Day 3: Gluttony

Hello lovelies!! Last night I completed day 2 of the seven deadly sins challenge, Gluttony! The prompt was a gluttony-inspired sugar-spun mani, so I decided to go with a fudge-drizzled minty look. I had never done a sugar-spun mani before, so I was excited to try it out. My biggest surprise was just how much polish it uses!! But I think it was worth it, they came out adorable! I tried a number of ways to get the look right, from super thin streaks to big thick gobby streaks, and I think the thicker ones got across the "chocolate" look better, so I mainly went with those.

I used China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint for the mint, Love & Beauty by Forever 21 Coffee, and Wet n Wild Black. No topcoat because I wanted them to stand out!

 

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Outta This World!!

Hello lovelies! I've been wanting to do a space mani for oh-so-long, and I decided that now that I have my super cool space shoes, now's the time!! That, and I got a box of Color Club's new Halo Hues, a set of 6 super rad linear holo polishes. When I opened the box, I knew they'd look super fab in a space mani!

I used the tutorial here to learn the basic concepts, and then added my own colors to it!! I kept dabbing and splotching on whatever I thought might look cool, and here's the result:

Right Hand

Left Hand

I'm kind of frustrated that, as has been happening a lot lately, the right hand came out looking TONS better than the left. I'm a righty!! What's going on! Then again, I guess it's because: 1. I did the left first, so that's where all the learning process happened, 2. I used Color Club Beyond as a base on the left, which is more of a charcoal gray with holo than the Wet n Wild Black that I used as a base on the right hand. Plain black is definitely a better base color.

More info under the cut!

Shine of the Times

I absolutely fell in love with Shine of the Times by Essie!! I used it on top of two coats of Wet n Wild Black, and topped it off with a coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dry topcoat. I’m glad that I was able to capture the multi-hued beauty of this polish on camera, since it's one of my favorite flakies!!