This week Target Canada had a soft opening and finally Sinful Colours polish (1.99 a bottle!) was available! We were in need of another black, so I picked this one up! Some gorgeous PolishMeToGo polishes had also arrived in the mail - and I was so excited to finally be able to make some glow in the dark magic! PolishMeToGo is an indie brand which makes the most vibrant glow in the dark polishes out there! You can check out their line on their bigcartel store! This mani was inspired by @preciouspolishxo on Instagram, who runs the precious polish blog!

We started with PolishMeToGo's White Undie, which went on totally opaque in one coat! Then we used a cosmetic sponge to dab the ombre of PolishMeToGo Yell, Oh Mint and I'm So Blue on the full nail. We did this approximately three times per nail to opacity. Then, using a nail art brush and the black Sinful Colours polish, we outlined the nail (excluding the free edge) and then followed that shape about a third of the way down the nail. We then used PolishMeToGo White Undie again to brighten the crescent at the top of the nail. Then, using a clean nail art brush, we painted the colour of the free edge of the nail over the crescent. Add top coat, and you're good to go! To keep this mani fun, we inverted our colours on our two middle nails.

The best part of this mani… is that is glows! This photo was taken in the dark after approximately 20 seconds under a LED desk light. This is the brightest glowing polish we have seen, and we just cannot get enough! Be sure to check out PolishMeToGo on Facebook, and Instagram!



Disclaimer: These products were provided to us by the company/PR for our honest consideration and review.

Colour Gossip is a new brand which we first heard about on Instagram, and we were lucky to receive a few polishes to try out! The brands mission is to donate a portion of proceeds from the sale of each colour to a specific charity, based on the colour collection which is comes from. For this look, we use (from left to right, above) Love Child, Bora Bora, and Not A Size 6. We love the 'wear a cause' aspect of this nail polish and were impressed with the formula of these 3 free polishes! We especially love the brushes which allowed us to create nice edges, which we took advantage of when creating the triangles without using a nail art brush! 

We started by using a wet cosmetic sponge, with lines of polish in the order we wanted our ombré, on each of our nails. After the first layer dries, with fresh polish on your sponge - repeat until opaque. We used three layers on each of our nails, and love the results! Because you're repeatedly sponging, it creates a more blended ombré, as opposed to defined lines. Then we used the polish brush to create triangles on the bottom of each nail. We only realized after that these actually resemble mountains with a sunset behind… but we prefer to look at these more abstract. The photo below actually has no topcoat, and the ombré section turned out almost matte, while the painted polish turned out quite shiny! 

Let us know what you think, and be sure to check out Colour Gossip Nail Laquer on Facebook and Twitter!

Disclaimer: These products were provided to us by the company/PR for our honest consideration and review.

Striped Pink Ombre Nails

Completed Striped Ombre Nails.

Why we love them:

What girl doesn't love pink? Scratch that, what girl doesn't love every shade of her favourite colour? These nails can be reproduced with any colour, as well as with vertical or diagonal stripes, instead of horizontal. With so many different options, these nails are completely customizable... and we love being unique! These beauties look good with a little black dress and heels in the same shade!

What you need:

• 5+ shades of any one colour, organized by shade
• Scotch Tape
• Nail Art Brush (buy it in a set here)
• Base Coat and Top Coat (we used Essie, buy the top coat here, and base coat here)

What to do:

1. Start with clean, dry nails. Paint each nail with base coat.
2. Place the tape very close to the base of the nail but leave room for one colour. Paint with the darkest shade.
3. Repeating that step slowly moving the tape farther down the nail and changing the colour for each stripe. Try to keep the space between your last colour and the tape constant, for a cleaner look!
4. Once the whole nail is completed, fix up any mistakes with a nail art brush.
5. Paint on top coat after ensuring your nails are dry, and allow to dry!

Close-up striped pink ombre nails.

Messy Ombre Aztec Nails

Beginning messy ombre only.

Finishing result with aztec.

Why we love them:

We cannot get enough of aztec nail art! We wanted to play around with messy ombre and this design is a way to show off your ombre nails that are shown with an aztec pattern. :)

What you need:

• Nail Art Brush and Dotter Pen (buy it in a set here)
• White (we used OPI Alpine Snow, buy it here)
• Dark Blue (we used Nails Inc. Baker Street, buy it here)
• Medium Blue (we used ACO True Blue, view it here)
• Light Green (we used ACO Mint Cream, view it here)
• Base Coat and Top Coat (we used Essie, buy the top coat here, and base coat here)

What to do:

1. Start with clean, dry nails. Paint each nail with base coat.
2. Paint all nails light green. Two coats may be required.
3. Paint the medium blue, dark blue, and white in stripes across your nail using a normal nail polish brush.
4. With the nail art brush, create an ombre or messy look by brushing the colours together that are beside each other like the picture below.
5. With the dotter pen and nail art brush, paint on your white aztec design like the picture below or however you want to! Be creative!
6. Paint on top coat after ensuring your nails are dry, and allow to dry!

Close-up messy ombre Nail.

Close-up Tie-dye Aztec completed.