I was so busy cooking tonight that I almost forget to put up a post. Good thing I have a backlog of nail polish swatches to show you!!
So let's talk about accent manicures. Generally speaking, I consider an accent manicure one where the whole hand is the same except for one nail which is usually, but not always, fancier than the rest. Or it's just painted in a different color. There's a variation on this where the thumb is the accent nail and it's called "Blackberry Bling".
I've been doing accent manicures since 2007, I started with a black creme and Sally Hansen Glow on my ring finger. I wish I could find photographic evidence, or maybe I'll just do it and take pictures, either way it looks awesome! I also liked to do black + a shimmery fuchsia accent. Nowadays everyone is doing accent manicures. But I still think they're pretty sweet, so without further adieu, here are 2 recent versions that I was particularly fond of:
Essie "Armed and Ready" + SOPI "Don't Be Eggnog-ious" accent
Okay so I loved Armed and Ready in the bottle, it's a really interesting cool olive green with copper shimmer. On the nails? Less interesting, but it coordinates really well with the SOPI glitter, which is really nice and shiny. I just wish it wasn't quite so dense.
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky with a Pool Party accent.
OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS MANICURE. It is one of my favorite manicures I've done this year. Happy Go Lucky is a favorite polish of mine, I've worn it multiple times with no complaints from me, it's a nearly perfect yellow and it's so much fun! And then there's Pool Party which is this eye searing neon reddish pink and these two colors just work so well together! I did this manicure in January when I was bummed about winter and some personal drama and it cheered me up a little, which is pretty amazing because I'm kind of a grumpy person.
(Speaking of bright colors from CG, have you seen the summer collection? TOTALLY SWOONING!)
And those are some of my favorite accent manicures, feel free to share yours in the comments!
love and cupcakes,
Ms. Meghan
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