I’ve never had gel or acrylic nails.  Heck, I barely ever polish my nails these days.  With all the gardening and painting/crafting, my nails are barely ever all the same length.  And, if my nails aren’t all the same length, I don’t draw attention to them with polish!

But recently, by some strange miracle, my nails haven’t been breaking and they are, in fact, all the same length!

I don’t go for all the crazy nail trends since I prefer a natural, subtle looking fingernail.  I prefer an understated polish – like Essie’s ballet slippers, for example.

But I have to admit, the ‘glazed donut’ trend is one that I actually like.  It is shiny and subtle and looks oh so much like summer!

I’ve heard that Hailey Bieber was the cause of this trend and that she used a chrome powder to get the look.  Though I was interested in getting the look, I was not interested in getting a salon manicure or buying a bunch of products to get it!

I ended up getting something that looks pretty darn close and all I did was buy one bottle of Essie nail product to get it!

Essie is my ‘go to’ nail brand and I already had some polish in a shade called sheer fantasy that I had picked up as a substitute for ballet slippers when my local Target was out of it.  I purchased Essie FX Expressie from my local CVS in iced out to add more of a luminous look.

To achieve the trendy glazed look, this is what I did.  I already had a clear top coat and a coat of Essie’s sheer fantasy on my nails.  I added a coat of the Essie FX Expressie in iced out on top of that.  I ended up adding another coat of sheer fantasy to make it a little more subtle – less purple.  I liked the way it looked, so I added a clear top coat and that’s that!  Easy peasy!  An inexpensive version of the glazed donut nail look!

I hope you are inspired to try a new nail color of your own this summer!  (Click here to see my dream nail polish collection!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie