Mistletoe Tips!

Believe it or not, this mani has been sitting in archives for almost a year! These are the nails I was wearing on Boxing Day last year, just never got around to sharing on the blog.   I personally love these kind of funky french mani's but they don't always seem to be terribly popular when I blog about them.  None the less, I love how these turned out!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Bride's Bouquet (no pix as I've shared many times before).  Added a light coat of NYX Silver Glitter at the tips.



Added Essence Nail Art Twins Julia over the silver glitter for more interest.



Stamped using Fauxnad E03 using Sally Hansen Jumpin' Jade.



Apparently fishing out glitter is nothing new to me, as last year I fished out glitter from Lush Lacquer Ho Ho Holidays for the berry accents.






Bottle shot of Lush Lacquer Ho Ho Holidays.



Topped with SV to finish.



Hope you are having a fantastic weekend....and although I know it's a busy time of year, please be sure to check back soon for some exciting giveaway news!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Red, Gold and Green; Day 5

Day 5 of the Digit-al Dozen challenge!  Made it!  I think I always say this at the end of every DD challenge as the challenges are always a challenge.....at least to me anyway!  When I was looking for a polish to use for this last mani, I thought I've already used green and gold for bases for challenge mani's, why not use red for a base for the last one? I remembered that I had ordered a few Shimmer polishes** as part of the Black Friday promotion, including Shimmer Cindy to use for holiday themed mani's as it seemed to be a perfect holiday colour.....not to mention being glowy and sparkly as well...aka, perfect for the holidays!!  This is what I came up with.

Started with a base of two coats of Shimmer Cindy and Shimmer Tracy, topped with SV.  (I've shown in a couple different lighting situations; the darker version is more colour accurate). 

When I was applying Shimmer Tracy, one coat looked to be the right amount to use as a sparkly gold topper over a base polish.  (It would also would be great for glitter interest at tips for funky frenches, which I love to do!)  But fantastic that full coverage is achieved in two easy coats! It's the best of both worlds!

Keeping with the red, gold and green theme, added a few random dots using piCture pOlish Kryptonite, no topcoat.

Lastly added a few small accent dots using CND Gold Chrome.  This pix has no topcoat.

Topped with SV to finish.

Here's bottle shots of Shimmer Cindy and Shimmer Tracy.





Both of these colours are perfect for the holiday season!

Edit on Dec 16, 2013:  I used NPB Glitter A-Peel as a base; the removal of all this glitter was a breeze because of it!

Hopefully you have enjoyed all the DD's Red, Green and Gold mani's!

Here's the other ladies Day 5 mani's!



Thanks for looking!

**In the interest of disclosure as I will be doing reviews for Shimmer Polish, I purchased 9 Shimmer polishes via the Etsy shop (including both of these polishes) to take advantage of the Black Friday discount being offered.   A few days prior to that, I had been contacted by Shimmer Polish and asked to do reviews for the brand, which I had agreed (with lots of excitement I must add as I had always admired them but didn't own any...they were even on my w/l!)   Shimmer Polish sent many polishes to review..... .needless to say, there will be lots of Shimmer Polishes showing up here between my purchases and those sent for review! There was an overlap in what I bought and what was sent for review; I have two bottles of four different polishes as I did not know what polishes Shimmer was sending.  At this time, I'm not sure what I'll be doing with the ones I purchased that I now have two....giveaway perhaps or ROAK to nail friends....however, there may be some Shimmer Polishes that have a review disclosure and others that do not as they were paid for by me. I've done a special Shimmer Polish disclosure in my disclaimers page.

Digit-al Dozen Does Red, Gold and Green; Day 4

When I did this mani, I was all impressed with myself because I thought I found the ultimate challenge appropriate polish......a green base with red, green and gold glitter!  Perfect for the challenge!  So off I did my nails.  Howeverrrrrr, it wasn't until I uploaded these pix I see the blue glitter......making it not as perfect as I thought. While it's still OK I suppose (and will have to do as I have nothing else to post in it's place!) , I was a little disappointed in myself as I was trying to stay true to the scheme of the challenge.   Anyway, here's what I came up with (just pretend you don't see blue glitter!)



Started with a base of three coats of Dare2Wear Mood Polish, Night Stars 2 White Cloud.  I have no idea if in fact this does change and surmise it won't as it's so old.  I've been wearing it for a while now and haven't noticed anything .but if I do notice it changing while I'm wearing it, I will update the post!





It dries on the matte side, so added a layer of topcoat.



This is a fairly busy base, so wanted some simple stamping.  Decided upon Cheeky Jumbo 6 Happy Holidays, using CND Gold Chrome.



