12 Days of Christmas: Holiday Song!

Day 2 of the Christmas nail art challenge, and I'm on time! 

Today's prompt is Holiday Song, and I had a bit of a hard time with this one. I didn't want to do something like Rudolph or Frosty, because I knew my skills would not live up to painting a portrait on my nails! I had a really cute idea to do My Favorite Things, but I rejected it on principle- I've never understood why that is considered a Christmas song. So I went with just music in general, with a Christmassy theme. 

I started with two coats of Sinful Colors Ruby Ruby, topped with two coats of 365 Days of Color Santa Baby (see the full blog review in a few days!). I used a black Sharpie to both block out my designs and create a shadow effect (I figure if acrylic paints are allowed, then so is permanent marker, damnit!). Then I used a striping brush to go over my Sharpie with Sinful Colors Heavy Metal and Chirality Katydid. If you're not musically inclined, my index finger is a treble (high notes) clef, my middle is eighth notes (fast ones), my ring is quarter notes on a staff (don't care for how they turned out) and my pinkie is a bass (low) clef.  Hope you enjoyed, and be sure to check out all the other challengers in the inLinkz box!

I'm Back! With a Nail Art Challenge!

Oh, my darlings, you have no idea how glad I am to be back! And it only took me a week longer than I hoped . . . I had planned to take off for about a week and a half to prepare my Lab area for Black Friday sales, and then to get all of those sales packed up and shipped out. And then I got lazy. And then I got sick! But I am finally back, my untried box is overflowing, I have TONS of gorgeous indies to show off, and I'm participating in the 12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge hosted by Pink & Polished and Over Polished! 

I am a day late in posing the first prompt (I hate hate HATE being late, but come on- the "being sick" comes into play), but I promise I will be on time for the rest! As with both Halloween challenges I did, I will also challenge myself to use at least one indie polish in each of my nail art designs. So without further ado . . . here are my Christmas trees!

Sorry for the blurry quality of this photo, but it was the best picture that my thumb made it into. Since I actually took the time to add a design to the thumb, I wanted it to get a little time to shine :)

I started off with Chirality Katydid on all nails. On my middle and ring finger, I taped off a deep V and painted it with Chirality Kale, then topped it with 365 Days of Color Trimming the Tree (reviews on all 3 to come soon!). Trees having been made, I used dotting tools to do all the decorations. The "stars" are Sally Hansen Insta Dri Lightening, the red dots are Sinful Colors Ruby Ruby and the garland is Sinful Colors Last Chance. On my index, I stamped the star on with Lightening and a random plate that came with my Salon Express stamper. I used a striping brush and last chance to do the tree needles, plus a few more dots of Ruby Ruby. Pinkie is a base coat of Katydid, topped with Trimming the Tree, and my thumb is Katydid with dots in Last Chance. 

I was super happy with these trees overall, even more so because they actually SMELLED like Christmas trees! (Thanks, 365 Days of Color!) What do you think- Christmas-y goodness? 

Be sure to keep coming back, because I have tons of good stuff lined up for you!

Check out the rest of the amazing Christmas Tree nail art below!