Nails: Top Festive / Christmas Polishes 2013

These are my top five polishes for the festive season

W7 - Black | Barry M - Black Multi Glitter | Kleancolor - Silver Star (31) | A England - Lady of the Lake | Avon Color Trend - Silver Plated


W7 - Black


Barry M - Black Multi Glitter


Kleancolor - Silver Star 31

A England - Lady of the Lake

Avon Color Trend - Silver Plated

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 208 (BM208)

This stamping plate is from the second Bundle Monster set, from 2011. It is backed with branded lining to stop it from being sharp. This is useful, without it it is easy to slice open your fingers and palms which I have been known to do accidentally in the past with other branded plates. Then again I am very clumsy.

There are three full nail images on this plate and three single images. For me five of them stamped well but I did have problems with the bottom left image. I particularly like the fishnet image as doing that free hand is difficult, as is using striping tape to create such a look.

33 Day Nail Challenge: Recreation

This is the last challenge! Technically this recreation wasn't one from the 33 Day Nail Challenge, however it is a recreation none the less, I followed the tutorial for this from Adventures In Acetone.

Base Polish: Ciaté - Fade to Greige 071
Other Polish: Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Black and White Acrylic Paints

Winter Nail Challenge: White Christmas

Today is the first day of the Winter Nail Challenge being hosted as part of Crumpet's Nail Tarts. The challenge today is 'White Christmas' and these are actually something I would wear.

Base Polish: MUA - Deepest Purple
Glitter Polish: Kleancolor - Silver Star 31
Stamping Polish: Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 323

Swatch: Technic - Carnival

Colour: Hex Glitter (red, blue, silver, pink) Regular Glitter (silver, blue, pink, red)
Finish: Multi Glitter
Opacity: Photo is two coats over ELF Chocolate. Much more of a layering topper polish.
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 12ml

Possible dupe for OPI's Rainbow Connection, I don't have that so can't compare the two however it is very similar to Barry M's Jewel Britannia which was Limited Edition for the Olympics and Queen's Jubilee.

33 Day Nail Challenge: Shapes

You may have seen these nails previously here, but I couldn't help but bling them up a little. I used some of the green hex shaped glitter from the Ciaté Sequined Manicure Kit I have.

Sinful Colors - Verbena
Color Club - Twiggie
Ciate Sequin Manicure Kit

Swatch: George - Matte Topcoat

It easily mattifies the polish under it without streaking or creating white lines of any sort.

Opacity: You only need one coat
Brush Type: Normal, ever so slightly wider
How Much? 5ml

Nails: More Men of Snow!

Continuing with the snowman theme of yesterday, today I have some nails which I did on a friend of mine. Snow man is cute but where are his arms?!

33 Day Nail Challenge: Using 3 Favourite Polishes

I would completely fail at choosing three so I thought the base polish doesn't technically count. Right?!

Base Polish: Ciaté - Wait Until Dark
Other Polishes: No.7 - Violetta 70, Ciaté - Fade To Greige 71, China Glaze - Grape Pop
Top Coat: George (Asda) - Matt Finish

Dotting Tools

Nails: Snowmen

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 206 (BM206)

This stamping plate is from the second Bundle Monster set, from 2011. It is backed with branded lining to stop it from being sharp. This is useful, without it it is easy to slice open your fingers and palms which I have been known to do accidentally in the past with other branded plates. Then again I am very clumsy.

Another stamping plate with six images, two are full nail and the other four are single images. I found all of these images to stamp really well, my only issue is with the symbol. I would like to know what it means before using it in nail art.