I’ve been playing around with glitter placement over the last few weeks, ever since I met the awesome Laura from http://www.polishallthenails.com/ who is the absolute expert when it comes to glitter placement.

I have to say, it’s not nearly as time consuming as I thought and simple designs are a lot easier than I thought too! If you’re at all weary…don’t be. It’s fun, easy and the impact is stunning.

Purple and Silver Sparkle

For this look I used some nail polishes from the Mariah Carey for OPI Christmas collection and the Miss Universe Collection by OPI including:

OPI “I’m Feeling Sashy” mauve purple
OPI ” Baby please come home” Liquid Sand
OPI “I snow you love me” glitter formula for the glitter which I removed from the polish and placed individually on the nail with an orange stick on top of a top coat
Top Coat Glisten and Glow HK Girl top coat
The micro bead star was a gift from a friend in Japan, but you could put these on individually as well to form a star

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Purple and Silver Sparkle

Black Matte Meets Gold Glitter

These would be gorgeous New Year’s Eve nails I think! I think these ones are my favourite.

For this look I used:

black base Sephora by OPI “What’s in a Tire Jack?”
Essie “Matte About You” topcoat
loose glitter (Essence Nail Art) applied with an orange stick on top of wet topcoat

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Black Matte Meets Sparkle

Silver Ruffian Sparkle

For this look I used:

black base Sephora by OPI “What’s in a Tire Jack?” for the base creating a ruffian
Silver Nails Inc “South Kensington”
Essie “Matte About You” topcoat
loose glitter (purchased from Walmart) applied with an orange stick on top of wet topcoat

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Silver Ruffian Sparkle

Rainbow Glitter

This was my first glitter placement. Can you see an improvement?

For this look I used:

black base Sephora by OPI “What’s in a Tire Jack?”
Essie “Matte About You” topcoat
loose glitter (purchased from Walmart) applied with an orange stick on top of wet topcoat