Pea Nails

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<div id="wpImg214496" style="text-align: center;">This week for the Llama Nails Alphabet Challenge the letter is "P"!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">After much thought and talking with the hubby I decided to do Pea Nails. ;-)</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">I started with Revlon Royal. I only did one coat, but it looks like I should have done 2!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">I added rhinestones to my accent nail using top coat as "glue".</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Then I used a dotting tool to dot Sinful Colors Olympia onto the rhinestones.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">♥A</div>
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Merry Christmas!

<p style="text-align: center;">I hope you are all have a very Merry Christmas!!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The 12 Days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge for today was Santa!!!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I am super happy with the way these nails turned out!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ourpaintedworld.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/wreath-reindeer-sleigh/dsc02167-gimp/#main" rel="attachment wp-att-2581"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2581" alt="DSC02167-gimp" src="http://ourpaintedworld.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/dsc02167-gimp.jpg" width="388" height="180" /></a>I used LA Colors White, OPI Mimosas For Mr. &amp; Mrs., LA Colors Pink, Nicole by OPI Keeping Up With Santa, Finger Paints Black Expressionsim, Maybelline Express Finish Gold Rules, Sinful Colors Opal Glitter and Revlon Red Star.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas! Love to you all!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">♥A</p>

Pic Heavy 3 Christmas Eve Manicures!!!

I had 3 different challenges to do for today!!

1. Christmas/Holiday for the Let It Snow Challenge
2. Tinsel for the 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge
3. Santa & Elves for the Winter Holiday Challenge

I did the 1st two manis ahead of time so I could wear my Santa & Elves on Christmas Eve! ;-)

Please excuse my horrible cuticles in these photos, the cold weather is doing a real number on them & I haven't been keeping up with the cuticle oil. :(

I'll start my post with my Tinsel mani.

I started with Milani 3D Holographic-HD.  Beautiful right? Here's a close up!Looks like tinsel doesn't it? I was so proud of myself for this! :)

♥A

then I added a thin coat of Cover Girl Snow Globe to my ring finger and added some silver & red bar glitter.

Elves

<p style="text-align: center;">Today's 12 days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge was Elves!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">I started with Nicole by OPI All Is Glam, All Is Bright! Such a pretty full coverage glitter!! For the reds I used Orly Torrid and Revlon Red Star. The white is LA Colors White. The black is Finger Paints Black Expressionism and the green is Revlon Posh.</p>
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Wreath, Reindeer & Sleigh

I have two more challenge manis for you today! Unfortunately they didn't sync up so I actually had to do two manicures!! LOL!

The first is for The 12 Days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge- Wreaths

I had a hard time deciding what to do for this challenge! Once I decided on a design it didn't turn out AT ALL!! I did one nail and gave up! :( I'm sorry guys, I think all these challenges sapped my creativity for this one!!

Although the mani is unfinished and didn't turn out well I'm going to go ahead and post the fail! ;-)

OK you can see where I was going with this right? Now that I'm looking at it again I can see a few options I could have tried... maybe sponging a darker green would have given it some dimension and just using red rhinestones would have looked a little more like berries or lights. UGH!

I suppose at least I tried, even if I failed.

To see more Wreath manis click the link!

The second challenge for today is Reindeer & Sleighs for the Winter Holiday Challenge.

This one turned out much better!

 I started with Orly Torrid then added the adorable stickers!

After my wreath mani I wasn't up to anything too complicated! ;-)

To see more Santa & Reindeer manis click the link!

♥A

Ornaments

Christmas is only 6 DAY AWAY!!

Are you guys all ready??? I've been done shopping for awhile and we are mostly wrapped so now it's time to sit back and enjoy time with my family and friends! :)

I have 3 challenges today! The first is an "O" mani for Llama Nails, the 2nd is Ornaments for The 12 Days Of Christmas Challenge and the third is Christmas Decoration ( Tree, Ornaments, Wreath etc.)  for The Winter Holiday Challenge!

This photo was my inspiration! Pretty ornaments right? I especially loved the red and green ones with the gold!

As soon as I saw this picture I knew I had some stamping plates that would work perfectly to recreate these ornaments on my nails! ;-)

I started with Color Club Berry & Bright, Finger Paints Easel Come, Easel Go!, Pure Ice Blue Midnight, Color Club Ho Ho Holly and China Glaze Flying Dragon.

Flying Dragon and Blue Midnight weren't quite as shimmery as I wanted so I coated them with essie luxeffects pure pearlfection.

I used BM-314 and Maybelline Gold Rules on my Thumb, BM14 and Konad White on my Index finger, LO03 and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes for my middle finger, CH10 & Gold Rules on my ring finger BM-209 and LA Colors Phenomena on my pinky.♥A

<=== To see more from The Winter Holiday Challenge click this link!

