OPI French Quarter for Your Thoughts

I wanted to do a calm, neutral manicure for Friday/Saturday and this is what happened. I wanted a gray colour, and had a tough time deciding what I wanted. I went with OPI French Quarter for Your Thoughts from Touring America. It is a lovely greyish-taupe colour. I wanted a touch of sparkle, so I added Out the Door's Holographic Top Coat.

With Flash

No Flash

 I used one coat of French Quarter For Your Thoughts (although two would be better. It was late and I wanted to go to bed), one coat INM Northern Lights Holographic Top Coat, one coat Seche Vite.

I love the subtle sparkle!

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!