Nail Design Using OPI My Voice is a Little Norse, Miami Beet, and Zoya's Noot

My current nail adventure came about by chance.  I had a vision and it just kind of took a completely different turn.  Initially I was just going to do the pink nails with the silver glitter but because My Voice is a Little Norse does not cover opaquely it looked a bit strange.  In order to save my manicure I took Noot, a dark grey, and turned the statement sparkle into an accent stripe.  Overall I think they looked pretty cute.  

However because I put the grey over the sparkle it acquired a bumpy texture upon drying.  I think this would have looked much better if I had done the sparkle strip over top of the pink and grey.  Live and learn!

Also Miami Beet looked much redder on my nails than it does in the bottle, which I was a little bummed about because it was supposed to match my dress.

These nails were done to match my dress for a New Years Eve dance.  Here is my boyfriend and I looking fancy :)

On my lips I'm wearing OCC Lip Tar in Black Dahlia.

Monochromatic Sparkly Nail Design

Because I'm obsessed with OPI's My Voice is a Little Norse I did yet another overly sparkly nail look! And I know I will be using it again next weekend for a manicure I'm doing for a special dance. I love this color <3

To do this look I painted my nails with Zoya's Noot, a very dark grey. Then I carefully took Norse and made a half moon at the base of my nail and then a curved tip at the top of my nail to have a slightly curved strip of Noot showing through.  This mani was super cute and easy and I could definitely see doing it again with different base colors.

OPI Nordic Collection My Voice Is A Little Norse

Because of my heritage and taste in music I have a soft spot for Scandinavian culture.  Therefore when OPI released its Nordic collection I knew I had to grab at least one!

I chose My Voice is a Little Norse, one because its a hilarious name and two because its just looked so pretty in the bottle.

And it is just as pretty on the nails! I especially like that it can be used as an accent like I used it here or as an all over nail color if you build it up to 3 coats.  I will definitely get a lot of use out of this color!

Where to buy: Ulta, Savemart, OPI.com

Price: $9.50

Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat

After buying some Flormar matte nail polishes in Istanbul I knew I needed one of these matte top coats I've been hearing about. My friend said she had heard great things about Sally Hansen's so I picked it up at Target! 

Overall...I LOVE IT.  I think my nails are going to be matte for quite some time....

Sorry for the blurriness and unclean nails, but the focus here is the finish :P

I have on Zoya's Noot tipped with OPI's Respect the World.

I thought this was a cool way to show both hands at once. Left is with the matte top coat and right is just the nail polish.

Definitely worth the price!!

Where to buy: Target, Ulta, sallyhansen.com

Price: $5.99

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I'll Be Back Soon!

Sorry for the lack of updates but my phone camera is so horrible. I decided that I would rather wait until I can submit high quality content rather than posting things that I can't be proud of.  I do have a little update for you though! Turkey has been so much fun but I am definitely ready to head home, see my friends, and start a summer job. I want to share some of my makeup looks that I have been posting to my Instagram since being here.

Look I did for an Arch Enemy concert.  I used Jilted from the Electric Palette and NYX gel liner to get this look.  On my lips is Revlon matte stain in Sultry.

Here I am wearing my new European lipstick. Its a light purple by Flormar.  I will have a more indepth swatch and review of this when I get home.

My very first manicure!! I chose OPI's Do You Lilac It? I plan on buying this color as soon as I can, I love it!

Here I wore MAC Russian Red with my Colorsmash hair chalk in Rags to Riches. I would love to get it permanently died like this....

Here i am wearing a NYX Macaron Lippie in Violet.

This is an Electric Palette look using Fringe, Thrash, and Urban.  Definitely a fan.

And this is me today! I used Shiro Cosmetics in Mother of Dragons and Not Very Effective on my eyes and then used NYX gel liner to make a double wing! This was my first time trying a double wing and I love how it looks!  I'm also wearing that Flormar light purple lipstick which happens to match my OPI nail polish.

I hope you enjoyed!

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Pink Nails with a Sparkly Gradient

So for whatever reason I felt like making my nails look like a pretty princess.  I actually think these would make a really nice prom nail.  Either way my nails are cute and sparkly and awesome.

To get this look I used two coats of Essie polish in Cascade Cool and then applied OPI polish in Stars at Night towards the cuticle.

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