24 Days of Christmas Challenge, Day 8: Candy Canes

Today's them is Candy Canes. I really like how this turned out.

Candy canes

For the base, I used 3 coats of Sally Hansen Whirlwind White.
For the stripes, I used Pure Ice Siren and a small brush to make the thicker stripes. Then I mixed some of Siren with Whirlwind White and Savvy Ruby Slippers to make the thinner, lighter lines.

Here's some others who are also participating in this challenge:

Paint That Nail

Obsessed With Glitter

Nails and Stuff

Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Base Coat Top Coat

KK Nails

Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

My Polish Stash

Finger Painted

Polish, and Makeup, and Cars, Oh my!

My Wet Nails

24 Days of Christmas Challenge, Day 7: Gingerbread man

Another quick post. It's been a busy few days.

My students really liked this one. They love looking at my nails and always wondering what I'll have on next.

The gold is China Glaze Trendsetter as a base with one coat of China Glaze Blonde Bombshell.

The gingerbread man is made of Sinful Colors Nirvana, Wet n Wild Black Creme, O.P.I. Cuckoo for This Color, and Pure Ice Siren.

Here's some others who are also participating in the challenge:

Paint That Nail

Obsessed With Glitter

Nails and Stuff

Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Base Coat Top Coat

KK Nails

Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

My Polish Stash

Finger Painted

Polish, and Makeup, and Cars, Oh my!

My Wet Nails

24 Days of Christmas Challenge, Day 6: Penguins

I have both hands to show you today.

Here's my left hand (the one you normally see).

Male penguin

Sorry for the cuticles on this one. They looked cleaned up better in person. Also, that's not tip wear on the penguin but pulling from Seche Vite.

I used Wet N Wild Black Creme, Finger Paints Paper Mache (white), Wet N Wild Sunny Side Up (nose & feet), O.P.I. Cuckoo For This Color (bow tie and stamping), and Bundle Monster plate BM201

This is my right hand. It's not nearly as good as the other. The female penguin looks wonky, plus my stamping is a bit off, and half my nails are broken. Poor right hand.

I used the same colors as listed above except I used CQ Crimson Pearl for the stamping and hair bow.

Here's some others who are also participating in the challenge:

Paint That Nail

Obsessed With Glitter

Nails and Stuff

Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Base Coat Top Coat

KK Nails

Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

My Polish Stash

Finger Painted

Polish, and Makeup, and Cars, Oh my!

My Wet Nails

24 Days of Christmas Challenge, Day 5: Snowman Face

Just a quick post today.

Colors used:

Finger Paints Paper Mache (3) -- white

Wet n Wild Black Creme

Wet n Wild Sunny Side Up (nose)

L.A. Colors Art Deco 24K Glitter

Here's some others who are also participating:

Paint That Nail

Obsessed With Glitter

Nails and Stuff

Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Base Coat Top Coat

KK Nails

Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

My Polish Stash

Finger Painted

Polish, and Makeup, and Cars, Oh my!

My Wet Nails

24 Days of Christmas Challenge, Day 4: Snowman

 For the base, I used Rimmel Chill and 2 coats. It worked out better for me than the last time I used it.

 Then I put on 1 coat of Wet N Wild Blue Wants to be a Millionaire to add some glitter to background. Besides, who doesn't like glitter?

I added in all the details with a variety of colors, stamping tools, and a tiny brush.

Here's some others who are also participating:

Kristyn at Paint That Nail

Kaki at Obsessed With Glitter

Shannara at Nails and Stuff

Theodora R. at Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Kelly at Base Coat Top Coat

Krishten at KK Nails

Steffi at Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

Sabine at My Polish Stash

24 Days of Christmas, Day 3: Icicles

I was having a hard time trying to figure out what I wanted to do for this since I really didn't think I could draw them very well.  Well, I decided to try this idea done by Practice with Polish. I think I did a really good job!

First, I used a base of Finger Paints Sparkle Top Coat to add shimmer and cover up my nail bed a bit. Then I used Rimmel French White Nail Tip Liner to free hand some french tips. It was really easy with this!

