Monday, September 24, 2012

MSMD Monday: Mossy Britches glitter sweep

Hello!


It's Monday again, which means it's time for another Monkey-See-Monkey-Do manicure. Today I wanted to recreate a manicure that I fell in love with a while back because of the way it uses glitter--it showcases the glitter beautifully without being glitter-bomb overwhelming, and adds cool depth. Since I am still being converted over to the glitter side, I found the approach really appealing--you can see the original manicure by clicking here.

I wanted to change up the colors a bit, so I started with an olive-ish green (who me?); this is Mossy Britches by Nina Ultra Pro:

Nina Ultra Pro Mossy Britches in indirect light

Nina Ultra Pro Mossy Britches in direct sunlight

Mossy Britches is a really pretty almost-duochrome olive-mossy-gold green polish with a hint of brown in certain lights. It has an excellent formula, and covered in two coats.

For the glitter sweep, I started with Fanchromatic Nails Fistful of Latinum (Indie Alert!!), and sponged it in a diagonal across each nail. This was the perfect polish for this, because it contains several different sizes of gold glitter. Then, I added a yellow-gold large gleequin and a gold stud to each nail, to give added texture to the design:







I couldn't be happier with how this came out, and it was so easy! I can't wait to do with with red and gold or red and silver for the holidays. For someone like me who likes a little bit of glitter, there are so many possibilities here. :)

Thanks for looking, and please check out the MSMD manicures by my fellow bloggers, linked below. :)

M.

8 comments:

  1. Cute! What a great way to use glitter!

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    1. I know, right? That's why I had to steal it...muah hah hahhhh :)

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  2. What a kewl idea! Thanks for sharing it!

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    1. You're very welcome! Thanks for checking it out. :)

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  3. I've never seen anything like this. I love it!

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    1. I'm glad you like it! I totally stole it--check out the link to the original. She uses different colors than I do though, so that part I can take credit for! :)

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    2. I already did. :-) I like your glitter pattern

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    3. LOL! Thank you, that's very sweet of you! :)

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