Half and Half: Dots and Glitter

Sorry I've been so sporadic with posting! My semester ended recently and then we took a trip to Dublin, so it's been pretty hectic around here. I'm off to Berlin and Amsterdam for the week too, but I have posts scheduled for that time :)

Anyway, today I have another nail art rut design. I couldn't decide what to do, so I dug around my basket of polish until something jumped out at me.

I started with a base of Sephora by OPI Queen of Everything. Then I freehand painted half of my nails with Deborah Milano 99. I used a dotting tool and 99 to add dots to the silver half of my nails. It still didn't feel complete, so I added a layer of Models Own Freak Out to the blue half of my nails.

I don't usually like shard glitter that much, but Freak Out is such a fun polish.

I got out of this nail art rut pretty quickly, thank goodness :) Check back soon for another Throwback Thursday!

Freaking Out in the Indian Ocean

I have some more English polish for you today (and some more sad iPhone pics)! I bought two polishes by Models Own from Boots: Indian Ocean and Freak Out! So I decided to combine them in a mani.

I started with a base of China Glaze Sea Spray since Indian Ocean looked sheer. Then I added a coat of Indian Ocean, a very pretty light blue with gold and lavender shimmer. It's so lovely! The shimmer translates wonderfully onto the nail, even in low lighting.

Then because I can never have any plain manicures, I used a sponge to add a gradient of Freak Out! to the top of my nails. Freak Out! is a mix of glitter suspended in a clear base: light blue shards, light blue bars, tiny magenta hexes, and medium blue hexes. I think it's a really cool combo of glitters.

Maybe I'll have to pick up some more Models Own polishes now that I've seen how lovely they are!