Saturday, December 14, 2013

Wintery/Holiday Nail Art




It's kind of last minute, but I finally got around to doing my "holiday" nail art...

Getting inspiration from my sister-in-law, and the nail magazine I got from Japan, I decided to do some plaid/argyle designs.

















The base is essie's "Masquerade Belle" and I used a white striper to make the white lines and diamonds. My gold striper wasn't working right, so I decided to use Sephora by OPI's "Rags to Rhinestones". I actually wanted to make green stripes with "Absinthe Makes the Heart" but the base came out too dark, so I had to give up on it...

For my toes, I wanted to do a "snowy winter" theme:

















The base is Nails Inc.'s "Baker Street". I put Nubar's "White Polka Dot" to mimic snow falling. I put a large snowflake on my right big toe, and Sherlock's blue scarf on my left big toe... (I had to, since the polish IS called "Baker Street"...) ;)  (The base is OPI's "Alpine Show".) I put a matte top coat over everything, to kind of mimic the snow's texture.

Next month, I'm going to the ISSE Beauty Show in Long Beach, so before that trip, I will have to think of my next "project"... ;)