Wonderstruck Nails

 "Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise" +Taylor Swift 

    Have you seen the bottle that Taylor Swift's perfume Wonderstruck comes in?

 How did you like the glitter finish?

   How would you like to finish your nail to look like it?!

   This bottle really reminded me of a bottle of really cool nail polish that either my mom or I picked up many-many years ago. So long ago I don't remember how I got my hands on it.

    While this bottle is quite old the polish is still good.

Sally Hansen Nail Prism #03 Purple Diamond "Rainbow in every bottle"

    Purple Diamond has the same effect as the finish of Wonderstruck's bottle. The color is really close as well! Just a bit lighter.
   With some research I found that the Nail Prisms line had a darker Blue'ish color Garnet Lapis. My hope is that it could be even a closer match. Wish I had a real sample but I don't. Looking at samples online, it may be a bit too blue.
   Another possibility could be Color Club Wild at Heart 871 Nail Polish. I'm not familiar with Color Club. I don't know what stores carry it. Online they don't seem to have Wild at Heart though anymore. And since I've never seen it in person it may or may not be as close of match as it looks online.

 

London Blue: Nails

 

    I was more pleased with how this came out then I expected! This blue polish is so glittery!!! The first time I've really used it. Bad news it last only less then half a day but I have to disclose that I didn't prepare my nails correctly and that could quite possible have been the problem.

• Salon Perfect Professional Nail Lacquer #304 Star Light Star Bright

• Sephora by OPI Top Coat Beam Me Up Hottie! 12039A6V SE 482

Step #1:
    I used 3 coats of Star Light Star Bright You can get away with 2. I just wanted a really good coverage/intense color on my nails. have no problem on drying time.
    The color... WOW! It doesn't look the same in the bottle! It's amazingly shinny!

Step #2:
    Stuff like this would have made me use nail polish much more and sooner in my life!!! I'm a glitz girl! I remember my mom had a bottle of red glitter when I as little that I was allowed to wear sometimes. But I wasn't allowed really red-red polish. Anyway...

Since I'm a sci-fi geek, the name of
"Beam Me Up Hottie" is amusing :-)

   This polish is clear gloss top coat with large pieces of silver holographic glitter. I only used 1 coat. I also have a bottle of top coat with the same but smaller pieces of holographic glitter.
   I don't think Sephora/OPI have a line of polish anymore. Does anyone know of any dupes of this?

• London Blue Topaz Ring

   Anyone remember London Blue Topaz stones? I don't really see them anymore. They are a topaz treated to darken. I think a darker stone was called Midnight Blue. This ring is my mom's but I have a London blue as well... somewhere. I think this ring dates from around 2000. With treated stones there is a chance they will turn again with time but this one seems to be holding it's color well.

Tickled Pink: Nails

   The picture does not do it justice, I have to state. This has a very pretty understated glitter glam look to it. Again as it is my way it's done with layers. I'm an actor... I love depth ;-)
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• Avon Mirror Shine Nail Enamel "Blaze"
• Revlon Glimmer Gloss Nail Enamel 605 "Grapefruit Glimmer" +Revlon Trends 
• Hard Candy Nail Color 4136
• Avon Nail Experts Quick Dry Oil

   Step 1: 2 coats of Mirror Shine "Blaze" I do not know if you can get this nail polish anymore but I would hope, it's a pretty look. I've got this bottle when I sold Avon a number of years ago. Even thought I don't sell Avon anymore I still use it)

   Step 2: To give it a little more glitter and depth I used "Grapefruit Glimmer". I love this little bottle of pink glitz. I remember buying it year upon years ago on Christmas night at a drug store that was actually open Christmas. I think it was on sale at that! :-) It's a gloss that seems to be lightly colored pink with glitter.

   Step 3: These little bottles of Hard Candy where sold this year for Christmas. I got several. This one is a simple clear gloss with round silver glitter. I only did one coat. I didn't want it too complicated with a mass amount of glitter competing with the pretty pink.

   Step 2:  Finnish up with a quick dye! Have fun!

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.