Christmas nails: Fairy Dust and Xmas tree

Hi everyone! I've got more Christmas nail art for you. I'm really big on the red-and-white theme this year. And minimalism is another main theme for my Christmas nails. No idea why but I think it's fun to switch things up. Last year I was all for fun prints and complex designs and multiple colors.

You could do this nail design if you don't have much time to spend on drawing details or if you just want a simple accent nail.

Taken with flash

Taken with flash

Here are the polishes I used:
China Glaze - Salsa
China Glaze - Fairy Dust
A white nail art pen

Easy enough, right? First I used two coats of China Glaze - Salsa for the base. I'm sure you'll agree with me that China Glaze - Salsa is such a pretty red. Every time I reach for a red polish, I end up picking China Glaze - Salsa. I might have to get myself a spare bottle at the rate I'm using it.

Next I used one coat of China Glaze - Fairy Dust. Fairy Dust adds such a magical glow. It sparkles and I swear you can almost picture Tinkerbell from Peter Pan showering all her pixie dust onto your nails. ;)

For the accent nail, I just used my white nail art pen to draw the tree. I didn't spend much time perfecting it which is why it turned out a bit wonky but hey, snow on trees aren't perfectly balanced, are they?

What do you think of this easy Christmas nail art design? What part of Christmas inspires your nail art? What color theme are you loving for Christmas this year? Tell me all about it in the comments section. Run out and get a glitter polish now. ;)

Thanks for reading! <3

Orly - Charged Up with Glitter

Hey guys! If you saw my post on Orly - Charged Up, you'd know that this is my first and favorite jelly polish so far. Isn't the color just mind-blowing?

Well today I've jazzed them up so they look x10 mind-blowing. See for yourself:

Taken with flash

Sorry for flooding my cuticles. My cuticles still aren't in the best shape but we're getting there :D I hope.

Taken with flash

Now comes the fun part. Check that glitter razz out! I heart my China Glaze - Fairy Dust - the name couldn't be more apt!

Here's what the glitter that I layered over the 2 coats of Orly - Charged Up:

• Thumb and ring finger:
• 2 coats of Love & Beauty - Confetti Sprinkle
• Middle finger:
• 2 coats each of Love & Beauty - gold glass flecks and Love & Beauty - gold glitter
• Little finger:
• 1 coat of China Glaze - Fairy Dust

Sealed all the glitter in with Sally Hansen - Insta Dri Top Coat. Let me be the first to tell you that Love & Beauty - Confetti Sprinkle consists of chunky, irregularly-shaped glitter and some of the glitter does curl up so I'd advise pressing them down a little then sealing with top coat.

Taken in the shade

Taken with flash

This is not Orly - Charged Up. This is actually Essie - The Girls Are Out from the Essie Summer Collection 2013 which is a GORGEOUS fuchsia. If you love this color as much as I do, don't worry. I'll show you more pictures in an upcoming post.

So how do you like all that glitter on Orly - Charged Up? Or do you prefer your polishes plain? Or was there not enough glitter for your liking?! I'm a sucker for adding designs and unnecessary glitter; you can admit that you like your nails busy and fancy. :)

Thank you for reading!! :)

Random Gray and Snowcone Glitter Nails

I was bored so I decided to jazz up my nails with glitter.

Taken with flash

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of Maybelline Color Show - Impeccable Greys on every nail. I used Love & Beauty's Confetti Sprinkle on the middle finger, China Glaze - Fairy Dust on the ring finger and Milani - Hot Pink on the little finger. The pointer isn't layered with any glitter.

Taken with flash

I really have to start taking better pictures with flash. But until then, here's Orly - Snowcone and the same glitter polishes layered over it except my pointer is layered with a coat of Fairy Dust.

Thank you for reading! :D

Part 1 of my US haul

So I've decided to move my nail posts over here since it's a big feature in my life and somehow I think my nail art deserves a blog of its own. This will be my little space on the Internet to talk about all things nail polish related.

If you have been following our old blog, you'll know that it is hard for me to get my hands on any decent nail polish so obviously I was ecstatic when I went to the US for a brief holiday. I shamelessly hauled back more than 20 bottles of nail polish. I would have swept the shelves clean but with the luggage limit and other stuff that I'd bought, I didn't want to have to pay for extra baggage (these bottles are heavy!)

Here are some of the goodies that I brought back. I'm only going to be showing the bottles even though I've swatched all of these because I haven't loaded all the pictures yet.

Orly - Charged Up

China Glaze - Fairy Dust

Orly - Liquid Vinyl

Essie - Naughty Nautical

My first few bottles of Essie are in this haul and I don't regret spending $7.79 on each bottle. The formula for the colors that I bought are amazing.

I'm wearing Naughty Nautical in all the pictures and I LOVE it so much! I'm so glad I saw the swatches of this and read the good reviews about it. I saw it in Target and snagged it without thinking.

China Glaze - Salsa

Orly - Snowcone

China Glaze - Strawberry Fields

China Glaze - Turned Up Turquoise

I already have one bottle at home but it's one of my favorite colors and I'd been using it a lot so I had to get a spare. It really doesn't look that green on the nail but this is what it looks like with flash.

China Glaze - White on White

So far I don't regret a single color that I've bought here. China Glaze - White on White is a great base for neon colors or just about any color. I guess my only regret is not getting another bottle of this. Argh, I don't know when I'll be back in the US :S

I have so much that I want to do with this blog so bear with me while I fiddle with it and get it to the way I want.