Twinsie Tuesday: Special Double Holiday

The Twinsies decided to get back together this week for not one but TWO holiday themed looks! The group has a nice mix of ladies, some who celebrate Hanukkah and some who celebrate Christmas, and those are the two themes.

I am not super familiar with Hanukkah so I did created this look which used the blue and silver shades that I have seen in Hanukkah decorations.

For this look I used two different blues and a silver, then added some blue glequins for fun. I love how the two blues work together so perfectly, in a subtle manner.  

Onto my Christmas look!

With this look I used the stamping decal technique to create the accent nails and I absolutely love how they turned out. I  have tried this technique before but this was probably my favorite attempt at it, and the matte finish gave this look a little something extra.

Time to check out what the other Twinsies created for this Holiday season!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing
Bridget at A Painted Nail

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision​

 

Holiday Nail Look Round-Up

As you know I've been taking a little break from blogging this holiday season, focusing on work and family, but I will be back on a regular basis in January. Today however, I have rounded up some awesome holiday nail looks from some of the fellow blogging beauties of the BBC to share with you!

Katherine from ProcrastiNails created this cute Christmas Tree look. Click HERE for her original post.



Amber from Nails Like Lace created this super bright and fun Neon Snowflake look. Click HERE for her original post.

Jessica from Polish Insomniac is loving the Gwen Stefani for OPI Holiday Collection. Click HERE for her original post.

Sheila from Pointless Café created this awesome freehand snow globe look. Click HERE for her original post.

Ashley from Ashley is Polish Addicted created this cool winter frost look. Click HERE for her original post.

Leelo from Beauty by Miss L. created this dotted cute Christmas tree look. Click HERE for her original post.

Kelli from The Nail Polish Challenge created this classy matte Christmas tree accent nail look with glequins. Click HERE for her original post.

Jessica from Be Happy & Buy Polish created this adorable Santa with his Naughty List look. Click HERE for her original post.

Stephanie Louise, from All Things Beautiful XO recently created this fun and sparkly look. Click HERE for her original post.

Marcia, from Beauty Info Zone shares with us the perfect red for the holidays. Click HERE for her original post.

These are all perfect for the holidays and if you're in need of inspiration, I hope you found some in this round up!

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Dots - Look 2

Since the holiday season is approaching, I felt like getting a little festive with this look. Instead of going crazy with Christmas colors, I went for a winter feel with this one.

Polishes Used:
-Precision Lacquer - On Cloud 9
-Gosh - Tilted Blue
-Rica - Whiteout

This look is sort of more than just dots (obviously, lol). I have a little bit of saran wrap, lines, and dots in this one. It's ok to take some creative liberties with the themes. I love the look and feel of this manicure; perfect for the season.

Let's see how the other ladies  are rocking their dots with their second looks:

An InLinkz Link-up

What I Wore: Thanksgiving Edition

Remember when I used to do a What I Wore [on my nails] post? Yeah, it's been a while. Any way, I didn't show the nails that I wore on Thanksgiving yet, so I thought I would share those with you today. I woke up on Thanksgiving morning to see that it had snowed a bit so I felt like doing something along those lines.

Polishes Used:
-Rica - Whiteout
-Maybelline - Bold Gold
-China Glaze - I'd Melt for You
-Bundle Monster - BM-H02

This look did NOT want to be photographed at all; thank you white & metallic polishes, lol. But I did love this look, so much so that I kept it on for a couple days after Thanksgiving as well. I apologize for the "wet" fingers in these pictures, but the cold weather has been reeking havoc on my cuticles, so I am constantly lathering them up (with my KB Shimmer Cuticle Oil - in Peppermint Scent for the holidays -- PS I highly recommend this Cuticle Oil - it smells delish and moisturizes perfectly).

Who's excited to be getting into Winter themed manicures?

Twinsie Tuesday: Seasonal Gradient

I know I said it last week, but I am really happy to be part of this group of lovely ladies!

This week's Twinsie Tuesday theme is Seasonal Gradient. Seeing as it's currently winter, I ran with that and created a look based on the "Winter Blues". I definitely get the "blues" in winter; it gets dark early, it's cold, reeks havoc on your nails, skin, makes everything static-y, etc. Like I said, Winter Blues.

Polishes Used:
-OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
-Essie - Borrowed and Blue
-Essie - Coat Azure
-Orly - Decoded
-Out The Door

For this look, I started with a base of My Boyfriend Scales Walls, which is one of my 3 favorite bases for all my nail art (for reference my other two are OPI Apline Snow, and OPI My Vampire is Buff). Once that was dry I used my sponge and did a gradient with MBSW, Borrowed and Blue, Coat Azure, and Decoded. Finally, I added polka dots in MBSW on all my nails and topped it all of with topcoat.

