While hopefully many of you were bedecked in sequins and sparkles on New Year's, I was stuck home in bed, sick as all get out. In fact, I'm still sick, and hope to breathe one of these days. While I really didn't have any big plans for NYE, I did prepare a manicure just in case something came up.
Behold, in bad photographs, my sparkly purple and blue manicure:
Yes, I am that pale, thanks. And sorry about the claw hand, I took probably 10 pictures and that one was the best.
This manicure was made possible by Savvy Nail Lacquer in Amethyst and Nicole by OPI in Gone Wishin'. The Savvy polish is from Sally Beauty Supply, and runs in the $4 range. It's also a pretty close dupe for the fashionista polish fave Nars Purple Rain. I used two thin coats of the Savvy as a base coat. I then used Nicole for OPI's Gone Wishin' over it. Gone Wishin' is a purple and cobalt blue glitter suspended in a clear polish. The Savvy polish is a great deal. It wears like iron, and I've gotten manicures that last up to two weeks from it. However, the color selction is fairly limited, and they don't come out with new colors very often.
With few exceptions, I hate the Nicole line from OPI. The formula is very thin, doesn't cover well, and chips very easily. For an extra buck, just buy the regular OPI line. Gone Wishin' is one of the rare exceptions, along with Razzle Dazzle, a matte black with silver shimmer and tiny bits of glitter.
