Christmas nail art contest

The lovely Leigh Anne of Polish Yer Hooves has joined together with Nailshine Journey for a Christmas nail art contest! The theme? Your favorite Christmas Carol.

We all have our favorites! Use yours for your manicure inspiration. Rules are as follows: No stamping, stencils, stickers or tapes. Also, you must have it based on your favorite Christmas carol!! How fun does that sound?


You have to hurry though! Entries are only being accepted until December 21. Winners will be drawn December 23.





Here is my manicure. Can you guess what song inspired mine? :)

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!!! :)

Enchanted Polish- Dime Piece

With everything going on with Nova last week. . . I was a bad blogger and skipped my ABC challenge "D" week. So this week I will be doing my "D" polish and my "E" polish! :) Today on the blog we have a polish from the infamous brand Enchanted Polish. This polish was purchased with my own money (or should I say the hubby's ;) hehehe). I fell into the siren's call, but I came out alive and after a longgggg wait due to poor Chelsea's site crashing and a huge oversell. My precious polishes finally arrived this week. *Cue the angels' voices*


I was going to wait to use this gorgeous silver holo for New Year's Eve and you will see why in a minute, but I just could not wait!

Ladies. . . I give to you: Dime Piece

Isn't it the most gorgeous silver holo? Are the siren's calling for you now as well? Don't lie!

I did not grab a picture in the sun, so both of these photos are artificial light. If I can capture some sun tomorrow, I will post the picture on my facebook page.



If you have fallen in love with this gorgeous brand, be sure to go to Chelsea's site and sign up for her newsletter! She will send out a notice when her site will be restocked. Be warned though. . . they sell out fast!!

Penguin Winter Nail art

So last night the girls and I had a "Moscato and Mani Night." I've hosted one similar before and it is always a blast.


I set up the kitchen table with a plastic Christmas table cloth and some yummy food/ polish remover supplies. All of our polish was set up in the other room for us to bring what colors we wanted into the kitchen. (There was a LOT of polish in the house last night ladies! Can you say heaven?)

Also, without telling any of the other girls, each of us got gifts for everyone. It was kind of silly that we all thought the same thing. :)


Here is the set up in the kitchen!

Here is what my lovelies got me. Aren't they the best?! Not pictured is the gifts I got them, but it had: a manicure kit, a Julep polish, and some ghirardelli chocolates!

Wait time between coats of polish is no problem when you have your girls to talk to while you wait!! We were polishing, eating and chatting from about 7 pm - 1:30 am! What a blast!!



I attempted some new nail art! The colors I used were: Chrome Girl - Worth the wait, Julep - Nina, Konad- white and black, Mentality- Gumdrop, and an off brand of silver polish that I got from Tjmaxx in the little girl section (it has no name but the bottle says "I love British Boys" and came as a set). Also incorporated into my design are rhinestones!

What do you think? :)













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Christmas cookie nail art

As you know I had a little bit of a scare with Nova yesterday. Sorry I hadn't done a post. I figured I would share a little bit of nail art I did today.


What better to cheer you up then some cookies?








CHRISTMAS COOKIES!

This was actually done pretty quickly today for a challenge in a group that I am a member in on facebook. (Nail Art Designs) None of the girls had posted a Christmas cookie mani for this week's challenge yet so I figured that I might get the ball rolling. :)


Have you started any Christmas baking yet? I know we have. :) Mint chocolate chip cookies (which are almost gone now!) I still have a few more planned to bake before Christmas. What about you?







Edit: Almost forgot! Polishes used are: Vapid Lacquer- quick dry top coat, Barielle - No not now, Gap- Hunter green, Konad red, Konad white and a Cosmo girl nail art paint.






Thank you for stopping by as always! :)

Daphine Polish Holiday Swatch and review

Not too long ago Joanne at Daphine Polish asked for bloggers to email her their information because she was looking for some new people to swatch and review her new holiday line. I took a shot (being a new blogger) at emailing her (So happy I did!!!) and she said she would love to send me some polishes to review!





On the blog today are two polishes from Daphine Polish's holiday line. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!


First up is Rosina Violet.

This polish is like a glitter explosion of beautiful different sized pink glitters in a clear base. It is named after the Rosina Violet, which is a delicate pink flower. I absolutely fell in love with this gorgeous glitter topper. The glitter was very easy to apply and I did not have to fish around for glitter, as the brush pulled out a multitude!

I topped Rosina Violet over Gap- Kiss and Make up. I think the color combo looks beautiful. :) This glitter topper would look gorgeous over many different colors I'm sure. I can't wait to try it out on other polishes!



The second polish that was sent to me is: Poinsettia

Poinsettia, as stated on Daphine Polish's etsy page, is: "A bold Christmas red loose linear holographic polish."

This polish is so gorgeous! I'm really hoping for some sun tomorrow so I can capture some more of the holo. <3 The formula is fabulous and really only needs one coat. I put two coats on just from habit, but it honestly looked the same with just one coat. We all love one coaters!! :)

I have been searching for a perfect red polish (some red polishes don't fit me very well) and I think I can stop my search!

When I was in middle school . . . I played in the Orchestra and we always had a fundraiser around Christmas time where we would have to sell Poinsettias. This polish not only reminds me of those beautiful plants, but also helps me take a trip down memory lane!


Both of these polishes are 3- Free and can be purchased on Daphine Polish's etsy page. Joanne has sooooo many beautiful polishes besides both of these that you should go check out as well! Well??? What are you waiting for? GOOOOOOO!!! :)




















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Until next time my lovelies!!

Snowflake Stamping with Mentality Polish

Hello my lovelies!!!

Winter is swiftly approaching and I felt it appropriate to do a snowflake manicure. Unfortunately, it does not look like snow will be here for quite some time. Is there a snow dance I can do?


For the main color of my snowflake mani I used Julep Char (yes it is my Shop from your Stash "C" week!)

Such a beautiful blue color! This is actually one coat without topcoat. Can you believe it? LOVEEEE it! :)


Anyway, as you know from previous posts, I won the Mentality Polish giveaway of 33 polishes and I got to choose which ones I wanted. Some of the polishes I chose were from their stamping line. (I am a huge fan of stamping by the way! It is basically which started my obsession with nail polish!)


I have been itching to try them out!

For my snowflakes I used Mentality Polish- Alva and Joy. (Joy is not from their stamping line but worked wonderfully!)


I definitely recommend looking into the Mentality Polish line for stamping if you are looking for fabulous colors to choose from. Their stamping polishes are only $7.75 each, which is a great price compared to the tiny bottles that you get from Konad or other brands!

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Until next time my lovelies!!

Northern Lights mani with Mentality Polish

Today on the blog we have some more nail art. I asked on my facebook page whether I should attempt a northern lights mani or something snow related. Most people said northern lights so here is my attempt!




I used Mentality polish and Shimmer Polish on this manicure.

Sly. . .

Gumdrop. . .

Sourball. . .



While not in love with my results. . . especially because cleanup was awful (and still not completely cleaned up) due to using the water marble method. I do love the colors.


What do you think? Does it remind you of the Aurora Borealis?
















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