Navy and Silver Snowflake Nail Design

Keeping with the snowflake trend- here is my next snowflake nail design. I LOVE navy and silver together- they are just perfect! Right?!

 Here are the supplies I used to create this manicure:

CND Stickey Base Coat

Essie Bobbing for Baubles

Essie No Place Like Chrome

Color Club Silver Glitter

OPI Alpine Snow

What's Up Nails Snowflake Sticker/Stencil

HK Girl Top Coat

Make up sponge

Pure Acetone

Clean up Brush (Sonia Kashuk)

Click on the link below for the full tutorial! Thanks for coming to my blog :)

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Nail Tutorial: Navy and Silver Snowflake Nail Design

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Polar Bear with Gradient

I love the holiday season!! This week I will have several Holiday nail designs, it should be fun! We just had our first big snow storm and it had me craving some snow designs. So, I am going to start with this cute Polar Bear on a blue gradient! It's just so wintery!!

Here are the supplies I used:

CND Stickey Base Coat

OPI Alpine Snow

Sally Hansen Dive In

Essie Blossom Dandy

OPI Black Onyx

Essie She's Pampered

Essie Master Plan

HK Girl Top Coat

Dotting Tools

Make up sponges

What's Up Nails #12 Striping brush

Pure Acetone

Clean up Brush (Sonia Kashuk)

Click on the link below for the full length tutorial!

*Please use #gopolishednails is you recreate this design so I can see it!

Nail Tutorial: Polar Bear with Gradient

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My #4 Favorite Winter Polish for 2015...

OPI- All I Want For Christmas (is OPI)!!

 This red polish is from the 2013 Mariah Carey Holiday collection. I have several from that collection that I love. All I Want For Christmas has been a favorite holiday red of mine since the day I bought it. It is a blue toned red and works well with my skin tone. The formula is nice and it applies evenly. The swatch below is two coats. 

 There are many dupes for red polishes. I only have a few reds in my collection to compare (I might need to branch out and get a few more :)). Compared to Essie Fishnet Stockings it is almost the exact same red, but if I had to pick it would be All I Want For Christmas because I LOVE OPI's brush so much! She's Pampered is a brighter red. 

 I have been dying to use this red for a plaid nail design, so I did! Nothing better than a Christmas Plaid right?!

Here are the supplies I used for this tutorial:

CND Stickey Base Coat

OPI All I Want For Christmas (is OPI)

OPI Black Onyx

Essie Good As Gold

OPI All Sparkly and Gold

What's Up Nails #10 detail brush

What's Up Nails #12 Striper brush

Click on the link below for a full length tutorial!

Nail Tutorial: Plaid (red, black and gold)

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My #3 Favorite Winter Polish for 2015...

Essie Stylenomics!

You should know by now that green is my favorite color, and Styelnomics has to be one of my favorite greens for sure. It was released in 2012 in Essie's Fall Collection, but you can find it on Amazon. I have also seen it in local stores on occasion. Stylenomics is quite unique to my collection. It's a stunner! A deep forest green with a hint of blue, making it slightly teal, which is the main reason I love it so much. Sometimes I feel like a true forest green screams "holiday" (which is okay), but having it slightly more blue makes it different and appropriate for any occasion, including the holidays. Stylenomics has such a great formula and can be opaque in one thick coat.

The swatch above is two coats. 

Compared to Zoya Hunter which really is a true forest green you can really see just how blue Stylenomics leans. Another green in my stash is China Glaze Near Dark which is much more yellow toned. 

Since Christmas is approaching I wanted to create a holiday look, so I added a sparkly gold French tip. Wow! It's so classy and gorgeous and I don't want to take it off! But, I have many other holiday looks I need to do! :)

Here are the polishes I used to get this look:

 CND Stickey Base Coat

Essie Stylenomics

Essie Good As Gold

OPI My Favorite Ornament

HK Girl Top Coat

Click on the link below for a full length tutorial for this nail design!

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Holiday Nails: Sparkly Gold French Tip

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My #2 Favorite Wiinter Polish for 2015...

 Essie Romper Room!

 I always love a good pale pink. I really can wear this type of color anytime of the year :). This is a more sheer polish. It does slightly suffer from that "not so fantastic" Essie formula, but some colors are just worth it! You just need to be careful when you apply it. The swatch below is three thick coats. It can take up to four if you apply thinner layers.

There are so many polishes similar to this one in color, so I didn't include a comparison photo. In my collection I have Romper Room and Essie Fiji, while their formulas are different (Romper Room is a little better to work with), they both are about the same color. Fiji is a slightly deeper pink. Essie released a new collection this Winter which included a pink called Peak Show which is very similar to Romper Room. I didn't find it necessary to pick that one up. I have heard the formula is pretty good though. It might be worth grabbing before it's gone. :)

I have been wanting to try to a Shattered Glass Nail Design for a while now. It's apparently all the rage. I really like the way it turned out. I wanted it to a look a little classier, so I opted to use black with the soft pink. I loved the way it turned out. What do you think about this trend? Like or dislike?

Here is a list of the products I used (with links):

CND Sticky Base Coat

Essie Romper Room

Essie Licorice

Iridescent cellophane

Top Coat (HK Girl)

Click on the link below for a full tutorial of this nail design! 

Nail Tutorial: Shattered Glass Nail Design

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My #1 winter polish for 2015...

I really wanted a dark gray color for this winter. I came across this Infinite Shine polish-Strong Coal-ition and decided it was about time I tried them! I couldn't be happier with this color! It's the perfect charcoal gray, which is great for this time of year. 

Strong Coal-ition has great coverage and can be opaque in one thick coat. I always like to apply at least two though.

The primer (step 1) was very thin, but didn't run into the cuticles. It also dried very quickly. The nail lacquer (step 2) and Gloss top coat (step 3) were also thin and they both applied very smoothly. They apply like silk actually, which I really enjoyed. You can't beat that shine! I love me some shiny polish. I will let you know in a few days how well the polish holds up. :) You can check out my first impression on my tutorial for this nail design below.

I knew the nail design I wanted to do with this dark gray polish was a classic herringbone. I am so in love with it this season. I love the way it turned out and it was fairly easy to do! Link for tutorial below.

Here is a list of products I used to get this look (link included):

OPI Infinite Shine Primer

OPI Infinite Shine lacquer-Strong Coal-ition

OPI Gloss Top Coat

OPI Alpine Snow

China Glaze Intelligence, Integrity and Courage

Make-up Sponge

Dotting Tools

inm Out The Door Top Coat

HK Girl Top Coat

Pure Acetone

Sonia Kashuk Clean-up brush

-Click on the link below for the full length tutorial! 

*If you recreate this please use #gopolishednails so I can see your design!

Nail Tutorial: Herringbone Nail Design

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Winter 2015 Favorites!

These are my top 10 favorites for Winter! I will be doing an in depth review for each one as well as a nail design with a tutorial, so stay tuned for those! Let me know if you have any nail design requests. I am so looking forward to this!

Below is a list of all the polishes, in no particular order (with links to each one):

Essie Romper Room
OPI Guys and Galaxies
Essie Stylenomics
CND Couture Covet
OPI All I Want For Christmas (is OPI)
Zoya Hunter
Essie Virgin Snow
OPI Skating on Thin Iceland
OPI Strong Coal-ition
Zoya Kelly

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