Holographic Stamped Dots

Stamping is always a really fun way to spice up your manicure if you're feeling a lack of nail art inspiration. Today, I went for some fun dots.

To see how I did today's manicure, read more after the jump!

Subtle Saturn Stamping

Last week was Carnegie Mellon's spring break, so sorry for the lack of posts! I went to San Juan, Puerto Rico with six of my friends. It was so much fun! And I got a little tan, too :)

Anyway, today I have a stamping manicure for you. I've gotten so much better at stamping since I've started, so it just goes to show that practice really does make perfect.

I started with a base of Butler Please by Essie. I let that dry, and then I used a Saturn image from the Cheeky Summer Collection stamping plates. I used Comic Fate by Color Club, an orange holo, for that stamping.

I really think the use of a credit card type object as a scraper has been the key to my success. Previously, I used a regular scraper and always had trouble getting it to scrape cleanly.

I really love stamping manicures, so look out for more in the future :)

Silver Fishnet Stamping and Glequins

Stamping is not one of my strongest nail art skills, so I try to practice when I have the time (and patience). But sometimes I think that just a plain stamped mani needs a little extra something, and that's how today's nail were born!

I started with two coats of Glitter Wonderland by Color Club, a sparkly purple. Then I used Konad Special Polish in Silver to stamp a fishnet design onto each nail. I wanted a little extra oomph, so I added some silver holographic glequins to my ring fingers. For those of you who don't know, a glequin is a glitter-sequin type thing, and I got mine from the Born Pretty Store.

I think the glequins give this mani the extra sparkle it needed!

Color Club Eternal Beauty

Before spending the semester in England, I had heard about how gray and rainy it is there. But having spent many months in Pittsburgh, I thought I'd be fine! I was wrong. Let me tell you, you really gotta go to England to truly appreciate the sun. So when I came home, the first polish I wore was something that celebrated the sunshine.

A holographic polish! This is two easy coats of Color Club Eternal Beauty, a purple holographic. If you don't have any colors from their Halo Hues collection, you need to go out and get some RIGHT NOW.

It's less impressive in the shade, but still pretty. And indoors, you can still kinda see the holo.

I love holographic polishes, don't you?

Once Upon A Polish: Dragon Spit

I have some sad news: During all of my unpacking, I broke a few nails. I had to file them all down into little nubs to make them even :( So sad! I decided that if I had to have tiny nails, I would make them extra glittery to compensate. And so I tried out another indie polish. It's called Dragon Spit by Once Upon A Polish.

Dragon Spit is a mix of blue, orange, red, purple, and pink hex glitters with red and blue bar glitters and tiny red square glitters suspended in a clear base.

It's really shiny and lovely! I decided to layer it over Flying Dragon by China Glaze, a neon purple with tiny fuchsia and blue microglitter. Then I added just one coat of Dragon Spit. The glitter was pretty easy to work with; I just needed to dab it a tiny bit to get it even.

I actually had a really hard time deciding what to layer this over! Here are some other color combos I was considering:

From left: Dragon Spit over Rose Among Thorns (China Glaze), In The Lime Light (China Glaze), Grape Pop (China Glaze), and Pure Energy (Color Club)

Overall, I was pleased with this polish! I have some other Once Upon A Polishes that I'm excited to try now. You can purchase Once Upon A Polish from their Etsy shop, which can be found here.