10 Day Holiday Nail Art Challenge: Holiday Song

All of my ideas for a holiday song were sooooo boring. I was looking through my untried polish drawer and found Pahlish Partridge in a Pear Tree. It's named after a song, so it counts, right? Fun fact: the 12 Days of Christmas actually starts on Christmas day! Which works out super since I'm clearly not going to get all these Christmas-themed challenge manis done by Christmas day lol.

This is three coats. Isn't it gorgeous?! It's a nude jelly base with green and burgundy glitter. There's also a gold-ish shimmer in there too! Man, these indie makers are killing me with all their fantastic holiday collections! They're so original, especially compared to the mainstream with a gazillion reds in their holiday collections.

To make it at least a little artsy, I stamped it! I added presents since the song sings about gifts and a stamp with a bird (partridge) and love letters using Sally Hansen Wined Up and OMG Nails plate N55 and Cheeky plate CH53.

Not my best stamping, but I really like these colors together.

Not only was Patridge in a Pear Tree gorgeous, it was sooo easy to apply AND remove! All around fantastic polish!

10 Days of Nail Art: Holiday Treats

This next challenge is Holiday Treats! My favorite is sugar cookies, but I'm already decorating so many real ones that I didn't want to recreate it on my nails. I put on Lush Lacquer Peppermint Kisses and realized it was a great base for this challenge!

After three coats of Peppermint Kisses, I stamped some peppermint stripes using Sally Hansen Rapid Red and Bundle Monster plate BM301.

They worked perfectly together! This turned out better than I thought it would. I absolutely loved this :)

10 Day Nail Art Challenge: Giftwrap (Christmas Chevrons)

Hi! Here's the next installment of the 10 Day Nail Art Challenge!

Today is wrapping paper! I don't actually have any wrapping paper like this, but I got Pure Ice Red Hot Mama in the mail yesterday and it was calling me to do this haha. I'm also using it for the Pure Ice Nail Basel Challenge!

I started with two coats of Pure Ice Magic Basecoat from the Vinyl Remix Duo. It's such a great white. I was almost tempted to not do anything over it because I love white nails so much! I let it dry overnight so I wouldn't chance pulling the polish off with tape.

Then I created my own nail stickers using notebook paper, a Xyron sticker maker and some scrapbook scissors. Then I paintd one coat of Red Hot Mama. It's a a gorgeous, juicy, crelly finish polish! Perfect for Christmas!

I used a small brush to sharpen the chevrons to my liking. Doesn't this remind you of Santa Claus?!

Red Hot Mama provided for review.

10 Day Nail Art Challenge: Snow

Hey everyone! I've got the next installment of the 10 Day Nail Art Challenge for you today!

I did snowflakes for the last challenge because I didn't look ahead at the next one haha. That's okay because I really like what I did for this one.

I started with two coats of China Glaze Aquadelic for my sky. Then I stamped with Sally Hansen Whirlwind White and Bundle Monster plate BM 301. It was a little faint, so I went over the bottom part with some more white and a make-up sponge.

Then I added some random dots with a dotting tool. I love how frost this looks :) We aren't getting any snow here, so this kinda makes up for it. It's also a nice break from traditional holiday colors.

Striping Tape Christmas Trees

Hi all! The other day Helen from The Nail Newbie posted a gorgeous tape tree mani using holo colors in our birthday group. I decided to try my hand at it.

I started with two coats of Jade Vermelho Surreal. It's a terrific holo, but a little too orange leaning for a Christmas mani.

Then I covered my nail with scotch and striping tape to make trees with tinsel using one of my all-time favorites: Nubar Reclaim. The pinky was supposed to be a tree with random tinsel hanging, but it's hard to tell it's a tree that small lol.

Then I added some glitter hexes I got from a pack at The Dollar Tree. They worked really well, but a couple of the blues bled a little. I still love how they look. So festive!!!

My right hand doesn't have even nails, so I don't show it very often. I made an exception because my trees looked super good and I was proud of them :) I dinged the thumb while working haha. Unfortunately I bumped another nail last night and got a nick :(

10 Day Nail Art Challenge: Silver & Gold

Today is the first day of a new challenge!

Today's theme is Silver & Gold. I got Zoya Song in the mail the other day and decided I had to wear it immediately. To incorporate the theme, I stamped with silver and gold snowflakes!

I used China Glaze Passion and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes for the stamping. I kinda messed up my ring finger, but overall, I liked the look :)

Zoya Song was a little disappointing. In pictures (even mine) it's looks so much more interesting on the nail. In real life, it's just a really dark blue :( You can barely tell it's a shimmer. It was also tricky to apply and really thick. Luckily it was a one-coater.

For funsies, here's a macro shot of my favorite nail :)

If you'd like to join the challenge, go to the Facebook event here.

Christmas!!!

Hey guys!!! It's officially the start of the Christmas Season! Sorry I've been too busy to blog, but I loooooove Christmas so I'm back especially for this gorgeous mani! Here's a macro of the Christmas polish I used:

It's Lush Lacquer Tree-Mendous. It's got green microglitter, pink, red, orange, yellow, and blue matte/satin glitter and gold stars. It's a Christmas tree in a bottle!

I started with two coats of Pure Ice Femme Fatale. It's a gorgeous hunter green suede with silver shimmer from their new Velour Finish Line. It's the perfect base for a Christmas tree mani, so I'll probably be using it a lot this season.

Then I topped it off with two coats of Tree-Mendous. It applied really well. I had to fish a little for stars (I wanted one on each nail) but it wasn't that frustrating. If you want a whole shower of stars, you might want to store it upside down for a little bit before applying.

This polish is absolutely perfect to get in the Christmas mood! I don't know how I'm going to take it off! IN. LOVE.

Here's a couple of macros of nails on my right hand. The first one looks like a tree with the placement of the star :) The second one is just soooo glittery!!!

So what's everyone's favorite Christmas polishes for this year?

St. Patrick's Day!

For St. Patrick's Day, I went with something simple, but I still love it. I couldn't stop staring at it. Or shoving it in my brother's face and making him look at it. It's seriously pretty.

I started with three coats of China Glaze Cowardly Lyin'. This polish is seriously really pretty. The micro glitter in it just makes me swoon. Then I added a coat of Icing Happy Go Lucky. The green shininess. Oh my gosh. LOVE IT! Who knew I'd gush so much about a simple layering?

How'd you do your nails for St. Patrick's Day?