Nail Inspiration: Katy Perry's "California Gurls"

This was originally going to be a FOTD, but I felt silly wearing sparkly eye shadow to lounge around the house. Instead, I painted my nails a pale lilac shade & adorned my ring finger with chunky purple glitter. I think Katy would approve.

What I Used:

OPI Rumple's Wiggin' (Shrek collection)

Barry M Glitter Nail Paint in Lavender Hexograms

Nail Inspiration

I came across the picture below on Tumblr a while back & I haven't been able to get this blue hued nail polish out of my head ever since!

Blue Is The New Black!

I thought I had found it in Milani's Neon "Dude Blue", but it was lacking the electric violet undertones I was searching for. 

Looks similar, right? It's actually more of a blue highlighter color.

Then I stumbled upon J's blog, Talk Pretty To Me, a couple of weeks ago & spotted my coveted color on her nails! She happily informed me that it was Sephora's "Myrtille" (#23) from their SEPHORA COLLECTION line. It's $5 for a .16 fl oz bottle and you'll never find another shade quite like it. It's just gorgeous!

With flash.

In sunlight.

Call me crazy, but I can definitely see the color difference in person. Trust me on this, if you're looking for a wearable blue for summer, go buy this one!

Nail Inspiration

I happened to catch a bit of the Real World D.C. reunion show last week and fell in love with cast mate Callie's neon green nails!

After a few days of searching, I found a perfect dupe at CVS:

Milani NEON Totally 80s

I added some white stars using my Essence nail stamping kit.

Would you rock neon nails??

OPI Alice in Wonderland Spring 2010 Collection

Now available everywhere OPI is sold!

From left to right:

Thanks So Muchness: A violet infused red with a metallic shimmer.

Mad As a Hatter: Chunky multi-glitter.

Absolutely Alice: Intense blue and gold glitter.

Off With Her Red!: A classic tomato red creme.

*Info & images taken from Beauty of a Site blog

DIY: Pro Nails

I love the look of Pro Nails! Katy Perry usually has some crazy amazing fingernail art, so she was my inspiration for this look. I picked up some press on nail stickers from Hot Topic for $5 and am taking them for a test run. They aren't super sticky and there's really no way to "cement" them on (i.e. top coat or sealing them with heat like Minx decals) but they've stayed on pretty well since I applied them 12 hours ago.

What do you think?

*Here's what they look like in the package: