Happy Monday, dudes! It’s actually Tuesday where I am, and I’m just getting around to posting this because I spent my Monday partying for Memorial Day. I’m finally back from Hawaii, and this is the first mani I’ve done since I got back. It feels good to be back at my mani station; I’ve felt like half a person without having polish on for the past week. Do my hands look tanner? I shopped a lot in Hawaii, so I might do a Hawaiian beauty haul post in a bit, as well as some Island Girl polish swatches. Keep an eye out for those!
Anyway, this post-vacation look was done with Sonia Kashuk’s Smoke and Mirrors and Digital Nails‘s So Sparkle.
Smoke and Mirrors is a classic shimmer silver polish. This shade has been around forever and every brand has one. I even remember my mother rocking this silver back in the day. It’s shimmery, sparkly, and foil-like; it’s not as foily as something like Essie’s No Place Like Chrome, but it’s still very reflective. This polish is one that shows brush strokes pretty prominiently, and I can’t really see them in this one, which is really nice.
So Sparkly is amazing, and is easily the star of this manicure. Someone at my cookout today it looked like dreamy space glitter, and that’s the best way I can describe this polish. It’s got a teal to purple shift, red and blue glitters, silver flakies, and a holo effect throughout, though I can’t tell if it’s Spectraflair or fine holo glitters. I’ve been staring at my polish all day, and mostly the two with So Sparkle on. This polish is dramatic and gorgeous and everyone should have it.
I put the two together because I wanted a simple metallic look to help me ease back into my manicure and blogging routines. I thought about adding the usual 3D elements and opted not to. I didn’t want to do anything very complicated today, what with holiday barbecues and swimming, and I’m still pretty jet-lagged. I also have other things I need to do today. Like unpack.
Sonia Kashuk polishes are sold at Target. Digital Nails is sold on etsy.
I love how shiny this is! These two polishes really work well together; I like the dreamy space glitter descriptor!
So Sparkle is such a stunning polish!!
So beautiful! Hope you had an excellent time in Hawaii! <3
The 2 work so well together. I really like so sparkly 🙂
I love the shimmery silver. It’s lil bit different from other silver.
What a great combination. The Digital Nails is such a pretty polish.
I love the combo!!! Gorgeous selection and the perfect pairing!!!
Those work wonderfully together! It is always a thrill when “normal people” notice our cool polish.
These two go so well together – great combination 🙂 x
So pretty and metallic! I think most people think of metallics for winter, but I LOVE them in the summertime!
Gorgeous combo!
so much sparkly. I love a good silver.
Seeing these I want to make my own polishes, hopefully someday!
It’s like a disco ball for your nails. So fun!
I am not a nail blogger, but I hate not having my nails polished. My hands just look naked when I don’t have any on for an extended period of time. That silver polish is really pretty — reminds me of one I used to wear all the time as a teen that I got from Avon!
Sparkles galore! I didn’t know Sonia made nail polish, good to know.
Oh my! That silver is gorgeous! I’m obsessed with silver polish.