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All that glitters is not gold......

Unless you happen to be referring to my nails o' the day.  :)

It's been a weird couple of weeks. I was worried about one of my kids and I wasn't thinking about nail polish. Fortunately it isn't anything serious and she is well again.  Back to the Blog I go.

My kids are my heart and soul. I have seven of them and I adore each and everyone of them. They have my family's odd sense of humor and we drive each other crazy. I wouldn't know what to do without them. Truly they keep me sane.


So, the word of the day is...Gold. I looked through my many issues of Nail It! magazine. Checked on Pinterest and Youtube. Perused Instagram and Twitter. Nothing caught my eye. I didn't really zero in on any certain designs. I was stumped. For a moment.  Then I happened to look in m y polish drawer and I was suddenly blinded, yes blinded by the sparkly gold polish staring me right in the face.
I can work with that. Here goes:

Baser coat of my dreams....Pro-Fx Nail Concealer. You know the drill. I bought this at my local Wal-Mart. I love this stuff!!

For the base color I used Serum #5 Endora's Aura. I love this shade. It's a purple holo with sparkle to it. If you know who Endora is, the name fits the polish. I bought this at LLarowe. It was one on the polishes that came in the "A Box Indeed." That site doesn't sell it any longer.  I checked the Serum #5 website and I didn't see it. Sad day.




This is two coats of Endora's Aura.  




 This is with one coat of Butter London Lushington.  I didn't completely cover the nail. I painted almost to the free edge.                                               

 Next step, I used L.A. Girl Color Pop Glitzy. This time I applied the polish about a third of the nail.




Last of the glitter, I used Glitter Lambs Million Dollar Gradient and applied it to the area right next to the cuticle.







 I chose these three for the ombre effect. The Butter London polish is fine glitter. The L.A. Girl is larger glitter. The Glitter Lambs is multiple chunky shapes.









Here are my base and top coats. I ran out of the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri so I used L.A. Girl Gel Shine Top Coat.






Here is the Serum #5 polish.  I didn't use the Pueen latex Tape but I wanted to mention it.  This stuff is amazing, truly. Paint it on the area around your nail bed and let it dry. No mess,  Peels right off taking all you polish mistakes with it. **IF YOU HAVE A LATEX ALLERGY, DON'T USE THIS.**   You can find latex free nail tape at Amazon.  As always I always purchase all my own stuff. I purchased the Serum #5 and the Glitter Lambs polish at LLarowe too. Since she isn't selling those brands any longer, check out the websites. http://serumno5.com/ http://www.glitterlambs.com/



Voila!! Fin.....

Thanks for stopping by.

Lee
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