Gold Evergreen Leaf Nails: How To

   The effects you can do with polish these days!
 I saw this eye catching color in the store and was like, that is so pretty!!! I kept going back looking at it till I bought it! I was not disappointed in the least on the way it turn out looking!!! It looks like shiny gold leaf but in green!
     Here is your "How To" from your Glitter Glam Mandy.....
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• Salon Perfect Professional Nail Lacquer "For-Evergreen" Holiday Sparkle Collection
• Salon Perfect Professional Nail Lacquer "Glitzy Green" Holiday Sparkle Collection
• Pure Ice Nail Polish "Lucky Charming" by Bari
• Avon Nail Experts Quick Dry Oil

Step 1: Two base coats of "For-evergreen" This is a simple green polish.

*Step 2: Then we bring in the glitter! This is a very dense glitter gloss. One to two coats of "Glitzy Green"

Step 3: Ah, now what tops it off! That lovely bottle of glitter I found. Two coats of "Lucky Charming"!

Step 4: It's best to dry as soon as possible for full shine and least amount of dings from hitting them against anything or everything... me.

* If you are wondering why I am using two glitter polishes on top of each other, it's to create depth. Glitter glosses have clear polish that can be seen through so you should have some thing to see. I have tried "Green Charming" without a glitter gloss like I did here and it turned out flatter looking on the nail.

Elsa's Snow Queen Eyes: How To

  I found this tutorial by +makeupwithtammy! You can find it at Disney's Frozen Elsa inspired makeup look!

   I was in a Christmas Parade recently and needed a look to go with a Vintage Teal color dress with sequin snow flakes. I'll talk about the dress later. But you could not help but notice a it looking like it came from Frozen. So, I figured I'd go with it and go with Elsa's eyes.

   It turned out rather well. To be honest I used the pictures not the written instructions. It's great they're there though! I had to make due with the colors I had which made me realize that I don't have a reddish eye shadow in my makeup case. I ended up using lipstick! :-) Just when you thought you had every color eye shadow you could need...

   This was a bit more complicated then How To Eyes Tutorial: Pin-xperimentation.

Granite Nails: How To

   I'm one for cool effect nails. Always have been. There has been a lot of effect nail polish out lately and one that has really caught my eye looks like granite... not just for you countertops anymore... :-)
  However they are a bit more complicated then throwing a layer of polish on your nails. The way I managed the look is to layer 3 different polishes. My version here had a glittery spin which some granite has sparkle and you know I like sparkle!
  You may have to do it differently depending of what polish your using but here is my formula...
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• Revlon 1706-01 "KhakiZing" 376
• SP Salon Perfect Professional Nail Lacquer 311 "Platinum Party" Limited Edition
• SP Salon Perfect Professional Nail Lacquer 321 "Loves Me Loves Me Not"

  Step 1:   You need a solid coat of color for the bottom layer. I used "KhakiZing" by Revlon. This is an old bottle I have had for YEARS. They don't make this color anymore. It's very similar to the color of peacocks. Changing colors of purple, green, to blue.
   After removing "KhakiZing" I found it stained my nails! So, note, don't apply this color to you naked nails. A base coat is needed to keep from having awful looking nails when removed.

  Step 2:   This is a clear gloss "Platinum Party" with various size gray colored glitter. Made by Salon Perfect from the collection Holiday Sparkle, according to the website this color is only sold at Walmart. Do one to two coats of this. It covers well so you might be good with one coat.

  Step 3:   And last what makes this look really cool! :-) This is labeled as a "Top Coat" on the bottle. This is not meant to be worn alone. "Loves Me Loves Me Not" is also made by Salon Perfect. It's a clear coat with specks of black and pale-pale pink. It took two coats for me to get it looking like I wanted it to look. I like it!

And, you're DONE!
(I recommend you use a drying coat when your through. I don't know about you but I am awful at banging up my nails after painting them!)

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