OPI I Love You Just Be-Cusco

Today's post in my backlog is a swatch of OPI I Love You Just Be-Cusco. I’m not normally a red person, but I got this because of my own connection to Cusco, Peru. 

The tone of this red is stunning though, and I love how it looks on me.

I used two coats for full coverage.

KBShimmer Iris My Case

I hope you had a good New Year's Eve and that 2019 is off to a good start for you.

I'm starting off my 2019 with my first Happy Planner. I had a planner last year, but I think this one will help me be more organized. Plus my type A personality likes it better :)

To start off this year, I have a few swatches I haven't posted yet so I'm going to get those out of the way before getting back to regularly scheduled posts.

Today I have KBShimmer Iris My Case. I picked this polish up at Polish Con Minneapolis. KBShimmer makes the best crelly polishes. I was debating between this one and another color and asked Chrissy personally. She chose Iris for me, and it was a good choice.

I swatched this a while ago so I'm not sure if it took 2 or 3 coats, but it's beautiful either way. 

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Gingerbread Skittles

Happy holidays! This is likely my last holiday themed mani that I have for this year.

Products used:
China Glaze Kalahari Kiss
China Glaze Mingle With The Kringle
Zoya Emilia
Zoya Sookie

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Red and Green Bows

For today's manicure, I went with a simple color block style with a bow accent.

When I starting doing this manicure, I looked a bit like a mess. I should have had faith because it turned out really well and was super easy to do.

For my process, I started with a base coat. Then I painted half of my nail red using OPI I Love You Just Be-Cusco. For this next part, I highly recommend a very opaque polish, especially if you do it how I did. I took Zoya Wyatt and freehanded the block on top. Since Wyatt is so opaque, I only needed the one coat and it covered up my sloppy red block easily.

I finished this mani with these tiny bow gemstones.

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Santa Cats

Today's manicure is featuring this super adorable stamp from MoYou London. There's tons of cute images on there, but I decided to use this and keep the mani simple in order to keep it in the spotlight.

For the stamping, I used a base of Sally Hansen White On and stamped using Girly Bits Fire Engine Red. I painted my other nails Zoya Merida.

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Simple Christmas Tree Nails

Today's mani is super simple. I started with a green holographic polish. It's from an indie who is no longer around, but any green holographic (or polish for that matter) would do!
After applying top coat letting my polish fully dry, I used a ribbon style stencil and Zoya Chyna for the tree. I left the texture of Chyna there for something different.

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Ornaments

For today's seasonal nails, I have some pretty Christmas ornaments. 

I used Ever After Mulled Wine plus Barry M Silver, Funky Fingers Dark Knight, and a no-name stamping plate.

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Blue & White

For today's nails, I went with a sparkly blue and white snowflake manicure. We've only gotten snow once this season in my part of Wisconsin, and it didn't last long. At least I have some on my nails for a bit :)

Products used:
Too Fancy Lacquer Velvet Nights
China Glaze Glistening Snow

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Candy Cane

For today's holiday nails, I went candy cane inspired.

Products used:

*KBShimmer Fireball (glitter)
*KBShimer Chilly Pepper
*Spiral nail vinyls

*a black and white polish

Winter/Christmas Nails 2018: Snowman Nails

Sorry I was absent for a lot of November. I was very busy with my small business, and my husband had surgery. Life seems to have calmed down now so I'm back with a bunch of manis for December.

For today, I have these cute snowman nails. I've seen these around Pinterest, and I decided to do them myself.

Products used:
OPI Alpaca My Bags
Funky Fingers Scattered Sea She

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