Sparkling peacock

So technically I already posted my last Christmas-themed nails, but I've ended up drawing inspiration from my favourite new ornament on our tree. My mom wanted to get new decorations this year and took me shopping with her. I spotted this beautiful, sparkly peacock that you clip onto a tree branch and decided we had to have it. Unfortunately it kind of blends into the tree and it's hard to see from a distance, but it's still absolutely gorgeous. As a tribute to this ornament, I decided to do some sparkly nails with a peacock accent.

The base coat is "Splash" and the sparkles are "Aqua Crystals", both by LA Colors. For the accent nail, the peacock design is done using "Celeb City" by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear, "Ocean Breeze" by Revlon Scented Nail Enamel, and "Blue Lagoon" by LA Colors. On a side note, most of my nails have just about reached the perfect length, which means they'll probably be breaking off any day now. Fingers crossed that I can keep them long for at least a week!

For anyone interested, here's the ornament that inspired the whole thing:

Santa and his elves

Today I'm posting my last Christmas manicure for the year. Unfortunately I had a terrible time trying to get a good picture of these nails, so hopefully you can forgive me for the less than stellar images.

The green is "Voodoo" and the red is "Cayenne Pepper", both by LA Colors. For the belts, I used Konad Special Polish in black and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in "Golden-I". The green nails actually remind me more of leprechauns than elves, maybe I'll recycle this manicure for St Patrick's Day! Or not.

Well, that's the end of my Christmas nails. I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season and that you all are getting to spend time with those that matter most.

Sparkly Candy Canes

I can't believe it's only four days until Christmas. Four! I think I'm almost ready for it, just a few more things to take care of tomorrow and then I'm in the clear. In keeping with the holiday spirit, I decided to do some candy cane nails.

The red is "red carpet" and the white is "white on", both by Sally Hansen Xtrene Wear. The red is more sparkly than it looks in these pictures, which makes these nails a little distracting. Still, they're perfect for this time of year!

Oh Christmas Tree

After an unexpected and unplanned hiatus from doing my nails, I've finally been inspired to start back up again. Last Friday my family picked up our Christmas tree for this year (we always get a real one) and I thought I'd make my nails match the occasion. I originally saw this design on pshiiit.com and it was quick, easy, and looked fantastic!

The base coat is "Goddess" and the green is "Voodoo", both by LA Colors. The silver and red used for the tree decorations are by Tivoli Art Deco nail art paints. I'm still not sure I like the giant chunks of glitter in the base coat, but other than that I was very happy with this manicure. 

Mint chocolate chevrons

This was, by far, the most time I have ever spent on a manicure. It was 6 hours divided over two days. It should have been so simple. Paint on a colour, slap on some stamping, and add a bit of decoration here and there. Instead, I ran into every imaginable problem. I smudged/dented the base colour multiple times on multiple fingers. I struggled to stamp correctly, often ending up with ugly and unfixable designs. I did my accent nails only to realize they really didn't match the rest of the manicure and had to come up with something new. Finally I ended up with a manicure I'm very happy with, though it certainly should not have taken as long as it did.

The base colour is "Lagoon" by Joe Fresh, and the brown in "Espresson" by Revlon Top Speed. The stamp I used was BM201, and I just filled in some of the lines for the accent nail.

Trying out some new nail bling

I always thought that there was no way that I'd ever put jewels or anything on my nails. It just seemed so bothersome. But the other day I was at claire's picking up some jewellery to complete an outfit and I came across some nail jewels that were on sale. I've been considering getting some just to try them out, and these found me in the right place at the right time. After wearing them for a few days I'm still not sure I'm completely sold, but they've stayed on a lot better than I thought even with me playing with them all the time.

I tried to do a draped chain look for this manicure, not sure if I like it but for a first attempt I'll accept it.

The pearls are a lot bigger than they looked like in the package, I probably won't be wearing those again. but the little jewels aren't too bad! The base colour is "Eggplant" by Joe Fresh, which is more purple than these pictures show, the white is by Konad Special Nail Polish, and the gold and silver are "Golden-I" and "Celeb City" respectively by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear.

Vegas, baby!

Tomorrow morning I'm going to be flying off to Vegas for the first time ever! I am super excited, and for the occasion I wanted to have nails that were a little bit out there but not hard to fix if they start chipping while I'm away. Thankfully my mom bought me one of the Kiss Nail Dress designs that was absolutely perfect! And because they're basically stickers, I can just put a new one on if any of them come off.

I love these so much, I just had to do my toe nails to match. :)

The stickers I used are "Garter" by Kiss Nail Dress, and the toes have a base coat of "Celeb City" by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear, two coats of LA colours in "Sparkling Diamonds", and the design is done with Konad Special Nail Polish in black.

Now, it's off to Vegas!