Neon candy cane water marble and stamping decal with The Don Deeva polish

Introduction

Press samples

Good day darlings. This post is very special for me, because this week I received my very first polish for review from amazing Danette, creator of the Don Deeva polish. She generously sent me two collections and one custom made polish. I'm already working on proper swatches, but I could not wait and decided to use her polish for nail art right away. I've heard that The Don Deeva polish watermarbles really well and was super excited to try it myself. And oh my, it was much better than my expectations, even glitters watermarble perfectly. Since it was my long time dream to make a water marble design with glitter, I used two The Don Deeva jellies and one glitter for festive candy cane design. It turned out super bright and just a bit too neon for candy cane, but I still love it. Do not forget to check video to see for yourself how easy this polish watermarbles.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Neon candy cane"

Reindeer wrapping paper inspired nail art with foil stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I have nail design of which I'm really proud. In order to combine two challenges, I wanted to make something inspired by wrapping paper with reindeer. Among all beautiful gift wraps which I found online, one with  simple light brown background and foiled reindeer design really cough my attention. I decided to replicate it using foil stamping technique which last time turned out so great. Moreover this time I had special foil top coat from Picture polish called Revolution. It was recommended by one of my readers, the owner of Pins patterns and polish blog. Thank you, thank you so much  it works so perfectly for foils, does not smear them or interfere with holographic shine. However, since I was using White Konad for stamping and red foil it was way more difficult to get clear image. All the tiny bits where foil did not stick where showing right away. I had to repeat several times until it started to work well. So my recommendation is to use stamping polish similar in color to the foil. Unfortunately non of my red stamping polishes worked well for this technique. I also tried to cover entire nail with foil and this worked very well with Color club Berry and bright as a background. Finally, to finish this look I stamped Christmas tree and snowflakes on top of the foiled nails and covered everything with two coats of Revolution. This top coat helped to preserve foil for several days, needless to say it made me super happy.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Reindeer wrapping paper inspired"

Red gradient and golden Christmas ornaments nail art with metallic tattoos

Introduction

Good day darlings. Once again I decided to combine two challenges When colors collide, Red and gold prompt and Ornaments for 12 days of Christmas nail art challenge. I started with red gradient including dark red cream Valentine (next to the cuticle), red cream Shock (middle) and red jelly with gold shimmer Vegas (on the tips). This gradient turned out very beautiful and so reach. I tried my best to show it on pictures, but it was even better in real life. To make golden ornaments which would really pop up, I used gold tattoos. It's my second time using tattoos for nail art and I'm absolutely in love with the final result. So bright and festive, I could wear these for entire Holiday season and never get bored.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Christmas ornaments".

December macro challenge: Picture polish Never nude swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today we begin our December macro challenge and you will have entire week to post your macros of White/shimmer polish either in our FB group or on Instagram. Please do not forget to use tags #Decmacrochallenge and#macrochallenge, so that we can find each other. My entry for this prompt is combined with another challenge 30 Days of colour. I want to show wonderful off white Picture polish with shimmer and sparse glitters - Never nude. It does look like a sparkling snow in the bottle (take a look at my macros at the end), but unfortunately I was not able to catch the same shimmer on my nails. And even  though application was a bit tricky due to the thick consistency, I still love it a lot.

Results

Figure 1. Never nude swatch.

Picture polish Vegas swatch and Christmas tree stamping BP 01

Introduction

Good day darlings. I was going through my Christmassy shades of polish and realized , that I never showed you gorgeous red Picture polish called Vegas. It's a bright red jelly with gold flakes perfect for Holiday season. It's quite pigmented and gets opaque in two coats. To highlight beauty of this polish and add even more festivity, I stamped gold Christmas tree from BP1 plate on ring finger and added some gold/holo glitter on top. This will be my entry for Stamping Saturday... well there is a stamping, so it should count, right?

Results

Figure 1. Picture polish Vegas swatch.

Challenge your nail art: Sinful colors Pinky glitter and snowflake stamping pond nail art "First snow"

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I want to show you another pond mani, this time with snowflakes. Surprisingly, it's a pink pond, because I though it would be perfect for representation of delicate first snow. In addition to pink jelly Carol by Julep I used pink holo Pinky glitter from Sinful colors and this combo turned out spectacular. Also while stamping snowflakes I used both white and silver colors which resulted in very interesting final look. You can appreciate detailed beauty of this design from my macro images, where I was able to catch holo sparkle and depth. I created this design for Challenge your nail art, you can find list of all prompts at the end of my post. And it looks like this 12 days Christmas challenge is going to be super fun!!!

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "First snow"

December macro challenge with prizes

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today is the first day of December and I want to invite all of you to join our December macro challenge. This time it will be different. We are switching to one prompt a week and since it's a holiday season there will be two small prizes involved. The rules are very relaxed (please read them below) and you can combine this challenge with any number of other challenges. Even if you just started to take macro pictures you are welcome to participate. It's really simple, just find our group on Facebook Macro nails and polish, join it and start posting your macro images. If you prefer Instagram use our tags #DecMacroChallenge, #MacroMonday and #MacroChallenge, so that we can find each other and everyone can appreciate your work.