Reindeer and Sleigh... Fail :(

Well if your reading this then the world didn't end. I figured as much. anyways, Today is Reindeer and Sleigh nails. Oh my lord, this was such a fail for me. I tried several polishes for stamping and I had to keep removing the stamping because it didn't want to fully transfer. I wanted it turn out so much different they it did. In the end I figured out what the problem was (needed more topcoat to create an even surface for the stamping), and I just gave up and said F it.

 I started out with 2 coats of Revlon "Coastal Surf" what is a pretty sky blue and the application was wonderful.

 Using a makeup sponge I did a gradient using Sinful Colors "Neptune" which is a darker blue with a silver micro glitter. I should have used darker colors to make it look more like a nighttime sky. Looks more like the middle of the day lol.

 I felt like I need a little something more so I added China Glaze "Snow Globe" to the tips of the nails to look like snow fall.

 I ended up using 2 thick coats of topcoat to even it all out.

 These are the plates I used for the stamping.

 I should have used a darker color for the stamping since you can barely see the stamping :( whomp whomp lol.

 I used Sally Hansen "Silver Sweep" for stamping. I really wanted to add a red rhinestone on the pinkie nail for Rudolph, but I didn't have enough room. whomp whomp again!

Oh No!! the present broke in half... I hope Santa has insurance lol.

So yeh total nail fail. Almost didn't want to post, but they can't all be winners. I think the nail failures are when we learn the most. I learned to make sure that my base is always even before stamping, and I need to find more polishes for stamping lol.

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Presents/Gift Wrap Nails

 Today we have gift wrap nails. I'm really happy with how they turned out. I've been trying to do more stamping lately and I've realized it is so much easier when you have polish that actually works good for stamping lol.

 My base polish is 2 coats of China Glaze "Running In Circles" from the new Cirque de Soleil collection. I really love this polish and it applies awesome. It's such a pretty polish and since it's green I love it even more lol.

 It's a glitter polish, but it's not gritty and I found removal to be pretty easy not like normal glitter polish.

 For stamping I used Sally Hansen "Silver Sweep" which works so good for stamping that when I first used it I realized how much I like stamping :) I also used it with a striping brush to make my "ribbons" on the package.

 I used a few different stamps because I didn't want all my nails to look the same and I also changed the placement of the bows for the same reason.

 I'm very happy with the final result and I think they look like real presents lol... well if they were really small anyways.

I want to apologize if this post is a bit rambling or weird but I've had a migraine most of the day and I had to take some medication and I feel a little foggy right now. I want to thank everyone for reading and don't forget   tomorrow is the last day to enter my 400 follower giveaway, so please do so if you haven't already!!

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Festival Of Lights

 Today's theme is "Festival Of Lights" I've been looking forward to this one because I've been wanting to try our the string lights nail art. I wanted it to look like light strung up outside so I started with a white base.

I started with 2 coats of China Glaze 'White On White" the first coat was a bit streaky, but the second coat evened it all out. I wanted to make it look a little more like snow, so....

I added 2 coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri "In A Flash" which gave my nails a bit of a frosty look, which I felt gave it the perfect look.

   

 After I added a quick dry coat to the base, I used a nail art pen to create the black lines which is the "string" part of the lights.

 Then using a dotting tool I added the colors randomly to each nail. At first I thought it looked to crowded, but then I realized that's how it should look :)

 The colors I used are: China Glaze 'Dorothy Who?'

 China Glaze 'Ruby Pumps'

  

 China Glaze 'Running In Circles'

 Wet N Wild '9.0.2.1.Orange'

 and Wet N Wild 'The Gold & The Beautiful"

I really like how it turned out and I next time I'll try and space out the "lights' a little more and see how that turns out.

Thank you for reading and please let me know what you think and don't forget to check out the other ladies below :)

Oh and I have some awesome polishes set aside for my next giveaway (which will be when I reach 600 followers)

Candy Canes

Today's theme is gingerbread and candy canes, I didn't have any stamping plates with gingerbread men so I decided to just do candy cane striped nails. I'm sure a lot of people did it so it's not that original, but I think my colors might make my nails stand out a little from the rest of the crowd.

 

 I started off with 2 coats of  Sally Hansen "Ivory Skull"

 

 I then applied about 5-6 pieces of striping tape on each nail and applied two thin coats of O.P.I. "The Spy Who Loved Me" on my pointer, middle, and pinkie nails. I really like this red because of the beautiful shimmer in the the polish.

