Christmas Mani Ideas. Along with December Manicures. 2013

These are simple and they really are the same design, but just different colors. I have been loving doing two accent nails recently. These three all have my middle two nails (ring and middle finger) as accent nails.

First of all I can't believe it's already Christmas time. The last few manicure I have done have been semi Christmas themed, and it takes nothing but the ability to paint nails to do these.

All of these looks were topped with European Secrets Hoofer's Choice. (review coming soon), but use your favorite.

Look 1:



Polished used:
Orly's Au Champagne (this is from their 2011 Holiday collection, but you can use any white)
Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear in Celeb City

How to get this look:
On my all the nail, except for the two accent nails, I do three coats of the Au Champagne. This will depend on what time of white polish you use. On the accent nail, I only do one coat. If your using a sheerer silver then you may need to do more than one. On the accent nails, I then do one coat of Celeb City. Then top it off with your top coat.


Look 2:

 Polishes Used:
China Glaze Ruby Pumps (This is a shimmery red. This is my favorite red.)
China Glaze Glittering Garland (This is a shimmery dark green. Also this was in their 2011 Holiday collection, but CG usually has a shimmery green in all their holiday collections. I am unsure about this year's holiday collection).

How to get this look:
I do three coats of each polish. I could have stopped at two, but I did a third for more sparkle. Top with a top coat.

Look 3: My Christmas Nails

 Polishes Used:
China Glaze Ruby Pumps
Wet n Wild Wild Shine in A Blank Canvas (any white polish will do)
Essie luxeffects in pure pearlfection (Any glitter will do. You cannot tell from the picture that this is on top of the white polish, but it shows up in person)

How to get the look:
I once again did three coats with Ruby Pumps, and only two with the white polish, which I topped with Essie polish. I used two coats of that polish. Top with a top coat.

Look 4:

 This is OPI Malaga Wine. I found this one sale at K-mart, and had to have it. I am unsure if it's LE or part of OPI's regular line. I did three coats of this. I had an extremely hard time opening this bottle, and after all the work I was kind of disappointed in the color. I am going to write a post about how I finally got this bottle open.


Update on Collection Organization:

All my purple\plum  polishes. I own way too many.

 I have finished swatching and organizing my polishes, so except coming soon a blog post about my polish collection organization.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas.

Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.