Hello my sweeties. Last week was a rough one at work, so this weekend was a much needed break! I had a date night with the husband and I went to a concert, which definitely lifted my mood! I also decided I needed to add some sparkle to this next mani to keep this mood up.
Julie from Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer sent me Terrific Twos for review, and I knew it would give this penguin manicure a little extra something. Julie made it for the 2nd anniversary of her blog. It’s teal, sky blue, aqua, and turquoise microglitter packed densely in a clear base. This is SUCH a gorgeous color glitter! And it’s fully opaque on its own in 2-3 coats. I could have gotten away with 2 coats, but I dabbed on a third to cover a few patchy areas near the tips.
Here’s a closeup of Terrific Twos:
Apparently on the nail I just showed, I didn’t dab enough at the tips. But you can tell the rest of the nail is fully opaque!
And I think Terrific Two goes perfectly with the penguins! So let’s talk about these penguins 🙂 This is my first time doing freehand animals of any type, and I love how they came out! I wanted chubby penguins with cute little wings, and I think they more or less came out that way. I think I should have angled the wings down a bit since they could almost make the whole animal look like a duck with a narrow neck. But I see it as a penguin, and I hope you do as well!
How I did this/ products used:
- Index & pinky: BEGL Terrific Twos… SO gorgeous! I used 2 coats of top coat since it is a bit hungry for that.
- Middle & ring fingers:
- Base color: BEGL It’s Almost After Midnight… this is a charcoal grey crelly with a strong blue shimmer. It’s difficult to see its beauty in these pics since it’s covered in nail art, but I swear it’s there! I’ll have to swatch it by itself for you sometime – love!
- Then I used Rica Whiteout to outline the penguin shape.
- I made the eyes with Rica Blackout and Whiteout using a dotting tool.
- I drew the beak and feet with Marc Jacobs Snap! using a small nail art brush.
- Then I drew on the wings with BEGL It’s Almost After Midnight using that same nail art brush.
So what do you think? Have you done animal nail art? If I didn’t say it was a penguin, would you have recognized it? Also, what’s your way to lift your spirits after a bad week/ day/ month? Here’s hoping for a better week this week! 🙂
Check out the other animal manis from the NCC ladies:
Such a lovely manicure, all the colors go so nicely together!
Thank you so much! I don’t often do purple and blue together, but I really liked this 🙂
Very pretty! That chevron accent nail looks great.
Thank you so much! Chevrons are one of my favorite ways to spruce up a mani 🙂
Ooh, so pretty. That Blue-Eyed Girl polish is lovely.
Thank you!! YES – I love the BEGL 🙂
Those two are meant to be together! I never would’ve thought to pair them, but they’re perfect! Lovely as always, and I’m really glad you still like my stuffs! 😀
Thank you lady! They were sitting next to one another in my untried box and I knew it was meant to be 🙂 Keep making that amazing stuff!!
Two of my favorite things paired together, chevrons and Doctor Who! I also really like DYWFILT, I’ve worn it a couple times since I got it.
Yes – me too! Chevrons, nail polish, and Doctor Who – how could you go wrong?!
Wanna Fall in Love Tonight is really pretty!
Thank you!! It’s my favorite from the new BEGL collection 🙂
These are so pretty!! Both polishes are gorgeous!!
Thank you! I love them both 🙂
Gorgeous shades, and I love the nailart look!
Thank you so much! 🙂
This is beautiful! I love this combo of colors! Also, the shimmer in that base is fabbb!
Thanks!! Yeah, Wanna Fall In Love Tonight is amazing!!
Such a beautiful color!
Thank you 🙂
I love this! The colors go together so nicely! 🙂
Thank you so much!! I love them 🙂
I absolutely love chevrons as accent nails, looks fantastic!
Thank you! I think chevrons are such a great and easy way to make a look!
I’m a sucker for chevron! Gorgeous!
You and me both!! Thank you 🙂
My pleasure!
That purple is divine!
Thanks! It’s such a beauty 🙂
Those are beautiful colors together and I love the chevron pattern!
Thank you so much! I was happy they went together so well 🙂
When in doubt I always through some chevron on the accent nails as well to spice the mani up, love them! The colors are great as well!
Thank you!! Chevrons are such a great look to have in your back pocket if you get stuck on an idea 🙂
I love a good Chevron manicure and this on is no exception. Great color combination =)
Thank you!!
That BEGL is so gorgeous!
I so agree! It’s my favorite from that collection for sure.
Gorgeous shades! They look so well together.
Thank you so much!
The sparkly polish is absolutely gorgeous and the penguins are mega cute!
Thank you!! I was really happy with these penguins 🙂
Awww those penguins are adorable!
Thank you!!
Penguins!!!! My favorite animal<3 they are so Damn cute!
YES – I love penguins too! Have you seen that video with the ticklish baby penguin?!
The penny is sooooo cute! I love myself a BEGL, always, so that’s without saying!
Thanks! I agree – BEGLs are always amazing 🙂
As soon as I saw this mani I was like “Squee! Penguins!” You nailed it 😉
Yay! Thanks!! I’m glad you like it 🙂
These are so cute!! Gahh, I love these!!
Aww thank you SO much!!! 🙂
Eeek so cute! Love the base for the penguins and the shiny for the other nails!
Thank you so much! You can’t go wrong with adorable animals and sparkles 🙂
They are absolutely adorable!! When the post popped up on my feed I brightened up and yelled “penguins!!”
Haha YAY! I love that response 🙂
Those penguins are so adorable! And music always lifts my spirits. 🙂
Thank you! And YES to music for the soul! I have a Happy playlist on Spotify 🙂
Ahhh yes, this one is now called chevron in the link… Well although I love chevrons, I’m pretty sure I love these penguins more than all the chevrons in the world! They are soooo adorable! ❤
I might have to go back and repost that chevron mani cause I really did like it! But thank you – these penguins definitely beat chevrons!
Those penguins are so adorable, love them!
Thank you so much 🙂
♥♥♥ aren’t these penguins the cutest?!
Thank you!! I’m a fan of them 🙂
Those penguins are soooo sweet!!
Thank you!! I like them 🙂
the penguins are so cute! You should wear them to work to cheer you up (sorry it was a rough week)
Thank you!! That’s a good idea – I think I might have to do that next time it gets rough at work 🙂
I LOVE PENGUINS! You did such a great job!
Thank you! I love penguins too 🙂
I love penguins! ❤ Great job!
Thank you so much! 🙂 Penguins are great!
So cuuuute! And that BEGL is gorgeous!
Thank you!! BEGL for the win again 🙂
I’m super jealous that you got to see GB!!!! I love this mani, the little penguins are darling and that BEGL is GORGEOUS!
Thank you so much! I can’t get enough BEGL in my life 🙂
GB was amazing! I’m not huge into country music, but the concert was so much fun! The Steelers even came out to sing Friends In Low Places 🙂
ohhh so cute♥♥♥
Thanks! I’m glad you think so 🙂