My Christmas nails were so much fun, I decided to do matching Christmas toes.
I did them exactly the same way as the nails. I usually avoid green on the toes because from head height they look moldy. But this totally works and is festive without being moldy!
After having some snowmen nails, I decided it was time for some Christmas nails. Stay tuned for Santa hats next time! I love getting in the spirit!
The festive, party-themed confetti is from a Color Craze L.A. Colors gift pack that the boy’s mom gave me for Christmas last year. I love the colors in this one! I did have to lay on several thick coats to get this effect, but it dried quickly and didn’t smudge.
Its so hard to find a decent green color. But I finally found one. Love it! This is Pure Ice Free Spirit. I have a feeling it will become a new favorite.
And, the green you see here was achieved with only ONE coat! Can you believe it?!
And of course, I used the awesome CND base and top coats.
I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do this week. The sun is out, the weather is fine, but it’s not just yet summer. I picked these seafoamy colors sort of at a whim, and am just so pleased with the results. I can’t stop staring at my nails and patting myself on the back wtih how pleased I am with such a simple color choice.
I used Sinful Colors Professional 947 Mint Apple. This color is beautiful in its own right. I love the subtle pearl-like shimmer blended with the sea foam green. Then I added L.A. Colors Color Craze Glitter polish.
The glittery overcoat is super fun because it has 2 different sizes of confetti specks which made for a really fun under-water bubbly look. I don’t know what to call the teal-colored glitter, as the bottle doesn’t have any labeling, but it came in a pack that the boy’s mom gave me for Christmas.
I really don’t know why I am so obsessed with this. I guess it’s just the perfect color right now. It’s bright and summery, but still mellow and sophisticated. The underwater bubbles are reminiscent of a softly bubbling hot mineral spring in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle.
Here the Sephora Wine color was layered below a purple glitter from L.A. Colors. I think it looks great, don’t you?
These past few years, I have been unendingly pleased with the rainbow of fabulous nail colors available. When I was growing up, nail colors were limited to pinks and reds and not much else. I never liked the pinks and reds, so it was a struggle to get fun colors that was only met with my only saving grace, Wet n’ Wild.
That being said, I give one week a year to pinks and reds, Valentine’s week. This year, I noted I had 96 colors of polish. 96 colors! I managed to inadvertently acquire several bottles of reds and pinks, so I had 3 different options. I couldn’t decided which was best, so I decided to do 2 weeks of Valentine’s nails this year. My only other option was to go Super Bowl theme. Tomorrow is the Super Bowl, and I live in Seattle, a city that loves it’s football team and the entire places is all a buzz. I though I could do one hand in SeaHawk colors and one hand in Bronco colors (because I lived in Colorado before I moved to Seattle). But, I don’t really like football, and the different blues of the two teams would look odd on the hands after the game.
So, I did these. They look great. But I am struggling with it because every time I look down I see hands that are not mine and colors that are not mine, so much so that it makes me uncomfortable. They will probably be removed in a couple of days, but for now I am going to try to enjoy them in their cheery Valentin-y cuteness.
On the Other Hand... 