Christmas 2015: Gingerbread Man and His House

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Another new design that I never did anything like last year was a gingerbread man. I saw so many different designs on Instagram and Pinterest, I was inspired to do more than just the single cooke man on a nail or two. The gingerbread man face and body nails were inspired by @cutepolish on Instagram and YouTube. I got the idea to do the house by @gabbysnailart.

Brown: OPI Going My Way or Norway?
White: Salon Perfect Sugar Cube
Black: Salon Perfect Oil Slick
Red: Pure Ice Lady Liberty
Green: Pure Ice Free Spirit

Nail Vinyls: Snail Vinyls
Matte Top Coat: NYC Matte Me Crazy

I liked the way these turned out for the most part. I wasn't going to wear them for long, so I didn't want to spend too much time on them. Because of that, I left out teeny tiny details, which I was torn about how I felt about them. I liked the simplicity of the details, because I had so many different designs, anyway. But, when I saw other people's gingerbread designs on Pinterest, I felt like I saw more details which made it look more put together.

I think the matte top coat definitely helped make the manicure, though, and I'm really happy I added that last minute!

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Christmas 2015: Rudolph and Clarice

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I knew I wanted to do reindeer nails again, but I didn't want to do exactly what I did last year. So, what I did was base these reindeer more off of the movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I put Clarice on my index finger, Rudolph on my ring finger, and just a regular reindeer on my thumb.

Tan: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Bare It All
Light Brown: OPI San Tan-tonio
Dark Brown: Essie Little Brown Dress
White: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri OMGhost
Black: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Night Fright
Pink: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Straw-ready
Red: Revlon Revlon Red
Glitter: Sinful Colors Decadent

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Thanksgiving 2015: Watermarble Turkey

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These cute watermarble turkeys were 100% inspired by @banicured_ on Instagram! She did such a good job, I really wanted to try. Last time I did water marble, it actually worked out really well, so I was actually excited to try again!

Red: China Glaze Tip Your Hat

Orange: China Glaze Stoked to Be Soaked

Yellow: Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow

Brown: Essie Partner in Crime

White: Salon Perfect Sugar Cube

Black: Salon Perfect Oil Slick

I am so happy with how these turned out! The turkey and water marble were complimented a lot, and my sister loved the dots so much I had to do the same thing on her in Christmas colors!

Thanks for reading <3

Themed Thursday November: Week 1

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I know this is late, and I did just do them, but I decided to take part in Themed Thursday November! I'm super excited to do this challenge. I miss doing challenges now, because I've done several, and I really love giving myself more ideas and stepping outside of my box! This challenge is hosted by @wondrouslypolished and @thenailartchallenge on Instagram.

Theme: Autumn
Prompt: Leaves

I decided for this one, I would do some stamping! I was kind of stuck on what I wanted to do for leaves, because it is so broad. Then, I went through all of my stamping plates, and I found several cute ideas!

Off-White: OPI My Vampire is Buff
Light Brown: OPI San Tan-tonio
Dark Brown: Essie Little Brown Dress
Red: Essie With the Band
Orange: Essie Color Binge
Green: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri I-rush Luck

Stamping Plates: W113 & W119

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Plastic Baggie Nails

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Today I wanted to share some nails that I did the other day using the Essie Resort 2015 collection! I found this collection in my box (yes, box) of untried polishes, and realized I'd never used them! They are all so pretty and cute, so I knew I had to find something to do with them.

To be honest, I had no idea what I was going to do when I sat down with them and began painting. I still had yet to ever attempt something with the "plastic bag" method, so I thought that would be fun to do, but what else? I added the flower accent nail, but still wanted one more nail with something beyond a plain color. When I painted the base, though, I knew what would fit perfectly...the Eiffel Tower!

Light Pink: Essie Time For Me Time
Brown: Essie Cocoa Karma
Purple: Essie Suite Retreat
Pink: Essie Stones 'n Roses
Black: Essie Licorice

I am so happy with how these turned out! I haven't been able to convince myself to take them off, because they are so fun and cute, but so easy, too! For the plastic bag nails, I followed the tutorial by Young Wild and Polished, which can be found here. Basically, all you do is put down big drops of polish, then put a piece of a plastic bag on it and smush it around to blend them all together a little bit. The flowers and Eiffel Tower were done using dotting tools!

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Cashmere Matte Nails

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Today I needed some super quick and simple nails. Thankfully, these Essie Cashmere Mattes are the perfect solution! They dry super quick, but they go on so well, too. I wish I would have done the opposite color combination, but I like this one, too.

Nude: Essie All Eyes on Nudes
Black: Essie Spun in Luxe

Ta da! That's all I did. Literally. Painted all nails but my ring finger with the nude, and then the ring finger was my accent that I did in black. I was able to do these right before bed, but there was no worry about dry time, then top coat, then more dry time!

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Mix & Match Spring Nails

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Today I wanted to do something fun, so I did a mix and match with some spring colors! The Essie colors are from their spring collection.

Purple: Essie Flowerista

Nude: Essie Picked Perfect

Glitter: OPI Snow Globetrotter

I used a dotting tool for my thumb and pointer, and Nail Vinyls for the chevron nails.

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#NailArtApr: Day 25

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Today's theme: minimalist!

I took this to be just a simple glitter accent nail!

Charcoal: China Glaze Out Like A Light

Glitter: China Glaze De-Light

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31 Day Challenge: Day 13

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Today's theme: animal print!

I decided to go with leopard print today, because I have never done leopard print before! I've always thought that it was too typical and common, and truthfully never cared for it.

After doing today's mani though...I'm in love! I want to try this in different colors, and sizes, and as an accent...everything!

It was surprisingly easy to do, because it is kind of hard to mess up, considering that no actual leopard's spots are perfect. There is no right or wrong way to do it. I almost consider this a technique to be learned.

My base color was OPI Going My Way or Norway? from the new Nordic collection for fall. For the spots, I used NYX Dark Beige which is a mini polish that was included in the "Fall in Love" collection. For the lines around the spots, I used Wet n Wild Wild Shine Black Creme. On my thumb, I reversed the base coat with the spots, as you can see in the picture below.

I honestly don't want to take this off tomorrow! I enjoyed this so much! Here's a close up of the pattern.

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