Illamasqua Glitterati - Glitter for Untried May

Hey guys, today I have for you a nail art look this is using Glitter for May 4th in the Untried May and The Amy's Untried Challenge. Now, I have quite a few glitter polishes that I haven't tried but when I was looking among all the pretty polish I realized I haven't tried either of the 2 Illamasqua's I own and Glitterati is the perfect cold weather color. For the base of this nail art look I used another untried OPI Meet Me on the Star Ferry, 2 coats with a top coat then I used striping tape placed at different thicknesses to create and increasing width stripe down each nail. Glitterati is a gorgeous maroon polish with holo gitter..so I did an accent nail with the full glitter polish in all it's glory.

 Pics are in a lightbox with flash

Holographic glitter goodness!

 The flash captures what I would imagine sunlight would, and OPI Meet Me on the Star Ferry has a surprising scattered holographic bling to it.Illamasqua Glitterati is lovely and squishy and the holo glitters are easy to apply with not much fishing required. I wish I had some daylight to take better pics but with 10 hour shifts and winter coming, it gets harder :( 

A-England BriarWood, Ruby Wing Strawberry Shortcake and Gold Stamping

Hi guys! So you saw a swatch of A-England Briarwood that I wore a little while ago. Of course I couldn't leave it well alone and had to bling up Briarwood with some glitter, a gradient and stamping. I decided to accent my ring finger with Ruby Wing Strawberry Shortcake which is a gold glitter that turns a lovely purple in the sun. I did a mini gradient with Briarwood and Dance Legend Roz on my ring finger and I stamped with China Glaze passion.

Holo sparkles!

 The holographicness of Briarwood is still gorgeous! :)

I stamped off center on my middle finger, but I don't care! LOL

Completely love how you can have a base of a lovely polish and completely change it up to something slightly different and individualize your look! I love Ruby Wing Strawberry Shortcake and wish I had captured a pic of it in it's gold sparkly state not in the sun, oh well. It's super pretty under UV light in it's purple state :) The gold stamping is a classic contrast and makes this mani elegant I think. Hope you enjoyed this look..and you have a great day..

Whimsical Ideas by Pam Peanut Butter and Jelly

Hey Guys, gah! That's what I think of this week. Today in particular..ones of those days. TGIF tomorrow. Anyways, I am sure it's nothing that polish can't fix :) Today I have for you a lovely swatch of Whimsical Ideas by Pam Peanut Butter and Jelly..and a bit of a average lightbox pic of some stamping. It looked awesome in real life, I promise.

Whimsical Ideas by Pam Peanut Butter and Jelly, 2 coats.

 Loving the glitter suspending in jelly! So yummy :)

 I then stamped PB n J with Essie Penny Talk with an accent nail of glitter Sinful Colors Scene Stealer

 I stamped using various Fun IP plates from Llarowe

So much more glittery and awesome in real life :)

I love the color and depth of this polish. To me it's a bit of a wintry color and since it's winter here, it fits right in! I love that its squishy and the glitters swim with each layer. Whimsical Ideas by Pam are a little hard to get in Australia, as she currently only ships to the US. Mine were shipped in a big group order through a parcel forwarding service. The Fun plates from Llarowe are awesome, great for stamping, very easy to transfer and cute and different designs.