4th of July splatter mani AND a little surprise at the end ;)

Happy Friday!!

My June classes are finally OVER,

and I get to relax this next week :D

So stoked.

BUT-

i'm even more stoked about this post!! So much to share with you lovely readers :)

First up, i've heard a lot of people talking about july 4th splatter mani's lately,

and since it's been a long time since i've done one,

 I figured now was a good time to do one!

*left hand

*right hand

Hooray! I LOVE this. Splatter manis are so fun (albeit messy) to do anyway,

but doing July 4th colors made it all the more enjoyable.

Though I taped off my fingers,

clean up was still a PAIN,

and you can see there are definitely places I missed... but it was getting late so I said screw it, haha.

Overall, I totally love it.

Here are the colors I used:

* From L to R: 'Blue Sparrow', 'Kimmy', & 'White on White'

You can see on my left hand some blobs of color,

and that was due to the formula of the blue and red being more runny than the polishes I used last time do a splatter, so I wasn't prepared for how easy they'd drip.

But I still think it turned out okay :)

I hope you guys are ready for more 4th of July stuff,

because I've got THREE indie polishes for the holiday i'll be featuring in the next several days! :)

NOW...

for those of you that made it this far-

I'M HOSTING A GIVEAWAY!

I'm opening it next week,

and this time it will be just me hosting it,

so mailing things out to winner's should be super easy since two schedules don't have to try to mesh.

I'll post a formal post announcing the giveaway soon,

but wanted to let my faithful readers know early! ;)

Hint: It will consist of a certain neon collection AND makeup!!

Thanks for reading!

love you guys!

DayGlow splatter mani

hey guys,

super excited about tonight's post.

DayGlow was in town recently & I wasn't able to go due to not having anyone to watch my daughter :/ boo.

SO, i thought I'd at least do a little mani inspired by it's amazingness.

For those of you who don't know what it is,

let me enlighten you:

......

YEAH

THAT F-ING AWESOME.

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:)

Anyway,

I had been wanting to try a splatter mani for awhile & this finally sent me over the hump to do it.

xD

This was a ton of fun to do.

I made a total mess & felt like a 5 year old in art class.

I used the straw method with some cheap bendy straws I found at Kroger.

The polishes I used are:

China Glaze's 'White on White' as the base

Zoya's 'Robyn'

Sally Hansen's 'Sun Kissed'

PureICE's 'Wild Thing'

China Glaze's 'Gorgeous'

It still looks really wonky compared to the other splatter manis i've seenm

but you gotta start somewhere, right?!

:)