There's really nothing special here.  I really just wanted to try my new neon pink and I have been doing too many simple gradients lately, so I jazzed it up a bit with some sparkly triangles.
I believe this picture was taken a few days of wear.

Tools Used:
Scotch tape
make-up sponge

Polishes Used:
White - China Glaze # 023 White on White
Pink - China Glaze #1008 Purple Panic
Pink Sparkle - Sinful Colors #1161 Poparazzi

Tools Used:
Scotch tape
Dotting tool

Polishes Used:
Blue - China Glaze #634 Frostbite
Blue Sparkle - Sinful Colors #1165 After Party
Black - Orly #40484 Liquid Vinyl
White acrylic paint

Polishes Used:
White - Sinful Colors #101 Snow Me White
Gray - China Glaze #652 Recycle
Silver - Sally Hansen X-treme Wear #220 Celeb City
Pink - Maybelline Express Finish #250 Berry Boucle
Matte Top Coat - Sephora 

Tools Used:
Stamp - Mash-37
Dotting Tool

You might remember that I've done these before, but I got very shitty cell phone pictures.  So here they are in natural light with a decent camera!
I did these for a wedding I went to.   I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you haven't gone out and bought these polishes and tried this yet, YOU MUST!  I promise you won't be disappointed.

Tools Used:
Make-up Sponge

Polishes Used (in order of application bottom to top):
#1 Black - Orly #40484 Liquid Vinyl
#2 Blue - China Glaze #1167 Want My Bawdy
#3 Blue Sparkle - China Glaze #857 Dorothy Who?
#4 Bright Blue Sparkle - Sinful Colors #1165 After Party

So I thought to make up for my long absence, I'd post one more set!  I wanted to use some summer colors to cheer myself up since Minnesota is being continuously dumped with snow.  I figured I hadn't done a cloud mani in a while, and these colors were perfect for it!

This is the one I'm currently wearing and the picture was taken 2 days after I painted them WITHOUT a top coat.  I know I know!  How dare I NOT use Seche Vite!  My only reasoning is I was feeling particularly lazy that night.  Deal with it :P

Aaand I'm back!  It's been FOREVER since I've posted new nails, and for that I apologize.  I recently bought my first house and a week later I took a 4-day road trip to Dollywood (yes, that is Dolly Parton's amusement park and it was wonderful).  So needless to say, my nails haven't quite been my top priority as of late.  The day I bought the house, I quickly painted my nails with China Glaze Dorothy Who with a splash of Sinful Colors After Party on the tips.  It was a very bright sparkle with just a hint of a gradient and  that mani lasted TWO WEEKS before it was noticeably chipped!  I was amazed.  So to get back into the swing of things and to practice my mani for a friend's wedding in Des Moines this weekend, I did these wing-type nails.  

Fun Fact:  If you're going to replicate this mani, put the glitter on first and then paint the wings with a fine liner brush.

Tools Used:
Liner brush

Polishes Used:
Glitter - Sally Hansen #120 Diamonds
White - Sinful Colors #101 Snow Me White
Silver - Sally Hansen #220 Celeb City
Black - Orly Artistic Liner Black

I had big plans for these Game of Thrones nails.  I speckled them like rocks and I was going to paint a giant dire wolf running across them.  As I finished the head on my ring finger, I realized I had angled it such that there was no room for the body and the head didn't look like a head anyway.  So I painted over it with black and silver glitter and I think they turned out pretty rockin'! 

See how I got the splatter effect below!

So to get the splatter effect, I first painted my nails white.  Then I watered down some black acrylic paint.  Not too watery, but enough that it wasn't clumpy.  Then I wrapped my thumb in aluminum foil in a way that gave me a ridge along the bottom of my thumb.  This way, I was able to flick the bristles of the toothbrush without ruining the paint on my thumb. 

My sister and I went to see Pauly Shore perform live so I did these tie-dye nails for the occasion.  I think they were very fitting for The Weasel.  AaaOooOOooHHhhhOOOooOo!!

And here he is the best picture I got of him.  He is drinking from a fish bowl he pulled off an audience members table.

Yes, the title is a bit lengthy, but how else would you describe these?  Well, I suppose "striking" would also work.

There's a mini-tutorial below.

Go Go, Mini Tutorial!
Step 1: Paint 2 coats of black
Step 2: 2 Paint a matte top coat
Step 3: Carefully dab your blue glitter on to create the half-moons (I used 2 different blue glitters)
Step 4: Paint just the tips with a clear coat
Easy-peasy lemon-squeezy!

Polishes Used:
Black - Orly #40484 Liquid Vinyl
Blue Glitter #1 - China Glaze #857 Dorothy Who?
Blue Glitter #2 - Sinful Colors #1165 After Party
Matte Top Coat - Sephora
Top Coat - Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

I bought China Glaze "Dorothy Who?" today and could not resist using it immediately.  So I came up with this spectacular black to blue glitter gradient.  I used 4 different blues to get this dazzling effect and I applied it with the simple sponging gradient technique.  Seriously, this picture really does not do this manicure justice.  The blues are so bright and perfectly blended with amazing sparkle!  If you can, I urge you to pick up these polishes and do this mani yourself.  You will not be disappointed!

Tools Used:
Make-up sponge

Polishes Used (in order of application bottom to top):
#1 Black - Orly #40484 Liquid Vinyl
#2 Blue - China Glaze #1167 Want My Bawdy
#3 Blue Sparkle - China Glaze #857 Dorothy Who?
#4 Bright Blue Sparkle - Sinful Colors #1165 After Party