Random NOTD: Flakies!

Tonight I have a random nail of the day (or rather, manicure of the day) to share with you. I actually wore this back in January, but of course haven't gotten around to posting it. I'd been waiting to play with some of my flakie polishes and liked the idea of using a red base. So I pulled out Julep Keira, which is a jelly oxblood red and then grabbed my bottle of Nails Inc The Donmar, which is mult-chrome flakie polish that shifts from orange to gold to green. The color shift is gorgeous and readily apparent.

Artificial light:

Natural light - shade: 

I love this look! It was so pretty and I couldn't stop staring at my nails. Now I just need to stop being lazy and pull out my other Nails Inc flakie polishes!

Nail of the Day: Triangle tape mani

Today I have something a little different for you-- the current nail look I'm wearing! I was wearing OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service (swatches to come) and one of my nails started chipping (boo, hiss). Rather than change my whole manicure, I decided to try a new tape manicure-- the triangle tape mani! I ended up using Nails Inc Kensington, a blackened teal, because I was looking for something that complimented the blue flash in the OPI. And incidentally, I hadn't worn Kensington yet!

Artificial light - flash:

Artificial light:

I love the way this looks! The triangle definitely gives the appearance of elongating your nail and it's fairly simple to do. I suspect I'll be doing this again a lot in the future!