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