Nails: Fair Isle Sweater

Don't forget to pop over to Nail Art and Sims so see my first ever guest post, and find out what I used to create this manicure.

Nail Polish: Battle of the Black

Not sure this introduction is really needed but I am doing a series of posts to find out which polishes are the best in my 'collection' as of 2012. This as the title suggests is BATTLE OF THE BLACK, I am actually suprised at how few black polishes I have.

Models Own - Black / Red, OPI - Obscurity  No 7 - Beautifully Black, Barry M - Black Multi Glitter, W7 - Black, ELF - Black

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I really struggled to choose my favourite polish from the bunch. The Barry M is really nice, good formula and has a stunning holo packed in there. Then we have W7 Black which is a really good coverage polish, as a bonus it is amazing for stamping as well as straight polishing. Which is why I am putting both through in to the next round.

Sat-ART-Day Challenge: Mayans

12.21.12 is the date for the end of the Mayan calender. Now whether this is to be the end of the world Apocalypse style remains to be seen, especially as this is a scheduled post. 

However 21st December is winter solstice, in the Northern hemisphere, so is the end of my mini mani month calender! Let's celebrate the shortest day of the year and cheer to the longer warmer days that shall now come! Unless of course the Mayans were right and didn't run out of room to continue the calender...

Winter Holiday Challenge: Reindeer and Sleigh

Merry Yule!

On to the nails, the challenge for today was Santa's sleigh and his reindeer. Trying to get nine reindeer on four nails was really difficult!

Swatch: Ciate - Mini Mani Month Day 24 - Vintage 018

Opacity: Two coats

Colour: Grey
Finish: Cremé

Holographic Holiday Challenge: Sweet Treats

Today the challenge is sweet treats;

Base Polish: Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud
Holo Polish: Kleancolor - Midnight Seduction 170
Stamping Polish: Bundle Monster 306

Swatch: Ciate - Mini Mani Month Day 23 - Cabaret 046

Finish: Cremé

Colour: Deep purple
Opacity: Two coats

ABC Challenge: O is for Oh Christmas Tree

Three of the nail art challenges I am participating in have clashed and are all today. Instead of doing three separate designs I have done one hoping to tie them all in to one.

ABC Challenge: O is for Oh Christmas Tree

Holographic Holiday Challenge: Merry Madness

Winter Holiday Challenge: Trees 

Base Polishes: 

Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud

Essence - Love RE MIX Topcoat

Stamping Polish:

A England - St George

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 205

Holographic Holiday Challenge: Holiday Traditions

A tradition we have is wrapping a gift in multiple layers of paper, as sort of a pass the parcel without the passing. The holographic polish I have used is Kleancolor - Kiss Goodbye 171, over ELF - Medium Red.

Swatch: Ciate - Mini Mani Month Day 22 - Cupcake Queen 011

Opacity: Three coats

Finish: Duochromatic

Colour:  Neon pink with a hint of blue shimmering through

Swatch: Ciate - Mini Mani Month Day 21 - Magic Carpet

This is a purple / pink glitter in a clear base. For the swatch I used two coats and used the dabbing technique you can clearly see the nail so I would really recommend wearing this on top of another polish.

Holographic Holiday Challenge: Christmas Songs

Today is the first of five days of holographic holiday challenge arranged by Nailed It and Neverland Nail Blog. The first challenge is Christmas Songs;

Base Polish: Essence - Pop

Swatch: Ciate - Mini Mani Month Day 20 - Fade to Greige 071

Colour: A greige, grey / beige

Finish: Cream

Opacity: Two coats