Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Challenge Wrap Up


Merry Christmas Eve! Since I won't be posting tomorrow, if you celebrate Christmas have a good one! Today I will be wrapping up the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge! I didn't post the last three days, but for the sake of my time, they will be here.
Day 1 Snow Flakes:


Day 2 Christmas Tree:


Day 3 Snowmen:


Day 4 Santa and/or Elves:


 Day 5 Ice Blue and White:


Day 6 "12 Days" Song:


Day 7 Red and Green:


Day 8 Christmas Decorations:


Day 9 Glitter:


Day 10 Ugly Sweater:


Day 11 Presents:


Day 12 Free Style:


I loved this challenge so much! I hope you all have a good Christmas!

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Challenge Days 8 & 9

Hey guys! I have been putting two days into one, for this challenge for a while and I will probably keep doing so. But I am doing the manis on time, you can see the photos on the Facebook group page if you are a member. So are all of you in the Christmas spirit yet? It has been creeping up on my lately more and lately as I make and buy gifts for my family. We still don't have our Christmas tree yet, but we will have it this weekend!

The prompt for day 8 is Christmas decorations. I decided to go for something mildly original: the star on top of the tree. I also have a water marble that actually turned out nice and some glitter. I used NYC French Tip White as my base for the Christmas tree. Then I used Sally Hansen Tan Lime and Zoya Bar. The water marble is Sally Hansen Tan Lime, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, and Sally Hansen Red Carpet. The glitter is Zoya Bar.




The prompt for day 9 is glitter. I went pretty simple with this prompt. Shown is Sally Hansen Rosey Shooter over OPI Green on the Runway. I love this combo together.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Challenge Days 6 & 7

Hey guys! Today I have two days of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge for you. I am having a lot of fun with this challenge. So the prompt for day 6 was to pick any line from the 12 days of Christmas songs. I picked "4 calling birds". I used LA Colors White for the base. Then I free handed the birds with a nail brush using NYC Black Velvet, Sally Hansen Red Carpet, Sally Hansen Green With Envy, NYC Palm on the Beach, and NYC Tropicoral. I topped it all of with NYC Matte Me Crazy.




The prompt for day 7 is green & red. For this prompt I did a dotticure. My base for this design is LA Colors White. I used a set of dotting tools for the design with Sally Hansen Red Carpet, NYC Palm on the Beach, Sally Hansen Green with Envy, OPI Love.Angel.Music.Baby., and OPI I Sing In Colour.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Challenge: Day 5 Ice Blue & White

Hey guys! Sorry I have been kind of missing for a while. My birthday was on Monday, we decorated cookie houses over the weekend, and I have been sick since Monday night! I have also been busy swatching all of my 20+ polishes I got for my birthday. I should have a haul up by the end of the week!

So today (technically yesterday) is the 5th day of the 12 Day of Christmas Challenge I am taking a part of! I wanted to do a water marble but it wasn't working out, so I ended up doing a dry marble. I'm not really a fan of it but its okay and I really don't have the time to redo it. I used NYC French White Tip, NYC Skyline Blue, and Orly Skinny Dip for the dry marble!

Sunday, December 7, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Challenge: Days 3 & 4

Hey guys! So I was one day behind on the challenge, so I am doing two in one today! Day 3's prompt is snowmen and day 4's is santa and/or elves. For day 3 I painted my snowmen using a nail art brush. I used NYC French Tip White as a base. I used NYC Black Velvet and Nina Pro Orange Flame for the snowmen. My two accents nails are China Glaze There's Snow One Like You.




For day 4 I used a dotting tool and a nail art brush to make santa hats. My base color is China Glaze Mingle with Kringle. I painted the hats with L.A. Colors nail polish.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Challenge: Day 2 Christmas Trees

Hey guys! Today is my mom's birthday and also the 2nd day of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge that I am participating in! We had cake for my mom's birthday and I have some nail art for you! :)

Today I decided to go for a more modern tree made of dots. My base color is NYC French White Tip for the trees. Under the glitter is OPI Jade is the New Black. The glitter itself is from China Glaze's 2014 Christmas Collection and it is called De-Light. The tree dots are Sally Hansen Green With Envy, Sally Hansen Tan Lime, OPI Jade is the New Black, and E.l.f. Smokin Hot. I topped it all off with Essie Good to Go.

Monday, December 1, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Challenge: Day 1 Snowflakes

I love challenges. Its nice to have an idea when going into nail art and fun challenging myself! So I joined a group on Facebook called Challenge Your Nail Art! They have little prompts for short weeks and other fun challenges. This is the 1st day of the Christmas Challenge and the prompt is snowflakes. And I'm happy to share my awesome snowflakes & gradient with you all! FYI: I'm sorry about the bad lighting in these pictures, the sun had already gone down when I finished these, so I had to go for artificial lighting!

First I did the gradient with NYC Purple Pizazz, Orly Skinny Dip, and NYC Skyline Blue. The snowflakes are free handed in NYC French White Tip. The glitters are from the dollar store. I topped it all off with Essie Good to Go!
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