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Sunday, March 17, 2013

St. Patrick's Day 2013 Manicure

Well I totally dropped the ball this year, Nouvettes. I really, REALLY wanted to do another reader-submitted St. Patrick's Day manicure round-up, but I've got so much going on behind the scenes right now (which will be revealed soon, I promise) that I just couldn't get it together. Hopefully we can do one for Easter though, like last year's!

And speaking of last year's reader-submitted manicure roundups, take a peek at the 2012 St. Patrick's Day manicure roundup here if you need some "nail-spiration" today!

 I did a quick and easy manicure for St. Patrick's Day 2013. Here's what I used:


Polishes used:

Santee Vikini Green (base color)
Nailene French Manicure Polish (small polka dots)
Zoya Ivanka (large polka dots)
Out The Door Northern Lights Holographic Top Coat (top coat)

Tools used:

LA Girl Dotting Tool (reviewed here)
e.l.f. $1 Concealer Brush (for clean-up)

Keep reading to see how it turned out!





I absolutely love how this turned out. Santee Vikini Green reminds me of a shamrock shake, and I love the extra "blingy-ness" that the holographic top coat gives the overall look, without distorting the colors of the other polishes.

Thanks for reading, and I would absolutely love to hear what you're wearing on your nails today!
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26 comments

  1. I dropped the ball too unfortunately. I'm wearing Essie Bikini so teeny!! Oops maybe next year!!

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  2. Love this, and love your skill with the dots!

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  3. So cute and so fun! The Northern Lights top coat is like the cherry on top :) My St. Pat's mani is plain-jane compared to yours! I took advantage of Ulta's "21 Days of Beauty" Friday and bought a bottle of Butter London's British Racing Green (only $9!) and I love it.

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  4. I was looking at the pictures and scrolling down thinking, that looks like a shamrock shake...yumm...I want a shamrock shake...lol And, then I read you thought so too! LOL Very cute!

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  5. Adorable. I have been wondering whether to try that holographic top coat or not. I think you convinced me.

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    1. You totally should! I have this one too, it's lovely.

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  6. Wearing Sally Hansen Greige Gardens haha! so not in festive nail attire but oh well.

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  7. Adorable! I just did the count and realized that I used 7 polishes for my St. Paddy's Day manicure. Whoops!

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  8. I've got Essie "Mojito Madness", with gold sharpie half moons, and Sephora OPI "It's real" 18k gold top coat on top!

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  9. Ooooh that's beautiful! One of these days I should actually use my dotting tool. ;)

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  10. Beautifully done. That holographic top coat makes the look so much better.

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  11. Love the mani, and that beautiful pastel green! I'm wearing SC Green Ocean over a dark green, it looks amazing. :)

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  12. Love this manicure! It's very cute!

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  13. I did a green with gold glitter ombre and it looked great. I kept getting compliments.

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  14. Very cute! I didn't do my nails for the day, I've been too busy with work and birthdays (I have, kid you not, three friends, a boyfriend, and a sister with birthdays from the 10th to the 19th). I just threw on a green shirt and called it good.

    I did do a pre-holiday blog post featuring a green polish, though.

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  15. I love this! I played with some greens applied spatter-like with saran wrap and topped with Sinful Colors' Green Ocean, but this is so much prettier!

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  16. It's super cute! Love it! And now I totally want a shamrock shake! :P

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