First Christmas Mani of 2014

Well, this was a mani that I sort of made up as I went along. I was planning to use the beautiful glitter thermal Magic Ocean Potion from Black Cat Lacquer but I think maybe it has lost its thermal properties. Luckily it is very pretty anyway, so as A England Galahad was still sat on my desk from last weeks leopard spots, I used that as a base for Magic Ocean Potion.  Galahad is a lovely colour, but not for my skin tone at this time of year, I'll wait for the spring to try it again.
Magic Ocean Potion is pretty sheer with copper shimmer and teal holographic glitter in a teal base, it is a lovely polish, and I think it worked well over Galahad.
The thermal properties still weren't working, so after a day I decided to go Christmassy and add some snowflakes. My 2 snowflake stamping images decided they weren't in the mood for stamping, and none of the pale colours I had were giving enough contrast so I used A England Saint George and Born Pretty Plate 09 which has an image close enough to be a snowflake.
The end result looks more Christmas jumper than snowflake but I think the combination of stamping and glitter do make for a subtle Christmassy look.

A England Galahad

 

Black Cat Lacquer Magic Ocean Potion
over A England Galahad

Christmas mani  

 
 

A2Z Series - F is for Fashion

It is Thursday again so it's time for the next instalment of the A2Z series - F is for Fashion.
This one really had me stumped as I don't really follow fashion, but then it occurred to me - there's one pattern I see quite a lot, not least on a new scarf I bought recently so totally inspired by my new scarf, I have done leopard print nails.
I have used my previous mani, Colours By Llarowe Burnt Sugar, as my base and then used A England Galahad and Camelot for my leopard spots, all completed using a couple of dotting tools. Galahad is a great match for the teal on my scarf, and I think it looks really good against the brown, and I like the contrast between the creme shades and the holo.
This was rather fun to do and nowhere near as stressful as the last time I used dotting tools, the randomness of it made it so much easier and even my right hand looks OK.
Despite being unsure what to do for this one, I am pleased with the results but I am looking forward to seeing what everyone else has done.

A2Z Series - F is for Fashion

  

 

  

 

  

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