I really love this look and ended up wearing it for a whole day. (I know that sounds crazy, but on the weekends if I am not going out of town, I change up my manis a couple times a day to get prepared for the week with posts lined up, so wearing this for 24hours was a big deal lol) The look turned out exactly how I had envisioned in my head, and I love that!

Make sure to check out the other twinsie's manis!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra

Crumpet's Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge - Winter Nature

Happy Sunday!!! Today I am back with my second mani in the Crumpet's Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge. This look is, Winter Nature.

I had something in mind for this look and I really love how it was executed on the nail :)

Polishes Used:
-OPI - Nail Envy
-NOPI - Midnight Madness
-Revlon - Emerald
-Maybelline - Bold Gold
-Hard Candy - Matte-ly in Love
-Cheeky Jumbo Plate 6 - Happy Holidays

Originally I had planned on just doing gold trees overtop of a green base, however, I decided that adding the dark shimmerly blue with the green in a Saran Wrap mani would give more of the "at night" illusion to this look. Ulitmatley, after stamping I decided it would look good matte; and I loved how the final look turned out! Christmas Trees outside at night!

What do you think? Does this fit with the Winter Nature theme?

Don't forget to check out what the other Nail Tarts did with this theme below!

MAKE THE SEASON MAGICAL WITH CHINA GLAZE®

MAKE THE SEASON MAGICAL WITH CHINA GLAZE®

Los Angeles (October 2013) – Reindeers won’t be the only ones lighting up the night sky this holiday season. China Glaze® Nail Lacquer launches a party-perfect collection sure to get the celebrations started off right. These twist-on-traditional shades and gift sets make perfect party favors, stocking stuffers and gifts (shhh, we won’t tell if the gift is for yourself!).

The China Glaze® Happy HoliGlaze collection features 12 new polishes and one top coat.

There’s Snow One Like You: Limited edition white Texture with matte glitter

Elfin’ Around: Red rust with an aluminum-like mirror finish

Just Be-Claws: Red with an aluminum-like mirror finish

Santa Red My List: Pink/red with an aluminum-like mirror finish

Put A Bow On It: Magenta glitter

Be Merry, Be Bright: Multi-magenta purple glitter

All Wrapped Up: Midnight purple and blue glitter

Your Present Required: Multi-sized and multi-colored glitter

So Blue Without You: Blue with an aluminum-like mirror finish

Bells Will Be Blinging: Blue and gold multi-colored glitter

Mingle With Kringle: Fierce gold with aluminum-like mirror finish

This is Tree-mendous: Green with fine gold glitter

Travel In Colour: Iridescent travel effect top coat

The China Glaze® Happy HoliGlaze collection also features 10 seasonally-inspired gifts.  Gift sets include:

Be Merry: 

Mini bottles of Just Be-Claws, Santa Red My List, Put A Bow On It & Be Merry, Be Bright

Be Bright: 

Mini bottles of Your Present Required, Bells Will Be Blinging, Mingle with Kringle & Be Merry, Be Bright

Touch of Twinkle: 

Just Be-Claws, Santa Red My List & Be Merry, Be Bright

Dash of Dazzle: 

Mingle With Kringle, Bells Will Be Blinging & So Blue Without You

Oh, Joy!: 

Just Be-Claws, Santa Red My List, Your Present Required, & So Blue Without You with a “Joy” necklace

Sparkle All the Way: 

Your Present Required, Be Merry, Be Bright, Just Be-Claws & a purple compact mirror

Get Carried Away: 

Santa Red My List, Your Present Required, So Blue Without You & a silver change purse

Snow Buddy: 

There’s Snow One Like You, Be Merry, Be Bright, Elfin’ Around & a plush polar bear

Holiday Travels: 

18 mini bottles of Travel In Colour in a 12 pc. bucket

 

The China Glaze® Happy HoliGlaze collection will be available in November 2013 at fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide. China Glaze® is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde.

For more information, please visit www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze® on Facebook (@ChinaGlazeOfficial), Twitter (@ChinaGlaze), Pinterest (pinterest.com/chinaglaze) and Instagram (@ChinaGlazeOfficial).

 

 

 

 

Let It Snow! Challenge - Winter Wonderland

This week's theme in Let It Snow! is Winter Wonderland. I am getting so sick of winter weather so I must admit I was uninspired, so I went with a simple wintery scene.

Here we go:

Polishes Used:

-Sally Hansen - White On

-Liquid Lacquer - A Calm Does Not Suit Me

-Konad - Green

-Konad - Black

-American Apparel - Raccoon

-BSP Plate

I decided to wear A Calm Does Not Suit Me with white undies this time and it has a really nice effect. The colors are wintery without having to have white snowflakes. The stamping was simple and reminded me of a scene with a little cottage in the woods. 

Are yo still into the winter weather or are you ready for summer?

Make sure to check out the other Winter Wonderland Manis: