Santa and friends

Turns out it was Google who added the snow to previous photos and looks like they've done it again. It looks very festive doesn't it? I've combined two challenges again, the Aussie Nails Holiday challenge - Ready for Christmas theme and the 12 days of Christmas Santa and freinds theme. So today we have Santa and some friends bodies. Firstly on my index is a snowman, next is Santa's suit, then there is an elf and lastly a gingerbread man. I used Cult Nails Tempest for the white, a Englan Perceval for red, the lighter green in butter London Squatter and the daker green is Zoya Holly, the brown is Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme. I used tape for the belt and elf striped and free handed the rest. It's Christmas Eve in Australia but I still hope to post a couple more Christmas manis. Hope everything is going smoothly with your festive plans, Tx

Aussie Nails 2013 Holiday Nail Art Challenge - Holiday food

I'm slowly catching up in all the challenges, I may miss a couple but it is a crazy time of year to be attempting so many. I really enjoyed doing this Holiday food mani. My index is a chocolate candy cane, yes they do make chocolate flavour!! Second is a ginger bread man stamped with Essie Penny Talk and plate HD08, the base colour is Elf Innocence. The ring and my plum pudding is a base of the wonderful Cirque French Roast and my pinkie is my favourite holiday treat I make every year which is Rocky Road. Now I don't like cherries so I substitute them for Wild Raspberry lollies and YUM it's to die for. I tried to make the light brown a little peanut shaped and the white is the marshmallows and the red the raspberries all on a gorgeous base of Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme. 

Stay safe during this busy time, Tx

Aussie Nails 2013 Holiday Challenge - Santa's Helpers - Elves

I'm way behind in the Aussie challenge but this is my mani for Santa's helpers. I love the little elf suits! This look was easy to create. I started with a base colour of Nubar Reef Green. I let that dry and taped down the middle so I could then apply one coat of OPI Jade is the New Black. Again when dry I painted with a nail art brush on the collars, first in white so that the red would shine through. I then used a nail art brush and butter London Chancer. I'm not confident in painting straight lines so I used striping tape to paint the black belts. I then free handed the buckles on using Zoya Ziv. Cute but simple.

Stay safe in these next few busy days. Tx.

Aussie Nails Holiday Nail Art Challenge - Festive Lights

Today's look is Festive lights and I had to add some neon in. They are technically perfect but they look great in real life, that neon gives the look the right amount of pop. I stamped the light string using Messy Mansion's plate MM01 and kondad black. The red base colour is butter London Pillar Box Red. The neons are a selection of China Glaze and Orly Glowstick. I am a little behind in the challenges but don't want to stop doing them and figure better late than never :).

Aussie Nails Holiday challenge - Winter Wonder land - Femme Fatale Cosmetics Snowy Bramble

This mani isn't soley a winter wonderland but I like using non traditional colour and I have been wanting to wear Femme Fatale Cosmetics Snowy Bramble. My index and pinkie are butter London Scallywag, the base colour on my middle finger is Zoya Breezi and the rest is of course Femme Fatale Cosmetics Snowy Bramble. I love this polish and am very happy how well it worked in making a Christmas tree.

Busy times here, hope everyone is avoiding the rush and stress of Christmas, Tx.

Aussie Nails 2013 Nail Art Challenge - Decorating the Tree

For the trimming the tree challenge I had to have baubles. For some reason baubles are my all time favourite Christmas decoration. I mean they're just balls but I love them. This was a half win half fail loo. I used acrylic paint for the tree garland and it kind of worked but didn't come out exactly as I am imagined it would. The base colour is the gorgeous Zoya Hunter and the red and white baubles are from acrylic paint. I recommend trying acrylic paints, they're in expensive and if you make a mistake it's easily fixed. They can require work as some are streaky or at least my set it, but I do love being able to just wipe the mistake off and start again.

AHHH It's two weeks until Christmas where did that time go? Tx

Aussie Nails Holiday Challenge - Wrapping Gifts

Since I had a disastrous time with bows on the earlier challenge this time I thought I'd stick to just doing Christmas wrapping paper. I love hoe it turned out, Christmas colours are so fun to play around with. My index finger is butter London Pillar Box Red, stamped with Pueen plate42 and China Glaze Passion. My middle finger is butter London Squatter, stamped with Bundle Monsters plate 323 and Konad white. My ringer finger has the same colours as mentioned before and he darker green is OPI Don't Mess with Opi. Lastly my pinkie is China Glaze I'm not Lion. I love how it turned out :).

Have a fabulous day, Tx