CrowsToes Jingle Balls

For Christmas Eve I wore CrowsToes Jingle Balls. I saved it all month to wear it close to Christmas because it is just like a Christmas tree in a bottle. This is 1 coat over China Glaze Emerald Sparkle. I dug around for a star, but never found one in my bottle. I think that it does have stars too, though.

 

 

 

 

This one is sold out and now discontinued I'm assuming since Lauri said the Christmas Collection was limited edition. Thanks for looking!

Advent Calendar Challenge Day 24: Redo Your Favorite Challenge

So I decided to redo the movie challenge since I didn't have time to do what I really wanted for that one when that day rolled around. I did a completely crazy and non-wearable mani to represent my favorite Christmas movie: Home Alone. So for each of my nails, I chose to use one of the booby traps that Kevin used on the burglers in the movie.

Thumb: Tarred and feathered (well...it is really glue and feathers in the movie...but same difference)
Pointer: The "M" imprint left on Harry's hand after he grabbed the burning hot monogrammed doorknob
Middle: Blow Torch used on Harry's head
Ring: Buzz's pet tarantula that crawled on Marv's face
Pinky: Nail that Marv steps on on the staircase

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for sticking with me during this challenge! I had fun doing it but it was really hard to get done during the busy Christamas season. Hope you guys enjoyed! 

Advent Calendar Challenge Day 23: Rudolph

For the last official challenge day before the redos...Rudolph was the theme of the day. I started of with a white base and used China Glaze Party Hearty on all of my nails except the ring finger, where I made my Rudolph. I used China Glaze Fois Gras for the brown and a black nail striper for the antlers. I used OPI Speak for Your Elf for the nose and black and white with a dotting tool for the eyes. My Rudolph looks sort of like a gopher, but that's ok...right? Haha!

 

 

 

 

 

Now time for the last day...redos! Thanks for looking!

Advent Calendar Challenge Day 22: Fruit Cake

There are not many desserts that I abhor more than fruit cake. It is a disgrace to the dessert world. Growing up, my grandmother used to ALWAYS get those disgusting brick fruit cakes from the grocery store and eat them at Christmas. Nope...not me. Since then, I have had some homemade fruit cakes that are a little better, but still not for me. So in honor of the brick grocery store fruit cakes of the world, I decided to do an equally unappetizing mani.

Yep...I know this is ugly. I will preface the pictures with that...but know that was the intention! I started off with a base of Revlon Colorstay Buttercup. Then I added a coat of Candy Lacquer Fruit Squares. Finally I topped it of with a thin coat of CrowsToes A Christmas Crow. The results give off the vibe of the fruit encased in the chewy gross mush of the grocery store fruit cake. And no I did NOT wear this mani anywhere...it was for picture purposes only. These polishes are all beautiful on their own, but together...ugh.

 

 

I really need to wear these polishes on their own to do them proper justice. I will do that soon! Thanks for looking!

Advent Calendar Challenge Day 21: Water Marble

I actually cheated and did this for my Christmas Day mani instead of when I was supposed to in the challenge. Everyone loved it! I was so excited about how great it turned out. For the marble I used Finger Paints Paper Mache for the white, OPI Red Hot Ayers Rock for the red, and China Glaze Holly Day for the green. Then I topped it with China Glaze Fairy Dust to give it some sparkle for Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

I stayed up super late on Christmas Eve doing this mani...but it was worth it! Thanks for looking!

 



Advent Calendar Challenge Day 20: Sweets and Candy

Another challenge day, another Candy Lacquer! I was very excited about this mani and have been planning it since the beginning of the challenge. I started off with a base of OPI Sparrow Me the Drama and then topped it with Candy Lacquer Santa's Sprinkles. Santa's Sprinkles is a fine matte glitter with pink, red, lime green, and green glitter. It looks like candy in a bottle. Then I stamped candy from Bundle Monster plate 306 and a gingerbread man from Bundle Monster plate 222 for accent nails with Sally Hansen Insta Dri Whirlwind White.

 

 

Here was the mani before the stamping was added.

 

 

 

You can purchase Candy Lacquer from their Big Cartel shop. The shop is closed now for the holidays, but will re-open January 7th. Thanks for looking!

Advent Calendar Challenge Day 19: Ugly Sweater

Hi everyone! Sorry to have left you hanging for a bit on the Advent Calendar Challenge but I got super busy right before Christmas and then I went out of town on vacation for a week so I never had time to blog the rest of my manis for the challenge. So without further ado...here is the ugly sweater mani.

I used Candy Lacquer Mad for Plaid over Essie School of Hard Rocks for this mani. I thought the combo really fit the idea of an ugly Christmas sweater. And then the top coat bubbled to make it even uglier! Super... LOL! The polish really is cute and fitting of its name.

 

 



 

 

You can purchase Candy Lacquer from their Big Cartel shop. The shop is closed now for the holidays, but will re-open January 7th. Now on to a marathon of Christmas manis before it gets too far into January! Thanks for looking!