Top 10 of 2017

Now that 2017 is over, it's time to reflect on some of my favorite manicures that I did throughout the year. In no particular order, they are...

Half Moon Galaxy

Love Letter

Mandala

 Fun Fourth of July

 Gradiented Chevrons Skittlette

 Sparkling Mermaid Scales

Arctic Fractals

 Burgundy and Greys Fall Skittle

Witchy

 Princess Smoosh Marble

New Year 2018

Hello everyone, happy New Year! This is the first year ever that I did something other than just painting the new year across each of my fingers. The base is Zoya Storm, and I also used China Glaze Champagne Bubbles, Essie No Place Like Chrome, and Xtreme Wear Celeb City; the holo glitters are China Glaze Disco Ball Drop.

Christmas Medley

Merry Christmas! Here is what I'm sporting on my nails today.

Quatrefoil Christmas

I'm cutting it really close with these final Christmas designs! For this one I used Xtreme Wear With The Beet, Xtreme Wear Drop The Beet, Xtreme Wear Golden-I. For the quatrefoil I used Whats Up Nails nail vinyls and freehanded the rest. This was also one that I had to check out in matte.

Ornaments Christmas Skittlette

 This is such an odd design. I don't really know how any of these nails fit together but I do think the overall effect still works somehow. I also think this may be the first time I've ever really painted ornaments, so that's fun.

Scroll Christmas Tree

 Today's Christmas nails are pretty simple. I freehand painted this accent nail scroll work tree and then did a very easy gradient to finish out the rest of the nails. The dark green base is OPI Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow, then  I used the green scattered holo Zoya Merida for the tree and gradient. On top of those greens I added some gold glitter with China Glaze Blonde Bombshell, and topped off the tree with a star using China Glaze Midnight Kiss.

Glitter Placed Snowflake

This manicure is a little disappointing for me. I thought a glitter placed snowflake would be right up my alley, but it ended up being a little too tedious and in the end, it's nearly impossible to see the full effect of the snowflakes. I the base is a random gradient of Xtreme Wear Royal Hue, China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le, China Glaze Boho Blues, China Glaze New Birth, and Color Club Holy Chic!; for the glitters I picked from Color Club Orna-Minted.