Hello again!!
The base for this is one coat of Sinful Colors Nail Hardener and two to three coats of
Zoya Elisa (I smudged a few and had to fix my boo-boos, so some got an extra, band-aid coat.). I love this red--it reminds me of Christmas ball ornaments. It's a nice rich red with red shimmer. Absolute best holiday polish! The gold flakies are one coat of Zoya Gilty.
On my left hand, I attempted a few nail art techniques from the tutorials created by
Nailside. These were simple to do, I just need some practice with the freehand holly design! I LOVED the way the tree came out (I used
this very helpful tutorial.); it's done with China Glaze Glittering Garland. I topped the tree off with a holo gold star glitter I fished out of a bottle of Wet n' Wild Hollywood Walk of Fame from their Fergie line. On my thumb, I started with a coat of Nyx Algae. Once that was dry, I used Zoya Elisa to create the edge of the leaf design (tutorial
here). A white striper polish, and some dots with Zoya Elisa, and ta-da!
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And now on to my elusive other hand! On my thumb, I stamped the holly leaves from BM-14, first with Glittering
Garland, but it wasn't very opaque, so I stamped it again with Orly
Luxe. I used the end of an un-bent bobby pin to dot on the holly berries
with Orly Star Spangled. My ring finger is simply stamped with Orly Luxe and the bells from plate BM-14. Everything got finished off with a generous coat of fast dry topcoat, I used NYC In a New York Minute.
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Hope you all have a wonderful holiday! More soon! ^_^
