Bloggers Night Out

This past Friday, hundreds of talented bloggers met for NYC's second Bloggers Night Out event. It was great to be surrounded by such confident (and well dressed!) men and women who share a passion for blogging.

It was so nice to finally meet fellow NYC nail polish blogger Carly from Lacquered Lover. Did you know she came up with the name of one of Manglaze's latest shades LesbiHonest? Carly rocked an impressive water marble created with China Glaze polishes.

What a fantastic treat it was to meet Maria from creator of Cult Nails! Maria is an inspiration - Cult Nails is only a year only, and the brand is already known and adored by polish fanatics around the world. Cult Nails polish even walked the runway this season at New York Fashion Week. Maria has some great behind-the-scenes pictures on her blog: http://www.r3daily.com/ Wouldn't it be great if Cult Nails products were sold in NYC?

I also met the lovely Lara from We Hearty Beauty, the stylish Alicia from Kitten Masks, and "facilitator of dance parties" Meghan from Meg's Mumbo. These ladies have great blogs, I encourage you to check them out! Bloggers Night Out really was a great opportunity to meet fellow New York bloggers.

Alicia wore Chanel Graphite and Lara wore a pink OPI polish

What did I wear on my nails? I was debating colors and designs for at least a week, but for some reason, the DAY OF Bloggers Night Out I fixated on creating a gradient glitter design. I had never even done a gradient glitter mani, but recently I bought a pack of 24 eye shadow sponges at Cosmetic Market and wanted to try it out. Now, I really don't recommend experimenting with a new technique the night before an important event but I had this design in my head and it simply would not go away so I went for it!

Sephora by OPI Domestic Goddess (the purple) and Color Club Gingerbread (the glitter)

To create this look, take an (unused!) eye shadow applicator - you know, the one that comes in most drugstore eye shadows with two triangular-ish spongey ends? Tap the sponge tip against your nail polish brush so that the sponge tip picks up some glitter. Don't drench your sponge in polish. Starting at the tip of your nail, dab the glitter on and move back toward your cuticle. You can go as far as you want - the glitter should thin out as you go. If you didn't get enough glitter on your sponge the first time, go back and add some more to your tips. Keep playing around until you're happy with how it looks!

Thank you to the ladies who organized Bloggers Night Out and to the sponsors for an amazing event!