Gold.  I will admit that I tried the DIY Spotted technique on top of this, where you water marble a black with an alcohol spray, and failed utterly miserably.  It just looked matte black and lumpy on my nails.

Bottle shot:  Nina Ultra Pro Blue La La, Hope Girl BL03, Bettina Gems Sapphire, Different Dimension Dewing It Right, and Maybelline Bold Gold.

I don't know if the nail art looks much better, but I used two additional polishes, so I should get points for complexity.  In my mind, I am sooo much better than I used to be, but maybe I've not come as far as I'd thought! I'll admit, this exercise is a bit humbling!

Are you better at a skill you've been practicing for the last two years?

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