My FIRST Nail Polish Giveaway!!

As promised I am posting Nutty4Nails first giveaway!!!

Enter below using the Rafflecopter to win a pair of OPI Pedicure Socks and TWO fabulous Essie Nail Polishes! The polishes I decided to giveaway are two of my favorite, "Power Clutch" which is darker grey and "Super Bossa Nova" which is a bright pink.

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Thanks for entering my giveaway and look forward to many more in the future!!

The Essie Nail Polish was provided by www.beautystoponline.com.

Splash Of Grenadine

This week I decided to use "Splash of Grenadine" by Essie along with some accents of OPI glitter "I Lily Love You" on my thumb and ring finger.

I love this polish! It's a cross between magenta and purple, although it showed up pretty pink in the picture The glitter I chose has colorful flecks in it, and it accented the Essie perfectly!

Playdate with a Zebra!

Here is a fun manicure using "Playdate" by Essie and some Zebra nail stickers!

"Playdate" by Essie is a creamy lavendar, I absolutely love this color! It went on nice and smooth and is so pretty. The polish shows up different in pictures depending on the source of light, the below picture was taken in artificial light.

 The picture below was taken in indirect sunlight.

I purchased some Zebra polish stickers (Dashing Diva Design Fx Bling) in "Catwalk" from my local beauty supply and used them for my toes, deciding to save the scraps to do something for a design on my nails. Below I used slanted cut-outs of the stickers as a fun twist on a french manicure.



 

Doesn't that look amazing? I got a lot of compliments when I had this manicure. I am loving these nail polish "stickers", they are quick and easy and seem to stay on for a pretty long time (1-2 weeks). You will definitely see more in the future!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I decided to do a fun twist on a french manicure for St. Patrick's Day. I used China Glaze "Gaga For Green" and OPI "Glitzerland" on my tips with Essie Luxeffects "As Gold As It Gets" over the whole nail.

Below is a picture without the Essie Luxeffects "As Gold As It Gets" to show that it looks great with or without the gold flecks.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun St. Patrick's Day!!

Silver Gradient Glitter

This is a chunky silver glitter gradient design over a light grey. I used "Pelican Gray" by China Glaze and "Set In Stones" by Essie Luxeffects.

Happy Birthday!!

I just celebrated my 31st birthday so of course I had to do a manicure with "Happy Birthday" by Deborah Lippmann! I decided to do a reverse gradient glitter manicure over "Super Bossa Nova" by Essie. I love how it turned out and it's the perfect manicure for a birthday or any time!

"Happy Birthday" by Deborah Lippmann is a super colorful glitter in a clear base, I love all the shapes and color of glitter! "Super Bossa Nova" by Essie is a beautiful bright pink with a fuchsia shimmer.

I started with two coats of "Super Bossa Nova" by Essie, with a base coat under and no top coat. See below.

After the Essie was dry, I started to add the glitter "Happy Birthday" by Deborah Lippmann in layers.  I started by putting a dollop on the very bottom of my nail and carefully spreading it around, not going above the middle of the nail. After the first layer was dry, I added another layer to really cover up the lower 1/3 of the nail, and let that dry. Finally, I went in and touched up any areas in the lower 1/4 of the nail making sure it was covered solid with glitter. After all the glitter was dry, I covered it with a top coat as seen below! This picture was taken in indirect sun light.

This picture was taken in indirect artificial light. This picture makes the pink look more coral/red but it's really bright pink! Refer to the first picture of the Essie polish alone above.

Polish Haul!

Top row: All from Essie, "Playdate", "Power Clutch", and a top coat for artificial nails called "Ridge Filler". Bottom row: "Rainbow" by China Glaze and "The Color To Watch" by OPI, "Pros and Bronze", and "Love Is A Racket" from the OPI Serena Williams collection.

I'm really excited for "Playdate" from Essie, I've seen it online a few times and love it! I also wanted to get a Bronze color to go with my metallics so the Serena Williams duo was a perfect pick for that. As far as my other picks, both "Rainbow" and "The Color To Watch" are pearly holographic colors, which are always beautiful.

If you are interested in me testing out or reviewing certain colors or brands for you, please contact me!

Checker Board

Checker Board tape design, with "Smooth Sailing" and "Loophole" by Essie.

I have gotten a few requests for a tutorial for tape designs, if you are interested in one too please let me know by commenting below!

Smooth Sailing

"Smooth Sailing" by Essie, a beautiful purple-ish blue color with a pearl reflection. Originally I was going to use one of my Luxeffects along with this polish but it is so pretty on it's own that I left it alone.

This second picture really shows the pearl reflection in the bottle.

Navigate Her

Here is "Navigate Her" by Essie with some Daisy's on my thumb. This is a very creamy beautiful light green, perfect for spring!

p.s. I broke two of my nails on my left hand so excuse my short nails, waiting for them to grow back out! :)

Polish Haul!

Lately I have been on an Essie binge, I love their polish and they have been around since 1981 so they have a great formula and all their polish goes on nice and smooth. I have been so excited to get the Luxeffects collection and I can't wait to test them out and show you. I also picked up their base and top coats to try out as I just ran out of my Butter London Base and Top... So far so good!!

Here are the Essie Luxeffects, "Shine Of The Times", "Pure Pearlfection", "A Cut Above", "Set In Stones", and "As Gold As It Gets".

The top row is two top coats, "Good To Go" and "Matte About You", the base coat is, "Fill The Gap". Bottom row are a few colors I picked up, "Absolutely Shore", "Dive Bar", "Cocktail Bling" (in previous post), and "Borrowed and Blue".

Cocktail Bling

“Cocktail Bling” is a creamy grey-ish purple polish by Essie, and I have “Servin’ Up Sparkle” by OPI on my accent finger.

Polka Dots!

Polka Dots! “Mint Candy Apple” and “Marshmallow” by Essie.

Meet Me At Sunset

“Meet Me At Sunset” by Essie with “As Gold As It Gets” Luxeffects by Essie over it.

Valentine's Day Nails

"Too Too Hot" with "Van D'Go" on my accent finger, both by Essie.

Polish Haul!

Polish Haul!! Top row is all Essie: Luxeffects "As Gold As It Gets", "Too Too Hot", "Mint Candy Apple", "Meet Me At Sunset", "Navigate Her", "Brazilliant", "Super Bossa Nova", "Smooth Sailing", bottom: "Opal" Fleck Effect Top Coat by Zoya, and "White on White" by China Glaze.

Top: “Super Bass Shatter” and “DS Radiance” by OPI. “Lemon Fizz” and “Pelican Gray” by China Glaze. Bottom: “Chloe” and “Maisie” from Zoya, “To Buy Or Not To Buy” by Essie. Then there are 3 Sinful Color polishes “Pearlharbor”, “Frenzy”, and “Lagoon”—- I usually don’t buy Sinful Color polishes but they were on clearance at Bartell’s for $1 each, so why not!

OPI’s Nikki Minaj Collection, “Mettalic 4 life”, “Save Me”, “Did It On Em”, “Fly”, and “Pink Friday”. I didn’t purchase the Shatter at first but it's in another haul.

To Buy Or Not To Buy

“To Buy Or Not To Buy” by Essie, love this creamy purple shade with a hint of blue and pink glitter!

Recycle

“Recycle” by China Glaze with Butter London Matte Shine Free Top Coat. The dots are “Marshmallow” and “Van D’Go” by Essie.

Great Summer Manicure!

"Marshmallow" by Essie with "Servin' up Sparkle" by OPI.