Aly Loves Lacquer

Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours!

It's Wednesday again, and that means it's time for another ABC Challenge post. This week we have "F" and I chose to do nail foils. Transfer foils are one of my favorite nail art options. They create such a gorgeous look, but aren't hard to do at all!

The best way to apply foils is to paint a matching base color first, so if the foil doesn't transfer perfectly you have something under it. My base color today is butter LONDON Come to Bed Red. Then I applied foil adhesive, and waited a few minutes. Finally, I cut the foil into little strips -- one for each nail. I apply them by pressing them down with a Q-Tip and then peeling off the foils. If you are interested in a tutorial, let me know!

This foil is from Dollar Nail Art and it's called Lava Tides. It's gorgeous! Red and shiny with holographic waves. I really love how this looks, and it is perfect for Valentine's Day! Trust me, this looks way prettier in person!

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Today I have a couple photos of a beautiful OPI polish called Let Me Entertain You. This gorgeous shade was released in the Burlesque Collection, which is one of my favorite OPI collections of all time! Let Me Entertain You is a perfect shade of fuchsia with really pretty fleck-like micro glitter. The fuchsia base almost looks like a jelly, but it applies with a bit more opacity than I expected.

This is 2 coats followed by Seche Vite. Pictures were taken in sunlight.

Hi, guys! Time for another weekly ABC Challenge post!

Today we have the letter "E." My creativity was not at its greatest, so I settled on using all Essence products to create a manicure. I only own 2 polishes by Essence, and I used both in this polka dot mani. My base color is Oh My Glitter!, a really pretty warm light purple with lots of shimmery flecks, but strangely no glitter. Odd. For the polka dots, I used Essence No More Drama, a very delicate lavender crème.

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I am back again with my weekly ABC Challenge post! This week we have the letter "C," so I decided to try out a trend I have been eyeing for a while now: caviar nails. Now, I know a certain brand with pretty little bows has caused a big uproar in the nail community due to their treatment of the caviar name. Despite all the drama, I was still interested in the look itself.

The brand I used for this caviar manicure is Nail Rock and the color is called Neptune. I purchased this set at Walgreens, but you can also get it from ebay here. The set had one nail polish and a pot of micro beads. It was really easy, but I definitely do not recommend this manicure as a long term look. It would be great for a date night or a night out dancing, though!