 The color is a little off, but you can see the shimmer on the left side of the nail. It's more visible in real life. 

 

 I the used 2 thin coats of one of my favorite greens China Glaze "I'm With The Lifeguard" on my thumb, and ring finger. I switched the direction of the tape on my ring finger, just because. and my right hand is the opposite direction.

 

 I know that it's a little sloppy, but I have excuses lol. I ended up doing this mani last night and nothing wanted to go right. First, my left hand slipped at some point and somehow I broke my ring finger nail (but I guess it is ok because now it's the same length as the rest of my nails.) An odd thing about me is I HATE clipping my nails just because one breaks. So most of the time my nails are all different lengths, but I just can't do it. As of right now all of my nails are somewhat the same length as all the others.

 

 Anyways, I think that the neon green kinda makes my mani a little different then the usual candy cane look.

 

 I hurried to add top coat since it was getting really late and I needed to go to bed so I got a bit of streaking. Not very noticeable from a far lol.

 

 So these are my candy cane nails, which also happens to be one of the things I actually like about the holidays, and each year then come out with even more flavors :)

 

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Snowflakes and Snowfall

So this is the start of a new challenge. I'm looking forward to this one since it's only twice a week instead of every day. It was set up by Crumpet's Nail Tarts, a facebook group that I just recently joined. If you want to join in on the challenge, just request to join the group! I was so excited that I did this mani a couple of days ago :)

 

Here is the schedule for the challenge:

 When I saw snowflakes, I knew exactly what I was going to do.

 

 I started out with 2 coats of O.P.I. "DS Magic" It is a beautiful blue and I found myself staring at my nails because it is very eye catching. I got a few compliment (including from my boss, who's male) on my nails too.

 

 The formula was perfect and it applied great. You can kinda see more of a purple flash on the ring finger, that was from me applying a coat of Max Factor "Fantasy Fire" but I didn't like it so I covered it up.

 

 China Glaze "Make A Spectacle" reminded me of snow, even though it was from the Halloween collection this year. I did 2 coats on my ring fingers for an accent.

 

 

 Then using Sally Hansen Insta-Dri "Silver Sweep" and stamping plates RA-119 and BM-323 I applied pretty pretty snowflakes on my nails. I was so happy that it turned out how I pictured it in my head.

 

 

 I've tried stamping in the past with mixed results, but I finally realized that it's all in the polish you use. I guess the Insta-Dri polishes are great for stamping.

 

Well that's my Snowflake nails. Make sure to check out the other girls nails and thanks for reading!

 

 

Snake Inspired

Today I have mani to how you that I did awhile go. It was inspired by a picture of a snake I found on pintrest. I like how it turned out, and I plan on trying it again soon because I think I can do better.

First off here is my inspiration:

Source: tropicalherping.com via Raeven on Pinterest

 

Such a pretty color combo. Every time I look at this picture I also laugh a little to myself because he (or she) kinda looks like their smiling :) It's all in the eyes lol.

 

I forgot to take a picture of the base color, but It was just a fleshy color. Is fleshy even a word??? Oh, well it is now!

 The base color is Revlon "Bare Bones"

 

 Over that I did 2 (or 3) coats, I can't totally remember, of Nicole by O.PI. "Yellow It's Me" It is a sheer yellow, with and orange shimmer. I think it's really pretty and that says a lot because I really don't care for yellows. I pretty much only got it because I thought it was different than anything I already had.

 

 I think this polish worked great for this design. Almost perfectly :)

 

 Next I used China Glaze "Riveting" (which is one of my favorite polishes) and sponged it on over YIM.

 

 Lastly, I used a a awesome black nail art pen I got at some cheap accessory store at the mall.

 

 The cool thing about this thing is you can take the little plastic cap off and it's a very fine point and you have to squeeze the bottle, or you can take the whole top off and use it as a striper. For $2.00 each I think it was an awesome find. I bought most of the colors they had.

 

 I like how this turned out and I think next time I do it, it will be much better.

 

 I feel like I really captured the coloring of the snake, and it kinda makes me think of a tiger.

 

 Since it was the first time using the nail art pen it took a little getting use to.

All in all I'm happy with how it turned out.

 

Do you think this looks similar to the source picture? What do you think?

 

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