I was a little annoyed as the mis-stamping of the star on every finger so decided to add random red star glitters.  No fishing for glitter this time as I happen to have a little pack of loose stars...yeah me!  So much easier than fishing glitter out of a polish.  I initially was going to add a red star to each tree top, which I did do on the thumb which was the first finger I did, but it was far too busy for my liking.  So for the rest of them, I just placed on the flawed star image.



Topped with SV to finish.




I'm on the fence if this is funky cool or if I overdid it with the red star glitter.  It's not as garish in real life as you can pretty much only see the gold and red glitter in the base but I don't know....

Anyway, here's the other ladies Day 4 mani's!




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Digit-al Dozen Does Red, Green and Gold; Day 3

Day 3 of the Digit-al Dozen challenge! I just realized that this is the third consecutive mani that I've posted where I've fished out glitters from KBShimmer Kringle all the Way.  At this rate, I'm going to have to order a replacement bottle just to have for mani's and use the one I have for glitter fishing! 

Started with a base of two coats of Smitten Polish Enchanted Forest with an accent of China Glaze Mingle with Kringle, no topcoat.  (Please excuse the little lump on the middle finger.  There was something in my base coat and in the interest of time, I didn't remove it, not realizing it would seem so obvious in the pix!)

Added a layer of KBShimmer Kringle all the Way on accent.  I must say, this is a perfect combination for the holiday season!  I have a note to do a full mani like this at some time over the holidays; perhaps New Year's Eve....



Added stamping using BM-SE1 using CND Gold Chrome as the stamping polish





Fished out a few glitters from KBShimmer Kringle All the Way to accent the stamping.





.Topped with SV to finish.





Have you been enjoying Red, Green and Gold week?  I've pretty much been sticking to holiday themed mani's so far but have been hugely impressed with the other ladies coming up with some creative mani's that aren't centered around the holidays!

Here's the other ladies Day 3 mani's!


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Digit-al Dozen; Red, Gold and Green; Day 2

I did this mani shortly after visiting the Girly Bits display; you can see that post here.  One of the polishes that really captured my attention was Girly Bits Eggnogoholic; I didn't buy it at the show as I knew I already had it in my stash from a prior purchase, but after visiting the display and seeing it again, I wanted to wear it right away....I couldn't believe it was still an untried! After picking out an image from my plate stash, I knew how I could incorporate it into a Digit-al Dozen challenge mani; here's what I came up with!

Started with a thin base coat of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and topped with one coat of Eggnogoholic on all fingers except thumb, which is two. (Unfortunately, these pix were taken at a time that I was having terrible cuticles, so I edited the ouchies a little, this is the only editing completed to the pix other than cropping, but thought I would disclose as I do know some are turned off by photo editing.  Looking at these pix, if I was an editing pro, I would have adjusted the red hand flare-up so I think its pretty obvious no other touch ups have been done!)

Stamped using Pueen 15 using Barry M Gold Foil Effects.  I think this is a stunning combination even if the pix don't portray it lol! Unfortunately, my lens didn't know quite where to focus so the pix isn't as clear or sharp as it could be.

Pueen15

I decided to add little glitter berries to the flowers to get red and green in the mix along with the gold to make it challenge appropriate.  Because I'm not a polish maker, I didn't have any small loose glitter on hand, so (and don't think I'm crazy!) I fished out the very small glitter pieces from KBShimmer Kringle All The Way and placed them individually as berries.  You cannot imagine how long this took .....!

The end result. 

Topcoated with HKGirl QD to finish.

This is one of those mani's that can't be really appreciated unless you see it in real life; it really is much more than these pix portray...at least I think so!

Here's the other ladies Day 2 mani's.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Red, Gold and Green; Day 1

It's Day 1 of the Digit-al Dozen monthly challenge; this month's theme is Red, Gold and Green. This is the mani I came up with.

Started with a base of three coats of Layla Special Effects 02.




I really wanted the stamping I was going to be adding to stand out so decided to matte this; added a layer of OPI matte.




Stamped using Sally Hansen Insta-dri Jumpin' Jade using images from W232 (wreath), Sugar Bubbles special 02 (tree), Sugar Bubbles special 01 (ornaments), Chez Xmas 001 (mistletoe) and MoYou Festive Collection-03 (string of lights).




Added assortment of

glitters by fishing them out from polishes, mainly from KBShimmer Kringle all the Way.

A quick look at MoYou Festive Collection-03.






Added topcoat to finish.





This mani is doing double duty; my weekend was too busy with my DD's birthday and other holiday related items that I didn't get a change to do something specific for the Nail Polish Canada week 2 contest so it's my entry for this week.  Here's all the entries if you want to check them out and vote for your favourite!




Thanks for looking!