Before & After: Amy Gras

Hello!!

Mardi Gras is getting close, and it's one of my favorite celebrations of the year! I mean, I don't really usually do a whole lot for it or anything. I live in California and it's not like we have huge Mardi Gras celebrations here. But I usually try to find some way to celebrate it, even if it's just doing nail art and wishing I was in New Orleans. :)

I did this manicure a while back when I first got my Pueen plates, because one of patterns on Pueen 31 just screamed 'Mardi Gras beads!' at me. So I picked myself a bright orange worthy of a happy celebration, Zoya Amy:

Zoya Amy

Zoya Amy

Zoya Amy

I'm a sucker for glass-flecked finishes like these, and the tangerine with yellow shimmer is right up my alley. It's funny--I don't wear much orange, but I love orange nail polish. Go figure.

Next, I threw on a coat of Sinful Colors Green Ocean, which is an iridescent flakie with glitter that normally looks green, but also looks purple over some colors--you know how iridescents can be. Green Ocean is a seasonal polish that normally gets released around St. Patrick's day, so if you want to grab a bottle of it, you should start looking soon--it disappears quickly. But, to be honest, I found my bottle on eBay, and I payed less than $5 for it. :)

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over Zoya Amy

 

Sinful Colors Green Ocean over Zoya Amy

For the accent nail I stamped with Manic Panic Blood Thirsty, and then decorated with a slew of microbeads, half-pearls, rhinestones and glitter hexes:

Now tell me that doesn't look like Mardi Gras beads!!

Thanks for stopping by today--tomorrow I'll have some Monday Blues, and it looks like I'll finally be able to post my Born Pretty Store giveaway. :)

Happy Sunday,
M.