A England Bridal Veil + Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday

Sorry for the wait! Family stuff, ya know :)

Anyhoodle, I did prepare something sparkly and eye-catching to make up for it: A England Bridal Veil from their Legends collection. It's a black holo! SO SPARKLY.

Oh, A England. You have had my heart since that first order of Avalon many moons ago... Perfect formula, lovely application, wondrous colours!

Now, I was technically wearing this manicure to a children's birthday party. Sparkly as it may be, it was also black. It needed a little more PIZAZZ (capitalization mandatory). Do you know what has PIZAZZ? Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday! Do you know what's really easy but really impressive? Glitter gradients! Two guesses what I did!

Ahhhhh! Rainbow glitter gradient!! Now it's appropriate for a six-year old's birthday party, right? Right???

Zoya Indigo Glitter Gradient

Morning!

It was my friend's birthday party yesterday and I decided something FUN and distinct needed to be on my nails. But where to start? I asked my mother for a colour selection ("Blue! Blues are nice."), I went with a blue base. I saw Zoya Indigo at my local Trade Secrets some time ago, and FELL IN LOVE. It is a deep midnight blue shimmery base, with micro holographic sparkles. WANT. Therefore, I got! Ha!

Alas, it is a little disappointing on the nail. The glitter doesn't show up prominently enough so instead of star-lit night nails, you get a nice blue with some occasional sparkle. Not bad but not what I was hoping for from this bottle of broken promises.

I recently got a bottle of Hologram Top Coat from Northern Lights/INM. I layered it over the blue and it is stunning! It adds a lovely layer of sparkle to make starry-night effect more prominent. But even that wasn't enough for my party  nails.

Enter.... OPI Crown Me Already! from their Miss America collection. I decided to do a glitter gradient with it. The results were wonderful!

Finally, the pictures:

The bottle holds such promise!

Overall, I really enjoyed this combo. I felt so sparkly!