It’s my favorite week in Hollywood – Oscars Week!! 
To celebrate accordingly, I came up with this double glittering gold mani and I call it…
“Glitter, You Golden Goddess!”
How do ya get it?
Simple. 2 coats of @colorclubnaillacquer in Gingerbread topped with 1 coat of @opinailpolish in When Monkeys Fly. I may not be nominated but my nails have already won the gold!
When I met Whitney – creator & editor of the artsy & amazing LA blog - hoopLA, at the Angeleno Poolside Beauty event last week, I immediately thought one word: COOL.
Then I saw her, the next night at Rosa Mexicano for a delicious dinner hosted by Nicole Myden PR and Gina Wade Creative. There, Whitney was again looking, you guessed it, COOL.
She’s one of those people you see and think, “I wish I had been born cool like that.”
I was NOT born cool like that. Hence, why I probably bake and love pink and act like a happy, oblivious 5-year-old most of the time.
I aspire to be cool, though. Really, I do! It might not happen but people like Whitney give me hope.
But sometimes cool people can be, well, cold.
So imagine my delight when, after chatting with Whitney, I realized she is not only cool but super sweet — and fun!!
When I asked her if she would be my Whatcha’ Wearin’ Wednesday (WWW) girl this week and send me a picture of her amazingly cool nails in better lighting, she was enthusiastic and adorable and hmmm….what’s the word I’m looking for?
Oh right. C-O-O-L.
BF: Hey Whitney! Whatcha’ Wearin’?
WWW Whitney: OPI-In My Back Pocket; Estée Lauder-Red Chiffon; The New Black-Glitter finish from the Graffiti Ombré Collection.
BF: That’s Cool. Is this, like, a signature shade for you?
WWW Whitney: I have always loved doing my nails, so the more creative the better. I wore this combo all week! To work, jury duty (ha ha ha), blog events, dinners… Right now, I think I can say these are signature shades for me. I go through spurts. I was in a navy blue phase for a while and now I can’t seem to get enough of bright pink!
BF: Me too. Very cool. Who did you hang with when you were sporting these, um, COOL hues?
WWW: Nami's Nails
So, it’s a funny thing having a blog.
It’s a growing process, an adventure, lots of fun — and the best creative outlet in the world for someone with as many interests as me!
One of my favorite things, since childhood, has always been coming up with names for products I love, recipes I create, Barbie dolls- heck – even nicknames for friends and pets.
So it’s pretty fun when I come up with a new idea for, you, my lovely BeautyFrosting readers.
From now on, when I try out a nail polish recipe, I’m gonna name it so we’ll have a reference point.
The first one I’m naming happens to be for my super-stylish friend, Nami’s nails. Remember her? She’s a frequent guest on WWW (Whatcha’ Wearin’ Wednesday)!
She came in a week ago with the most glittery, bronzed – and yet – sophisticated nails.
Nami makes any trend look like an instant classic.
This one was no different.
Since we all have Olympic fever, it only feels appropriate to call this Nami’s Nails-inspired Mani Recipe:
“Taking The Bronze AND Silver”
So just how did she achieve this sparkling look?
2 coats of Essie Ballet Slippers ($5) on the entire nail
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2 coats of OPI Warm & Fozzie C08 ($6) on the tips
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1 coat of Essie Set in Stones (Luxeffects silver glitter nail polish)
Essie Set in Stones
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“Taking The Bronze AND Silver”
"Taking The Bronze AND Silver" - a Nami's Nails Inspired Creation
And she added a little mint heart on the pinkie nail…but I’m gonna let that be her little secret!
xoxo,
BF
BF Asks: What would you name this Mani Recipe if you had your druthers? Let your imagination fly and let me know below!
After being inspired by our WWW girl, Nami’s, nails last week, I decided to try a nail design perfectly painted for me.
So what could be better than BeautyFrosting-themed nails?
I took in my card to the salon and asked them to use it for inspiration.
BeautyFrosting-themed nails!
Super fun!
I’m usually pretty classic when it comes to my nail color but THIS WAS FUUUUUN!!
The nail salon applied OPI in Go on Green and then dotted the polish with a french white standard polish.
A BF mani
I loved the result!
And, as an Essie Ballet Slippers & Splash of Grenadine devotee,I think this experience just may have opened me up to more fun nail design in the future.
I mean, why not?
xoxo,
BF
BF Asks: What nail design are you dying to try this summer? Glitter? Lace? Sprinkles? Caviar? Spill it, sister!