Aussie Nails Monday: Blue & March Nail Art Challenge: Sparkles

This week's Aussie Nails Monday theme is Blue. Blue is my favourite (nail polish) colour so I was spoilt for choice with this theme! However, I wasn't spoilt for time, so I had to choose a quick and simple design. Today's March Nail Art Challenge theme just happens to be Sparkles, so what better way to combine the two than with a glitter gradient?

I used Essie Bikini So Teeny and Nails Inc Upper Brook Street as the undies. The glitter is Nails Inc Royal Arcade. The blue is pretty similar to Ulta3 New Years Eve, but it has a lot more different sizes, and it's extremely dense. I actually had trouble spreading it out enough to make a gradient!

Side note: How awesome is that crystal cap on Upper Brook Street??

And of course I had to mattify it. I love the look of glitter under a matte top coat.

Here are the other girls participating in Aussie Nails Monday:

Lissa's Polish Addiction - Nail Gun XS - Marie's Manicure Madhouse - Shatter Me Claire

 A Polished Prance - Shades of Phoenix - The Epitome of Superficiality - Lacquer Dreams

 Nananais Nails - Enamoured with Enamel - Adelle1985 - Kelly's Kolors

Polished Peripherals - Mel My Issta - Walk In My Eyeshadow - JennLojko - Erinzi

Lovessweetas - Jas' Blingtastic Nails - Mckfresh - DamoJess - Lili_Bete

The Reluctant Femme - Jibber Jabber - Messy Mansion - Nailovelogy

March Nail Art Challenge: Chevron

I've decided to do the Californails "Totally Doable I Have A Life!" March Nail Art Challenge to get back into the groove of doing nail art and posting on this blog. 

Yesterday's theme was Chevron so I did a quick tape chevron with Nails Inc Kensington High Street and Sportsgirl Goddess. It's a bit wonky (especially on the pinky finger) so I need more practice, but I really like this colour combination! Plus tape manis are super easy to do - this tape manicure basics tutorial on Lacquerheads of Oz has some really great tips for getting it right.

I'm also going to be blogging about a bit more than just nails. My main goal for a few years now has been to buy my own place, but that's recently fallen by the wayside with graduating from uni and job hunting. I need to get back on track with saving up so I've decided, in order to hold myself accountable, I'm going to be documenting my progress and my daily purchases, and keeping a tally. I did consider setting up a separate blog for this but I barely have time to update one blog, let alone two. I won't be writing too much - just a short couple of sentences at the end of each post, so it'll be easy to ignore if you only want to look at pictures of nails. But it makes it easier for me to save if I know that other people are judging my rash puchasing decisions!