My take on confetti nails

Well, hello again! I just can't seem to stay away, huh? As of late, nails have become a central facet of my life yet again. I'm painting them with regularity and putting lots of effort into my nail care routine (if it's any indication, I'm sleeping with gloves on these days). If you saw my last post, you'll also know that I've been getting into nail art! It was never something that interested me until recently - I found myself watching a lot of SimplyNailogical to cope with a bad falling out. Her videos are super fun and silly, providing not only a great distraction from my blues, but the inspiration to dip my toes into some nail art - thank you, Cristine, for reigniting my love for nail care and awakening my new passion for nail art!

I don't know if today's look can really be considered nail art, though - there wasn't any actual skill involved. Basically, I just spent an hour elaborately placing glitter on my nails. There was a trend that made the rounds on Insta last summer called "confetti nails". I actually didn't know about this fad until I found an article about it and I fell totally in love. You can sum up confetti nails in two words: glitter explosion. The philosophy of confetti nails is just to place as many different types of glitter on your nail as possible, and that's exactly what I did. I pulled out the big guns for this one:


1 coat of OPI - Be Magentale With Me for a slight pink tint (hides the yellowness of my nails a bit, also just looks cute)
1 coat of L.A. Colors #652 for a little bit of iridescent pizzazz
Randomly placed on nail:
Love Your Life - Nicole by OPI
Blind Date - Kleancolor
Twinkly Love - Kleancolor
Carnival - NYX Girls
Starry Silver Glitter - NYC

No, I did not get this smattering of glitter by just applying it like regular nail polish - I placed every.single.piece with a toothpick. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Very painstaking and very time-consuming, but I really love the result.








My use of Kleancolor's Twinkly Love is also quite unorthodox. Usually, this polish would consist of chunk pink, blue, and silver holo heart glitters. In my bottle, whether it be from age or improper storage conditions at the dollar store I bought it from, the pink and blue colorants that once coated the heart glitters has peeled off. This leaves only silver hearts and a bunch of pink/blue flaky foily holo pieces. I used these pieces in my confetti look - the most prominent instance in this photo of my left hand would be the blue flake on my pinky finger.

You can also see it here on this macro of my pointer finger - that little holo chunk between the stars at the bottom. Isn't there something so fun and whimsical about this look? It’s the perfect balance of super-cute ultra-glittery girly fun without being TOO in your face and obnoxious about it. Especially if you opt not to cover the whole nail like I did - but that was less about keeping the look subdued and more about the fact that I was getting tired of gingerly placing glitter on my nails. It gets tiring after a while! Still, I had fun deciding where to place each glitter, trying to achieve a purposeful yet playful look. I didn’t want it look like I individually placed every piece - confetti is pretty messy, right? I think I was able to achieve that feeling of orchestrated chaos.

While I’m still unsure if this counts as nail art, I definitely did have fun with it, and I love the result! I’m waiting on a Head2Toe order that’s set to arrive in a couple of days, so I’m definitely keeping this on until my new polishes arrive. I did something uncharacteristic and made a small order consisting of things I was specifically looking for. A neon pink? A yellow-toned orange? An opaque pinky nude? A ridge filler? All stuff that I was already looking for. Very surprisingly for me to exercise that kind of self restraint! I think I’ll also be heading to Ikea today to pick up another Helmer - my collection has gotten out of control! Well... until next time... PEACE! xoxo