To do the actual icicles, I used a dotting tool, but you could also used a toothpick or a bobby pin. I placed a small dot on the end of the white and pulled it down toward my cuticle. I swiggled some to make sure they were imperfect.

Next, I used a small brush to put glitter over the icicles to add some shine like when the sun shines on them. The color is Sinful Colors Queen of Beauty. I followed it up with Seche Vite.

It's not my favorite design, but I think I pulled it off!

Plus, here's some other bloggers doing the challenge.

Kristyn at Paint That Nail

Kaki at Obsessed With Glitter

Shannara at Nails and Stuff

Theodora R. at Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Kelly at Base Coat Top Coat

Krishten at KK Nails

Steffi at Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

Sabine at My Polish Stash

24 Days of Christmas, Day 2: Snowflakes

I really love the way this manicure turned out!  My right hand, of course, is not as nice but still looks pretty good. My husband said I should hide that hand. Jerk.

After my base coat, I used two coats of China Glaze Sea Spray. I really like the color, but my bottle is pretty thin so it's fairly easy to flood the cuticles.

Then I used a coat of Finger Paints Sparkle Top Coat to add some nice subtle shininess.

Then I used my white Migi nail art pen to draw on the snowflakes. You can put them all in the middle of your nail, but I choose to make them off center.

I added small dots of clear coat on the nail and put light blue rhinestones on there.

Finally, I topped it all off with 2 thick coats of Seche Vite.

Here's some others who are also participating:

Kristyn at Paint That Nail

Kaki at Obsessed With Glitter

Shannara at Nails and Stuff

Theodora R. at Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Kelly at Base Coat Top Coat

Krishten at KK Nails

Steffi at Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

Sabine at My Polish Stash

24 Days of Christmas Challenge, Day 1: Snowfall

This is a great challenge that Paint That Nail came up with!

I normally don't do challenges, but I thought I would do this one was I have soooo many ideas that I want to do for Christmas so this would give me the chance to showcase all of them!

I'm not sure who is all participating (other than Paint That Nail) but I'll link to others as soon as I find out.

I only have 1 picture because it was dark when I took the pictures, and even my DSLR was having a hard time.

Snowfall

I used several different colors for this. Base is 2 coats of Revlon Blue Lagoon. Then I used Sally Hansen Ice Queen to add some sparkle. Next, I sponged on some Finger Paints Paper Mache with a cosmetic sponge, dabbed on some with a Q-tip to give texture, and added some dots for snowflakes falling.  Finally I sponged on some Finger Paints Sparkle Top Coat just over the accumulated snow to add more sparkle.

This didn't turn out quite like I planned it, but I still really like it!


Here's some others who are also participating:

Kristyn at Paint That Nail

Kaki at Obsessed With Glitter

Shannara at Nails and Stuff

Theodora R. at Red Hair and Black Nail Polish

Ally-Rose at The Only Way is Nails

Kelly at Base Coat Top Coat

Krishten at KK Nails

Steffi at Me, Myself, and Nail Polish

Sabine at My Polish Stash

24 Days of Christmas Challenge

Kristyn at Paint That Nail has come up with a great idea! She has thought up a new challenge, this time centered around Christmas! The challenge is only 24 days since most of us won't want to do designs on Christmas Day.  This is the first challenge I've participated in, and I'm excited!

Here's the list:

Anyone else going to particpate?

Monday Mani: Fierce Accent

This week's Monday Mani as decided at Polish-aholics Anonymous is . . . Fierce Accent!

I took this to mean bling, bling, and more bling!

With flash

 On every finger but my ring, I used Milani One Coat Glitter Purple Gleam. It actually need 2 coats to cover fully, but it looks amazing.

I followed it up on the ring finger with 2 coats of China Glaze Blonde Bombshell to make it super sparkly and to prevent bald spots. Then I put on Milani Jewel FX Gold over that. I put on one coat of this and then blobbed it on the to cover up the rest. It covers really well, actually!

With flash

Both of these pictures are without top coat. This picture shows the major bling the best. The purple looks gritty here, but it's not that bad. I really should have put on a top coat though.