University of Miami - inspired manicure

thought about my times at UM recently, and smiled. i miss my boys, even though they are grown men now. spending my Saturdays at the stadium or plum in front of the TV made me happy. so since i had green and orange nail polish, i decided to do something with them.

i used:

1) Gelous Advanced Gel Nail Coat

2) Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Emerald City

3) Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Crushed

4) Milani Nail Art in Art of Gold

5) Seche Vite

how do you like it?

update:

here's the right hand. i switched the color up.

birthday manicure

so after getting my nail foils in the mail yesterday, i couldn't wait to try them out.

first i had to remove the red/gold EBT mani and getting that glitter off is a bitch! took forever...

so i figured i'd do a black tip (Orly Black Vinyl) and use this foil that is a bluish bronzed mix called, Blue Mottled Gold.

that didn't work out so well. i didn't take any pictures because i was so frustrated at this point. i got the adhesive on there evenly, but getting the foil to stick was not happening.

so i took it off and started over. no polish and a different foil. this one looks like an oil slick on water and it's called, of course, Oil Slick.

the process of applying the foil correctly and taking it off takes practice and patience. i have no patience, so it will take a lot of applications before i get the hang of it. all in all, the look didn't come out too bad. from a distance, they look even and shiny. it's only upon close inspection that you see that some of them are not even, patchy and lumpy.

final product:

i think i'm going to add a couple coats of Northern Lights to bring out the WOW! factor of the colors.