daydream believer: glitter nail tutorial

I know "love" gets over used on my blog, but I really do love this look on nails.

You can play around with polish shades and different glitters. I saw this trend over at cupcakes and cashmere and had to try it out.

My cousin was a fantastic model for me to practice on, and we loved how it turned out.

Here is what you need...

- Start with your basic manicure.

- Next use a base coat and then apply 1st coat of your favorite polish to all your nails.

- Here is the trick to getting the glitter to stick...

After you apply the 2nd coat of polish to a nail, dab the q-tip in glitter, and tap the glitter onto the nail. Be sure to do ONE nail at at time. Reason for doing one nail at a time is so your polish doesn't dry before the glitter can stick.

Start at the tip and gradually fade glitter to nail bed. You can add a small amount or go crazy and add tons.

Since this was my first attempt I stayed on the safe side and did a minimal amount. However, next time I am going glitter crazy and adding more at the tip :)

- Once you have done above step to every nail you can apply your top coat.

- final step is to let your glitterfied nails dry and enjoy!