Day 358) Easy Christmas nails

Hi all,

In exactly half an hour my family comes over for a Christmas party.
Not much time to blog or make a nail art today.
Therefore I kept it really simple.

On the index finger, middle finger and pinky:
- China Glaze 1252 Just Be-Claws
- Essence Metal Glam Gold Topper

On the accent nail (ring finger):
- China Glaze 1117 Angel Wings
- Water decal Santa

 

 

Merry Christmas!

Day 354) Easy Christmas nails

Who says creating something a bit more special for Christmas needs to be hard?
Not me ;D
Especially towards the holidays you can get craft stuff for Christmas at many stores.
Products like glitters, flitters, stars, mini snowmen, stickers etc.
All you got to do is look with a creative eye and as long as it fits the nail it will be fine.

Today I created some nails with these kind of products.
Paint your nails in the same or other color and use the wet polish as glue for your accessories.
Additionally: Add a topcoat.
DONE!

Artificial light

 

Natural light

Day 349) Easy Christmas nails

For today an easy nail art.

Material:
- Golden polish
- Matte topcoat
- Nail art brush
- Red glitter
- Green glitter
- Brush
- Squared rhinestone

Step 1:
Start with applying the golden polish: Catrice Ultimate Nail Lacquer Limited Edition Feathers & Pearls C02 - Golden Twenties

Step 2:
Apply matte topcoat (of course you can skip this step): China Glaze Matte Magic

Step 3:
Make sure that everything is dry.
Use a nail art brush and (matte) topcoat to create your glitter area; the topcoat is for glue.
Drop some red glitter on the nail and remove excess with a brush.

Step 4:
I already like it! Option is to keep it like this.
Again use the nail art brush and topcoat to create your next glitter area. Apply the green glitter and remove excess with the brush.

Step 5:
Optional.
Apply a little dot of topcoat at the centre point of both glitters and apply a (squared) rhinestone.
Have fun!

Day 347) Easy Christmas tree nail designs

Main goal for today:
Swatch my Birthday polish :D

 

 

Morgan Taylor - Make a Statement

 

"Make a Statement" is a light purple glitter polish.

A clear base filled with purple micro glitter and purple and dark purple round glitters.

The camera really had trouble catching all the beauty of this polish. Second image shows a better look of the color but is still too dark.

This polish is great to top over another polish (1 coat) or to wear opaque (3 coats, images above).

The polish dries like a liquid sand; fast, matte and with texture.

 

Because of the texture it is hard to nail art. Therefore simple Christmas tree designs.

I've used a pearly white polish (Pupa) to paint the Christmas trees.

I thought the nail art was already ok but still I went to give it a finishing touch with reddish pink ornaments (Essence Sparkle Sand Effect - 156 Me & My Lover).

 

 

 

Day 344) Easy Christmas nail art

Let me tell you a story :D
This morning, after bringing the kids to school, my hubby and I were on a quest of finding a new Christmas tree.
We've had a fake Christmas tree for years now and the top had broken off which we fixed last year with the tube of the vacuum cleaner :-/
This year I didn't want to do that trick again.
Of course at the first store we saw a beautiful tree with led lights and nicely priced.
But...my hubby had seen an advertisement of an other store with a cheaper tree.
We went there and the tree was ugly (and this is an understatement).
No time left, so back to school to pick up the kids. They have their lunch at home and then have to go to school again.
After bringing the kids again we went back to the first store and guess what....yeah, all sold out grrrrrrrr.
Not only is my broken tree up again, I had to refurbish, refurnish and redocorate my complete living room (duh, I'm a woman :D)
Well, that's why I'm late today but you'll forgive me right?!

Today an easy nail art.
I actually wanted gold glitter on red matte but my gold glitter isn't fine enough.
But I do think this is prettier. So, if you decide to do this and you do have the needed products...go with this combination.

Here is my version:
After the basecoat apply a gold polish (opaque)
After a little drying time apply a matte topcoat.
This needs to be completely dry otherwise your glitter is everywhere.
Then take a striper brush, topcoat and red glitter (this is what I've used) or a glitter nail art pen or even a glitter striper.
With the striper brush and topcoat I've made a horizontal line across the nail, applied the red glitter and went to the next nail.
After each line, take a brush and remove any extra. Then make a second line, glitter and remove surplus and so on till you're pleased with the look.