Glitter Nails

A couple of weeks ago, the winter blues were hitting me especially hard. Then I was looking at the Sephora catalogue one night and saw this image:

See their take on a french manicure on the end? Loved it. A big complaint with french manicure is that it's tacky, so why not just run with that and just make it really tacky?

Or better yet - why not just add glitter?

So I did.

Essie Rock Candy on the nails, OPI Mad As a Hatter on the tips

I don't keep my nails long (kept them short for so many years playing piano, it's just habit now I think - plus it just looks better to me), so the glitter "tips" extend past the actual white part of my nail. Given the colors I used, its not like you can tell so I think it works fine. I did it free hand, which you can tell with the close up pics but again, when you were looking at it from a distance I think it was fine. Is it perfect? No. But it was fun :)

If something in a magazine or on TV or wherever looks fun and inspires you, find a way to do it yourself and just go for it. I smiled every time I looked at my nails for a week. Seems like a good way to pull yourself out of the winter blues to me!
I'm off to enjoy my last day as a 27 year old and gear up for Viva La Birthday Weekend. How does one do that? I think I'll go shopping. Seems like a good plan.