Christmas Nails!

My two Favorite things: Nail Polish and Christmas! On my left hand I did the characters from Rudolph- Bumble, Santa, and Rudolph. On my right hand I did the Grinch and Max. (Yes, I forgot Max's ears...)

Burberry Nails

Burberry inspired nails are trending almost as much as the scarves! For this nail look I used Essie's Sand Tropez for the base and then i used Black, White, and Red stripers to do the design. For the ring finger I used Essie's Little Brown Dress.

Vacation Nails

Sorry for the late post! I wore this when I went to the Outer Banks for vacation. It is an ombre of Revlon Colorstay in Coastal Surf, Nina Ultra Pro in Punki Pink and Orange Flame. I had to do 2-3 coats of the ombre to get it nicely opaque but not overly applied. I then went over with the Seche fast drying topcoat to smooth out the colors and help blend them in. I used a black striper to add the dolphin and palm tree on my ring and pinky fingers. I got alot of compliments and it lasted pretty long! This was one of my favorite nail designs to do over the summer.

Ombre Fire Nails!

I was lookoing for inspiration on the internet and saw a picture of ombre nails. I had to try it out myself. I used Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails in Cool It! Frost as the main base color. It's very sheer so I had to use 3 generous coats of it. The I used the sponge method to add the orange gradation to my tips. The orange is OPI's A Roll in the Hague and it's very opaque and one of my favorite colors. Overall it turned out ok. I realized when i started doing the sponging though, it was lifting up the yellow base I previously painted. i think that is because I didn't let it dry enough. I won't go into detail of how i did it though- I may do that a little later when I retry this (and I definately will do it again!).  But, let me know if you would like a tutorial sooner!

Zoya - Charla

I recently purchased Zoya’s Charla at my local Ulta. It was my first Zoya purchase and it made a great first impression. I used two coats of it and it was very opaque. It has a nice teal base color with green and gold shimmer in it. In the sun, the gold shines through beautifully! The color reminds me of the mermaids in the last Pirates of the Carribean movie (or any mermaids, actually). It did have a slight rough texture but once I applied my Poshe quick drying top coat, it really showed all the colors nicely. I wore it for a little over a week and only had very little chipping! But, like all glitter polishes- It is a pain in the butt to remove. Overall, though, I will definately be purchasing more from Zoya. Hopefully, after this polish, my expectations will continue to be met with this brand. Love this color!

**I used Butter London’s The Full Monty on my ring fingers to accent the gold in Charla. It took 3 coats to get it to a nice opaqueness.