Milani Gold Glitz

I'm back! I think my broken nail has finally gotten to the point where I can start posting again. In the time since my last post, I went through almost two packages of band-aids keeping that nail covered up. It looked awful and it was pretty painful, too.

Anyway! In my last post I showed two of the new Milani glitters. Since then, I went back and bought all of the rest of the line except for the red one...and I will probably pick that one up the next time I'm at the drugstore because I love these so much. They claim to be "one coat" glitters, and let me tell you - they are! The one I'm wearing today is called Gold Glitz. I have two coats on, but I could have easily gotten away with one. The only thing I don't like about these is that they are gritty. I used two coats of Seche Vite over this to smooth it out, and it seemed to do the trick.

So pretty and sparkly. If you can find these (I found the display at CVS), and you like glitter, you have to take a look at these. I'm dreading removing this...but I think it's worth it!

Party Hearty Dupe

I wanted to share this dupe for China Glaze's Party Hearty in case anyone is still on the lookout for that one. When I went to order it online, it was sold out and I couldn't find it anywhere in stores, so I just decided to pass on it. But today, shopping at CVS, I saw what appears to be an exact dupe by Milani called Gems. The one on the left, obviously:

The one on the right is just a chunky gold glitter called Gold. These are from some glitter collection that must be new - I think it was called Rock Star Glitter or something to that effect. They had a few other nice glitters, too, but nothing really unique besides the Party Hearty dupe. Here's a close up of that one; click the picture to see it more detail.

And here is the reason I haven't been posting:

Yeah. My nails are currently in a disastrous condition. It started Wednesday when I pretty much ripped the nail on my index finger clean off after hooking it on the washer lid. Then my middle nail snapped. Then the index nail on my right hand broke, too. It's probably going to take a month or more for the bandaged index finger nail to grow back, which is so frustrating. In the meantime, I'll try to keep posting...maybe nail wheel swatches or posts like this about polish dupes. Of course this would happen right after I get this nice light box. But hey, they will grow back eventually and my nails usually grow pretty quickly so I'm lucky for that. Oh, the polish I have on in this is Ulta Spice Drop. It came in one of those little kits that are usually five mini polishes for $9.99. This one was Too Faced Loves Ulta, I think. It's a nice pink foil, really sparkles in the sunlight.