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.

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.

Peppermint Warmth

Today I'm wearing some hot chocolate and peppermint on my nails. This is oddly specific, but I don't like painting drinks, so I thought these would end up a disaster, however I think they're super cute and I'm really pleased. I used  Revlon Posh, China Glaze Cutie Mark The Spot, Milani Red Label, Color Club Feathered Hair Out To There, and a little bit of Revlon Hot For Chocolate.

Snowflake Hexagons

This is my first holiday mani of the year! I love this one! I can't remember where I got the inspiration for this from, whether it was a wrapping paper or a manicure I saw on Instagram, but I know it was something!

Fun Fourth of July

These are the nails that I am sporting for the Fourth of July! This is one of the first times I've really painted fireworks, so I was nervous about how they would look, but I'm really happy with them! I added a bunch of glitter to and around them, which I think helps with the look a bit as well. For the middle nails I started off with a half moon and filled them in with blue stars. Then, I individually placed each line of glitter to separate the stars from the stripes, which I later added with the help of striping tape. I really love these nails and they're definitely my favorite Independence Day nails that I've ever done. The blue is Zoya Dream and the red is Zoya Blaze. The glitters were pulled from Color Club Wish Upon A Rock Star.

New Year 2017

Happy New Year! Once again, I had to continue with my tradition of doing the simplest possible design for the new year, which is to paint the upcoming year. For this manicure, I made decals for the numbers using my new silicone mat. I honestly think that the numbers would have been neater looking if I had just painted directly onto my nails,  but I really wanted to play around with the mat. I used Zoya Finley and Zoya Aurora for the base, and the numbers are Milani  and Color Club Worth The Risque.

Cute Christmas

These are my last Christmas nails of the year, and I decided to just go with the basics, a tree, a gift, and candy cane stripes. For this, I used Revlon Posh, Revlon Cherries In The Snow, Xtreme Wear Perfect Pear-ing, Xtreme Wear Pop Chart, For the glittery tree I used KB Shimmer Christmas Now, and the glittery present is Maybelline Precious Pearl.

Subtle Holiday

 Here's another holiday manicure, although the only thing Christmas about it is the holly leaves, so it's pretty subtle. I used Zoya Storm, Zoya Blaze, Zoya Logan, and Color Club Worth The Risque, which has the slightest of holo.

Cozy Christmas

For this Christmas manicure I really wanted to incorporate a plaid design and I came up with the cozy fireplace around that. I find freehand painting plaid designs is impossible to get perfect, but I think it looks alright, especially if you don't focus too closely on it. For the plaid I used China Glaze Take A Hike and China Glaze Merry Berry.

Greyscale Christmas

I wanted to do a Christmas design that was a little bit different for me, so I went with all shades of grey. Although, I suppose there's nothing really Christmas-y about the design, so it's really more of a winter scene. I used Zoya Tove, Revlon Iconic, and glitter from Maybelline Clearly Spotted and Maybelline Precious Pearl.

A Waddle of Penguins

 I don't think I have ever painted any penguins before, so here are a whole bunch of them bundled up for winter. The base is a random gradient of China Glaze Wanderlust, China Glaze Dashboard Dreamer, OPI You're Such A Budapest, and Xtreme Wear Babe Blue. Unfortunately, most of the gradient is covered by the penguins, but I still think the effect it adds is better than just a plain background.

Sweater Weather

 For my first holiday manicure I did some cozy sweater patterns. I use Essie Mint Candy Apple, Milani Red Label and Zoya Jacqueline.

Thanksgiving Nails

 I don't usually do Thanksgiving nails, but it was something I was just in the mood to paint this year. I did some pastel leaves, a slice of pumpkin pie and a turkey. I used China Glaze Foie Gras, China Glaze Tart-y For The Party, China Glaze Fresh Prince-ss, Zoya Cole, Zoya Neely, Zoya Jacqueline, Zoya Arizona, and Essie Miss Fancy Pants.

Fourth of July Glitter Placement

This year for the Fourth of July I did a glitter placement. What else is new? I tried my best to place the glitter to look like the American flag, but I did find stars to be a bit tricky to figure out; I'm still not sure how I feel about them. The blue is pulled from China Glaze Mosaic Madness, the red and silver are just Red and Silver from the Milani Jewel FX collection, and the little silver "stars" are from Color Club Orna-minted.

New Year 2016

Happy New Year! It's my last manicure for the year, so of course I painted pretty much the same design that I do every New Year. For the glittery base I used China Glaze Blonde Bombshell and Essie A Cut Above. The numbers are outlined in Zoya Daisy and have some barely visible Xtreme Wear Tickled Pink in the centers.