Nami Nails Tutorial!

Here's what it looks like in action!

What I used:

Essie's "No Place Like Chrome"

Sally Hansen's Mermaid's Tale

O.P.I. High Shine Top Coat

And now for...

STEP 1: Actually, don't apply a base coat. Paint 1 coat of "No Place Like Chrome." This will give your Nami nails a very shiny underlay.

STEP 2: Paint 2 coats of "Mermaid's Tale" with quick, straight strokes. 

STEP 3: Before your glitter coats of "Mermaid's Tale" dry, use a toothpick or other nail tool (like a cuticle pusher) to flip glitter or scrape off excess glitter. Do this with a lot of care!

STEP 4: Apply 2 coats of O.P.I. top coat. This will seal off the glitter and allow high shine. COOLDOWN TIME (A.K.A. drying time: this will dry in ~40 minutes.)

(Here's what "No Place Like Chrome" looks like alone; it makes a great glitter coat base and definitely looks great worn alone. Warning: it chips very easily, but under a glitter coat it can tank.)