Autumn Nail Art Challenge--Gold

Two more weeks are left in autumn! Autumn is definitely my favorite season and what better way to celebrate the end of autumn than with some rich metallics. This week's color fits the bill and is more autumnal to me than the last couple manicure challenge colors. Here is this week's challenge in...

Gold

Just a good, classic, glitter gradient. I should have sponged the last layer of Brooklyn to avoid brush strokes and also mattified it. Then this would have been stunning. (I used a leaf ornament instead of a snowflake this time too!)

Polishes used: Zoya Brooklyn and Bar

Take a look at the other gilded manicures:
http://new.inlinkz.com/luwpview.php?id=448841

SinfulColors Holiday 2014

This year's holiday collection from SinfulColors, reintroduces some stunning classics, brings back some hard-to-finds, and adds some newbies to create a gigantic dazzling array of holiday polishes.

Ice Dream, a "cerulean glitter with a translucent silver base," shown in one and two coats. This might achieve opacity in 3 coats. This clear base filled with the tiniest silver glitters and small turquoise glitters, is very "Elsa" from Frozen.

Twilight Twinkles is packed with "brilliant flakes of gold." This gold assorted glitter contains mostly irregular gold pieces in a clear base. Shown above in one and two coats.

Out of this World is a "perfect silver with swirls of glimmer." This frosty, whitened silver glistens in the sunlight. Truly lovely for those of you who are drawn to this glowing finish. Shown above in three thin coats.

Endless Blue is a "deep wave of cobalt." This blue is bright and deep all at the same time. This mesmerizing blue is shown in two smooth, very pigmented coats.


The Verdict:
I adore the bright cobalt blue of Endless Blue. Ice Dream is a fun icy topper. I like that many of these are rereleases, like Cinderella (not shown). I also like that they kept the original names of many rather than renaming solely for a holiday collection. I wish Out of this World was less streaky and more opaque.

$1.99 each exclusively at Walgreens for Holiday 2014

Autumn Nail Art Challenge--Black

Technically it is still autumn...but as soon as Thanksgiving is over I go into Christmas mode. It makes focusing on fall for the remainder of this nail art challenge a tad difficult, as seen with my silver manicure. Without further ado this week's manicure for...

Black

Just some skittles in black polishes:) Simple and fun. (Sorry about the snowflake ornament, I couldn't help it!)

Polishes used: Zoya Dahlia, Willa, Imogen, and Dovima

Take a look at the other black manicures:
http://new.inlinkz.com/luwpview.php?id=448838