More from the Llama Nails Alphabet Challenge click this link ===>   

December Nail Art Society Bag

<p style="text-align: center;">I got my first <a href="http://www.nailartsociety.com/">Nail Art society Bag</a> last week!!!!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">It has taken all my self control to not post until now! I was like a little kid in a candy store when opening the package!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Here's what was in the package this month.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The nail art theme this month was Dripping in Diamonds &amp; they included an instruction card for how to achieve the look, but I forgot to photograph it!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>In this month's bag I received:</strong></em></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong> 2 polishes</strong>. They are both Max Makeup Cherimoya matte-n-a brand. The silver one is called Blockbuster and the berry one is Mystery. I have photos lower down in the post, but for now I'll just say I liked the polish, it was a one coater! It smells funny and the brush is kind of HUGE, but it went on well and I didn't even have a problem with drag!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">The Stella package standing up in the background has <strong>several sizes of rhinestones</strong> in it along with an orange stick. I used them on the mani for this post and they were very sparkly and pretty, just the way rhinestones should be. ;-)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">They also included <strong>nail glue</strong> for the rhinestones. I'm not a fan of using nail glue, I prefer top coat. I'll probably end up using it for nail repairs instead.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Last but not least there was a container of <strong>Cherimoya Jasmine nail remover pads</strong>. I haven't tried them out yet, but I'll try to remember to let you all know what I think of them once I do.</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">I'm glad I joined mid November because just before my package came I received an email letting me know the monthly price was going up for new members!! Thankfully I am locked into the original price. :D</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">So here's what I did following the tutorial on the enclosed card. I was slightly disappointed that the card didn't include a photo example with the tutorial, but the tutorial was very explanatory so I ended up not needing a photo after all. ;-)</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Aren't those polish colors gorgeous?</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">I'd never heard of this company before, have you?</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">I'm really excited to try the polish and rhinestones out separately on other manicures!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">So far I'm happy with the first kit I received.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure I would have signed up at the new price.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">I looked up all the products in this kit and using the cheapest prices I found for each item it came out to $21.92 (including shipping, but not any tax). Since I paid for a full year my monthly price is $8.28... I feel like I'm getting a really good price for the kit!!!!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">♥A</div>
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Ugly Christmas Sweater

Ugly Christmas Sweaters for the Let It Snow Challenge!!!

I was excited for this one! I had my share of ugly Christmas sweaters n the late 80's early 90's!! LOL! Fortunately for me I don't have any of them now, but I may be able to scrounge up a picture before I post this!! ;-)

Here are my ugly Christmas sweater nails!

I started with Pure Ice Femme Fatale (which seems to be my go to Christmas Green this year!) then I stamped an image from plate BM-204 with Konad White and tipped them with Pure Ice Crimson.

I think they turned out really good!!!

♥A

Glittery Snowflakes

More snowflakes!!! This set of snowflakes are for the 12 Days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge.

I decided to go with a red glittery look for these ones, but I didn't want to do a full nail like I've done for the past 2 snowflake challenges!!

So here they are!

I started with Orly French manicure-Sheer Nude, then tipped them with Revlon Red Star. This is my oldest red glitter and still one of my favorites! Next I added a thin coat of Sally Hansen Gem Crush Cha-Ching and A Stripe of a Silver Nail Star2-way pen.

The final touch was to use the snowflakes from plate QA19 and I added a few dots for snow!

I ran a few errands and had another Doctor appointment today and I got so many compliments and people asking where I get my nails done! YAY!!! I love to tell people I do my own nails! :D

♥A

Anything Christmas

The Crumpet Nail Tart's Sat-ART-Day Challenge for today is Anything Christmas!!

I had no idea what I was going to do for this challenge so I started by painting my nails with Pure Ice-  Femme Fatale & ULTA-Steppin Out. Once I had red and green on them I knew I wanted to use some of the fimo I just got from Amazon!!

I added this adorable Santa and then decided my red nails needed some white! Cute right!!?!?!

♥A

To see more Christmas Nails by the Sat-ART-Day ladies click the link!!

Gifts, Giftwrap, Presents

Another double challenge!  Gifts for the 12 Days Of Christmas Challenge and Presents/ Giftwrap for the Winter Holiday Challenge. I'm thankful that so many of my double challenges are syncing up! :D

You can see I have a small smudge on the tip of my middle finger, sorry! I ended up in the ER half way through this mani and that nail got smudged on the way! The Doctor thinks it was a gall bladder attack!! Crazy! I finished the mani up the day after, but just didn't have it in me to fix the boo boo spot. :(

On the bright side the Doctors and nurses were super impressed with my 1/2 done manicure! LOL!

I used plate QA19 for the snowflakes and holly. The Merry Christmas was done with plate m12.

I put my polishes away before I wrote this post so I can't remember which red I used, but the true green is Revlon Posh, the bright green is a Pure Ice. The white is LA Colors White and Konad White.

