Mani Swap with Acidicice!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have some mani swap nails to share with you. I have practically been begging Acidicice to do a mani swap with me since we met a few months ago and she finally caved! I totally fell in love with her Little Mermaid inspired nails that she did a few months back and just couldn't wait to recreate it. And I adore her take on my neon animal print mani. See that Orly Mirrorball she's holding? I sent it to her! Isn't that fun that polish can make it from one side of the world to the other?! 

Here's my solo from our mani swap:

I used Color Club Blue Heaven for my base and painted most of the details with acrylic paint and filled in Ariel's tail with Sinful Colors Nail Junkie. I did film a tutorial for this but it didn't turn out very good! I need more practice with freehand nail art and probably won't be filming any tutorials for them anytime soon! 

Do you guys like doing mani swaps? I've said it before but I love mani swaps because they always push me outside my comfort zone! Make sure you head over to her blog and check out her post about our mani swap and show her some love. 

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Mermaid Scale Glitter Placement!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have some mermaid scale nails to share with you! I have seen a lot of mermaid nail art lately and decided to do a different take on it. I was 100% inspired by Sloppy Swatches, find her on Instagram and YouTube, she's AMAZING. Keep reading after the break to see how I did this mani!

Macro of Rainbow Honey Laguna Grande 

Macro of the mermaid scales 

I started off with a base of Rainbow Honey Laguna Grande which I got with my May Mystery Bag. I put it on all of my nails. This was my first time using Laguna Grande and I adore it! I actually didn't care for the other two that I got in that bag so I canceled my subscription after the first month that I got it. Now I have regrets!

Anyway, once that was dry, I started in with some loose glitter from KBShimmer that I got as a freebie when I placed my order back in the spring. Its a mix called Spring Celebration and has a mix of gold, blue, and magenta holographic circle glitters. So I used a clear polish and did my nail in about 3 sections - first placing clear polish and then placing the glitters individually with a dotting tool. I made sure that they all overlapped some so that they looked like scales. I did the same thing on my pinkie. Once the glitters had set, I went over the glitter nails with Shinespark Polish Max Splash which is a bright blue jelly and that transferred the gold glitter into a goldish-green color VERY reminiscent of a mermaid's tail. I loved how it matched the green flakes in Laguna Grande! Once everything was dry, I added Seche Vite to all of my nails and placed the sea shell charms on my index and middle fingers.

What do you think of this mani? Do you like mermaid scale manis?

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