Winter Holo French Mani

I wanted to do a wintery look so I used some polishes that I picked up from Pretty Polish n Things on Etsy.  She has a great deal going, 3 holo polishes for $25 which is what I purchased.  I picked Ruby Slipper, Royal You, and the Holo Top Coat.  

For this mani I used Nail Tek II Intensive Therapy for the base.  Once that was dry I put 2 coats of the Holo Top Coat and free handed Royal You above the smile line then added another coat of the Holo Top Coat so that the linear holo would be blended.  I sealed it with INM Out The Door.

I just love the glitter and shimmer of the holographic polishes.  These are linear holos too which are my favorite.  I love the scattered holos too but the linear just have that BAM!!  lol  Here is a blurry shot to show the pretty rainbow effect of the holo.

I wanted to try out my new stamper that I got on Ebay.  In the past I haven't had any luck with stamping at all.  This time it did ok.  I want to practice more but I was pretty pleased with this lol.  I used China Glaze Liquid Leather for this.

 Then I added a few rhinestones.  This is a first for me.  I bought the rhinestones a while back but hadn't had the opportunity to use them.  I'm not sure how I feel about them.  I think I should have used the smaller ones.  =/

Oh well, it's all in fun right?  lol.  I want to figure out a different mani to do with the rhinestones.  When I do I'll post it.  Any suggestions?

Candy Cane Colors Needle Drag Mani

Ok so I really stink at needle marble nail art but I just had to give it a shot using the candy cane colors that I saw it on another blog somewhere.  It looks really really bad but here it is.......

 See...horrible lol.  

It started out with just 2 accent nails.....

It looked ok...not great but doable.  But I just couldn't leave well enough alone lol.  Typical me...I had to screw it up lol.  Oh well...live and learn lol.
 
So here is how I did it...

I put Nail Tek II base coat/ridge filler on my nails and once it dried I used Salon Perfect Snow Flurry which is an absolutely gorgeous sparkly white polish...I wish the camera would have picked up the sparkle.  For the stripes I used the no name liner/brush squirt bottles in red and white..these are the same liners that I used on my last post.  Then I used a small dotting tool to do the needle drag technique.  I sealed it with INM Out The Door Top Coat.

Maybe one day I'll figure out what I am doing wrong so I can make this look as pretty as I have seen on other blogs.  Fingers crossed!!!!

Merry Christmas everyone.

Christmas Lights Nail Art

I love seeing Christmas lights every year.  There are two streets near where I live that every house decorates.  I drive to both streets every year.  There is a neighborhood in the Houston area where almost the entire neighborhood decorates...it is absolutely amazing.  The neighborhood is called Prestonwood Forest, I used to go out there to see all of the beautiful lights and displays.  It is a bit of a drive from me now and since I am all alone I haven't been out there in a few years.  

I figured I would put some lights on my nails so I could see the lights any time I wanted to lol.  It is a very easy mani to do too.  Start off with a base coat and when that dries take either a liner brush with black polish or you can use what I did which is a squirt type of liner polish.  No brush was needed using it.  Anyways, draw a curvy or loopy line on your nails for the cord.  Let that dry and then grab all different colors to do the light bulbs.  Apply the colors either with the same type of squirt polish liner or you can use a liner brush or even a dotter.  Once that dries and your nails are really colorful put on a top coat.  I chose to add a glitter top coat and then a regular top coat to seal it.

The products I used are

Nail Tek II base coat/ridge filler
A black liner squirt bottle (no name brand)
LA Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquers in blue, red, orange, yellow, pink, purple, and white.
China Glaze Fairy Dust
Poshe Top Coat 
A short liner brush and nail polish remover to clean the brush between colors.

Here is a pic of the squirt bottle nail art polishes I use...I purchased them on Ebay really cheap.  They can be used as a squirt bottle for very thin lines or open it up and use the brush that is inside.  Taped to the bottom of the bottle is a really tiny really thin wire that is used to unclog the squirt part.  These come in creme colors and glitters.

 Here is a pic of LA Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquer which I purchased at Family Dollar.  These come in creme colors as well as shimmers and glitters.

 

Christmas Dotticure

I wanted to do a Christmas dot mani which is one of the easiest manis in the world to do.  Polish your nails with the base color then get your dotting tool and dot away in any random order.  There is no wrong or right.  You can mix and match colors and sizes of dots.  You can never go wrong with a dotticure!!!

The colors I used are 

Nail Tek II Intensive Therapy as the base coat
Revlon Sequin as the base color
China Glaze Phat Santa
Kleancolor Grass Green 
Wet n Wild The Gold and the Beautiful
Poshe for the top coat

Christmas Starburst

I started out thinking I just wanted to have silver starbursts but it just wasn't enough....

So I added some white and green and that looked more like a fern than a starburst lol.....

So then I added some black and more silver with a touch of white to hi-lite...I was finally satisfied lol.

Here is a better view of how the silver looks on my thumb...so sparkly!!

 

 

 Festive enough?  I love the end look.  It almost reminds me of fireworks.  A change of colors and this could be used for New Years or the 4th of July. =)

The polishes and tools I used were:

Nail Tek II Intensive Therapy
China Glaze Emerald Sparkle
China Glaze With Love
Maybelline Color Show Pedal to the Medal
Kleancolor Green Grass
Wet N Wild Black Creme
Wet N Wild French White Creme
INM Out the Door

I used a long thin liner brush for the striping on the starbursts.

Christmas Colors Meet Diagonally

For this mani I decided to go simple.  I chose China Glaze Ruby Pumps, China Glaze Emerald Sparkle, and for the silver stripe I used Maybelline Color Show in Petal to the Metal with Nail Tek II Intensive Therapy as the base and INM Out the Door as the topcoat.  This was such a super easy mani.  After putting the base on and letting it dry I put a strip of tape diagonally across each nail and painted Ruby Pumps on the bottom section and removed the tape immediately.  I then free-handed the Emerald Sparkle on the top portion of each nail.  Once that dried I got a thin liner brush and put a stripe of Petal to the Metal at the meeting point of the two other colors then topped it all off with a coat of Out the Door.  

The camera refused to take a clear picture.  =/  I think that the glittery sparkles just freaked the camera out lol.  Anyways, it is a simple and clean yet really sparkly and gorgeous mani that anyone can do.  Enjoy!

Santa Hat Nail Art

Very easy and super cute Christmas nail art.  I used some chevron French manicure guides to form the triangle part of the hat.  Then I used my nail dotting tool to make the ball on top and the 'fur' on the bottom.  The polishes I used are Nail Tek II Intensive Therapy, China Glaze Phat Santa for the red (how appropriate right lol) and for the white I used China Glaze Snow Me White.  On the other nails I added some sparkle with Kleancolor Silver Star making sure not to use the stars, just the glitter.  Then to seal everything I used INM Out the Door.  Quite festive don't you think?