Happy Summer! Summer officially began last week and it's a bit cloudy and rainy where I am now, but I'm very excited about the warm weather to come!
For this week's Twinsie Tuesday Beach mani, I was excited to see how using a polish on top of a liquid sand polish would turn out. I started out with OPI's Liquid Sand in Solitaire as a base and used Essie's Lapis of Luxury for the water and Essie's Brooch the subject for the sand. I was pretty happy with the semi-textured look this gave.
I added starfishes to my thumb and ring finger using OPI's Liquid Sand in Jinx. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this polish for the starfish!
Please visit the lovely Twinsie Tuesday ladies to see their beach creations:
Amanda at Amandalandish
Amber from Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Chelsea at Nailed Blog
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish
Kelly at Tuxarina
Lakeisha at Refined and Polished
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It
Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Traci at Drinkcitra
Oh this is so beautiful Traci, you truly captured the spirit of the beach on your nails. Loved this mani! <3 xx
ReplyDeleteAw thank you so much, Lau! I love how the textured played in this mani :D
DeleteVery pretty gradient!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lakeisha! :D
DeleteI can't believe it's rainy and cold where you are! Where is the summer sunshine? We probably stole all of it down here, since it's almost hitting triple digits... I don't think I want the rain, but I'll take some cool breeze from you! haha
ReplyDeleteI do love that you brought summertime to your nails! You're so amazing, Traci! :)
I know! I think you were able to bring a little sunshine today because the sun was shining by the end of the day! hehe. Aw thanks, Victoria! :D
DeleteWe had so much rain here in south of France for the past few months but now we finally have suuun! I wish I could send you a bit of sunshine where you are! By the way ... amazing manucure, the lil sea stars are so cute! Really love it !
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I'm so glad you have sun! It's such a great feeling after having so much rain! I think you and Victoria were able to send a little sunshine here since we had sunshine by the end of today! :D
DeleteThank you, Charlotte!!
How beachy! Right down to the texture!
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Hehe I'm so glad it looks beachy! I really like how the texture ended up! :D
DeleteWOW! This is great! Jinx makes for a perfect starfish, IMO :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maribeth! omg I know right! I love the way it turned out with Jinx! :D
DeleteGorgeous Traci! I love the texture!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Ina! Loving the texture too :D
DeleteSo gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Meredith! :D
DeleteThis is gorgeous - and of course you need liquid sand for the beach mani ;) - it's so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maria! I think the liquid sand was very helpful hehe :D
DeleteLove that you did this over a texture! Looks great!
ReplyDeleteMe too! Thanks so much, Kelly! :D
DeleteBeautiful mani!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Nory! :D
DeleteThese are super!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cordia!! :D
DeleteI love the texture in this, looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Heather! I'm really loving the texture hehe :D
DeleteI like how you added texture by using the liquid sand polish! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Denysia! I'm glad I added it :D
DeleteLove the texture for the sand! I can almost hear the waves crashing. :)
ReplyDeletehehe thanks, Rachel! Ooh now that you mention it...I think I hear them too! :D
DeleteAhhhhh!!! Traci I LOVE this!! OMG this is too cute. And so creative!! You rock. :-)
ReplyDeletehehe aww! Thanks so much, Colleen! No, YOU rock!! <3
DeleteWhat a great way to do a beach mani!! So cute!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks so much, Jayne! :D
DeleteThat's a fun gradient!! Nice job!
ReplyDeletehehe thanks, Anne! :D
DeleteThis is so cute Traci!! I love it!
ReplyDeleteHehe thanks so much, Marisa! :D
DeleteOoh how cute this is :)
ReplyDeleteAw thanks, Rhonda! :D
Deletei just got my nails done a few weeks ago :)
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Awesome! :D
DeleteOmg I was just at the beach the other day and while I was playing with the sand I was thinking about how cute a sandy beach nail design would be, but obviously I wouldn't be able to do it lol and this is sooo perfect!!! I even love how you included that fun starfish - it's such a cute touch. You're seriously so cool Traci lol I love it!! <3
ReplyDeletelol! I must have read your mind! Aww haha! You could totally do this! Hehe thanks, Rhonda! <3
DeleteCoolest beach mani ever!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks, Amanda! :D
DeleteThese are really pretty! I love your starfish, too!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks, Amber :D
Deletethis is so awesome! love your starfish!
ReplyDeletehehe thanks, ChiChi! :D
DeleteTraci I LOVE this!!! I am so stealing this idea for a mani this summer. Was it a pain in the arse getting the polish off?
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Alisha! haha yay! I can't wait to see! The polish wasn't too bad taking off. Much easier than glitter! :D
DeleteThis is so cute, it looks amazing too. I love your little starfish hehe. You are so clever Traci :)
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Aw thank you! hehe the starfishes were my favorite :D Aw shucks...thanks, Shelley! <3
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