Twinkle toes

I´ve been getting lots of inspiration online recently for different ideas to try and toenails, at first i was keen on the idea of a swarovski crystal pedicure but because i swim most days in the summer i didn't think they would last too long, plus i heard it takes about 2 hours to apply all of the crystals and it would use up loads.

so i went for second best... Glitter!
in fact i went one better and used holographic glitter in 3 different shades.

lilac blending into pale pink blending into hot pink

i applied one layer of gel and cured then another and cured again, then i applied the loose glitter with a brush for more careful placement to the tacky layer of cured gel, i finished with a gel top coat, cured and applied another so that the glitter is smooth and wont come off

and here is the finished result... i love them

 They do look much better from further away, apologies for the feet pictures, i know a lot of people don't like feet but i don't think mine are particularly awful

next time I'm going to use a finer milled glitter with the gel, i tried a really fine purple glitter on a practise nail and it looked amazing.