<=== to see more from the Winter Holiday Challenge click the link.

♥A

Festival Of Lights

Today's post is going to be short and sweet, the theme for The Winter Challenge was Festival Of Lights.

• Black- Finger Paints Black Expressionism
• Red- China Glaze Salsa
• Silver- 2 Way Nail Art Pen Silver
• Green- no name or brand

♥A

It's A Charlie Brown Christmas

Once again I found myself with 2 challenges and thankfully they matched up!! :)

The Let It Snow Challenge was Inspired by a holiday movie or song and The 12 Days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge was Holiday Movie.

As far back as I can remember we watched A Charlie Brown Christmas every year! ;-)

This is the image I based my mani off of. ;-)

• Yellow-Spoiled Designated Driver
• Black-Finger Paints Black Expressionism
• White- LA Colors White
• Brown- Revlon Hot For Chocolate
• Green- Revlon Posh
• Red- China Glaze Salsa
• Blue- Pure Ice French Kiss

For more Christmas Movie Inspired Manis click the links===>   ♥A

Lace and Lacquers: 12/10 Manic-ure Giveaways Monday

Click the link to get to the list of giveaways Lace & Lacquer has put together!! It's amazing!

Lace and Lacquers: 12/10 Manic-ure Giveaways Monday: " is the longest Manic-ure Giveaway Mondays post I've ever done. Which I was expecting since it's holiday season!

These are the giveaways I've seen on my Facebook feeds, Google, Twitter, Blog feed and emailed to me. If I missed your nail polish related giveaway and haven't posted it yet (please check past giveaway posts), please email me (LaceAndLacquers@gmail.com) with the link to the giveaway and I will put your giveaway in next week's post! :]
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Melting Snowmen

Today I have another Snowman mani, but I decided to do melting snowmen this time!!!

I started with China Glaze- Shower Together and then 2 coats of Jordana Glitter- Cosmic! It has beautiful  teal micro glitter and teal, silver and green hex glitter.

Here's a closeup to show just how gorgeous and glittery it is!!

How funny is this mani!?!?!? I giggle every time I look at them!

I took a million pictures of this mani! I just couldn't stop myself!! :)

<======= To see more snowmen click the link!!!

The above photo is is my favorite picture!!

♥A

Christmas Color Blocking

This is my first real try at color blocking! Crazy Right!?!?! I was excited to try it out!

Originally I planned on color blocking all my nails so I started out with Pure Ice Crushed! It's a beautiful deep gold that is in their new Velour Finish Collection. This is 2 thin coats that went on smooth and dried fast!

There's a lot going on in this mani! Stickers, Techniques, Colors & even different Finishes/Textures!

You can see below My index and middle finger have 2 of Pure Ice's  Velour Finish colors without top coat. My ring finger are those same 2 colors with NYC In A New York Minute Top Coat. Click the pictures to enlarge them so you can see the difference a little better! :D

As you can see I ended up with a sort of color blocking/skittles mani! I used Pure Ice Femme Fatale on my index finger and Sweet-Tart on my pinky. My thumb is Crushed with 2 coats of Victoria's Secret Supercharged.

My index finger is all of the above. I used striping tape to do the color blocking. This last photo is very color accurate for all colors!

<=== To see more Color Blocking click the link!

♥A

Run, Run As Fast As You Can...dy Cane

Two more Challenge manis down today!!!

Crumpet Nail Tarts Winter Holiday Challenge is Gingerbread Men & Candy Canes!

The 12 Days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge is also Candy Canes! Yay for me!!

I started with LA Colors White then I stamped the gingerbread man from BM-222 with  Orly Prince Charming.

I added the stripes and polka dots with Pure Ice Femme Fatale and Butter London Pillar Box Red.

<=== To see more Gingerbread Men & Candy Canes from the Winter Challenge click this link!

<=====To see more Candy Canes from the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge click this link!

♥A

Snow Flakes & Snowfall

Today is the start of another challenge for me!!

It's The Winter Holiday Challenge by Crumpet Nail Tarts Facebook Group.

Here is my Snowflake/Snowfall mani.

I started with Pure Ice-French Kiss

This is one of my favorite blue polishes! :)

Next I did a coat of Pure Ice After Hours

It's such a sparkly glitter! It has blue and silver micro glitter with larger silver hex glitter.

I added the snowmen using Konad White with Pure Ice Femme Fatale for the hat and Sweet-Tart for the scarf.

My snowfall dots are LA Colors white.

Here's a shot to show how much the glitter sparkles

The snowflakes are fimo slices from one of the kits I got from Sally Beauty.

I didn't top coat this at all because I wanted to reuse the snowflakes in another mani later this month! ;-)

To see more snowflakes and snowfall manis please click the link ===>

♥A