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My official Valentine's Day manicure

    I had this idea in my head for a while, so I decided to finally try it as it was perfectly suited for Valentine's Day:


    But it didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped! This is a base of Essie French Affair with the new Art Club Nail Glam full nail decal design Hearts of Gold on the ring finger. I originally wanted to put the designs on every finger, but I'm really glad I started with my ring finger. Now I know what you guys were saying about these. They're... not so great. They're extremely stiff and don't conform to the natural curve of the nail, so you end up with weird lumps and wrinkles like you see on mine. And they say to seal them with topcoat, but the decal covers the whole nail so it's really not sealing it to the nail, it's just coating it with topcoat, which means... it peels. Gah, what a disappointment. I loved the design so much, too. I wish I could have made it work.

    The Essie polish was exactly the color I was thinking of for the base of the mani, so that worked out well!

    But yeah, too bad about the Art Club Glam decals. I had really high hopes for them. *sigh*

    So, how was your Valentine's day? So what if it's a Hallmark holiday! That does not negate the awesomeness of heart-shaped sugar cookies with pink frosting! And sprinkles! Any holiday that advocates the liberal use of sprinkles is a winner in my book.

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Christmas Eve Mani



    I really like how this one turned out. Very appropriate seeing that it just started snowing as I type this :)


    This was:
    Two coats of China Glaze Frosty
    Konad m59 in Light Blue Konad Special Polish
    Color Club / Art Club silver gems from the holiday gem wheel
    INM Out The Door Northern Lights in Silver, fully shaken

    I originally tried to do holo silver snowflakes but they didn't show up at all! So then I tried to do gold snowflakes (you can see it on my pinkie) but it looked to warm and un-snowlike. Finally settled on the baby blue Konad polish and it was perfect. Not much contrast, which I like for this design. Added the gems because it didn't look icy and sparkly enough for me and then the Northern Lights because it still wasn't sparkly enough.

    I did fewer gems on the left hand just to see how it looked:

    I think I like more gems better.

    So, I guess it's not specifically Christmassy... More like a winter-themed nail art. Ooh, it would even make a great Hanukkah mani, too.

    I'm thinking I want to do something with a green base on Christmas Day. Maybe start with China Glaze Jolly Holly, then do something with gold and red and jewels? Hm. Better start brainstorming.

    Since I probably won't get a chance to post tomorrow, I want to wish you all a merry Christmas! ♥

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