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    20 Christmas Nail Art Ideas

    This year I’ve hardly posted any Christmas nail art and I feel awful for it! In previous years I’ve been all over that stuff but this month I just haven’t been able to put all my nail art ideas down on my actual nails. I know that many of us will be planning out our manicure for the big day this weekend (myself included!) so I’ve created a nail wheel full of Christmas nail art designs so that I can get all these ideas out before Christmas has been and gone!
    There’s a good range of designs here from easy glitter gradients to slightly more tricky freehanded stuff. I’ve tried to make sure there’s something for everybody, no matter your personal taste or skill level and I’ll be linking up to tutorials where I can find them. Merry Christmas and Happy Painting!!

    Festive Roses
    The Nailasaurus: Freehanded Rose Tutorial

    Snowman
    I used two coats of China Glaze Fancy Pants with a coat of W7 Moonlight for the glittery base. The snowman is freehanded using white acrylic paint and various nail polishes for the details.

    Santa’s Hat
    I started with a white base coat and freehanded a red triangle in Rimmel Heart on Fire. Next I painted on the blue background colour and went back in with some white acrylic paint to make the fluffy details.

    Christmas Pinstripe
    The Nailasaurus: Striping Tape Tutorial
    Barry M Gold Foil, Rimmel Heart on Fire and Revlon Emerald City over a base of Barry M White

    Polka Dots
    Barry M Gold Foil dots over Revlon Emerald City

    L♥VE
    White acrylic paint over Rimmel Heart on Fire freehanded with a nail art brush

    Grold Glitter
    I combined W7 Cosmic Green and Sinful Colors Call You Later which are both green/gold glitter mixes to get this dimensional glitter look.
    Can’t Catch Me
    The base colour here is piCture pOlish Whimsy and I freehanded the gingerbread man with Avon Deluxe Chocolate. The white details are acrylic paint.

    Sonnetarium Peppermint Kiss
    Available at sonnetarium.net

    Candy Canes
    This was freehanded using a striping brush and Essie Jag-U-Are over a base of China Glaze Dandy Lyin’ Around
    Rudolph
    Start by painting on a half moon at the base of the nail, then adding a hump on top. Outline and add antlers using a darker shade then fill in his nose with red glitter! I used Essie Glamour Purse
    Snowfall
    I used a really old blue NYC polish for my base colour and dotted on white acrylic paint using a dotting tool in a gradient pattern. Do this by first doing a layer of dots that are evenly spaced and then adding a second dose of dots just near the cuticle.
    Christmas Waterfall

    The Nailasaurus: Waterfall Nail Art Tutorial
    Essie Jag-U-Are, Ulta3 Mermaid Green and NYC Full Metal Jacket over China Glaze Dandy Lyin’ Around

    Presents!
    The base colour here is A-England Rose Bower. I painted on the ribbons with a striping brush and freehanded the bow in Revlon Emerald City.

    Gold Glitter
    You just can’t go wrong with gold glitter at Christmas. This beauty is on coat of Cirque Helios over Nails Inc. Hampstead Gardens.

    Snowflakes
    The Nailasaurus via Divine Caroline: Snowflake Nail Art Tutorial
    These snowflakes were freehanded with white acrylic paint over Essie Bouncer It’s Me


    Glitter Gradient
    I used Barry M Blue Glitter over Maybelline Ceramic Blue. Using a sponge, lightly dab on the glitter from the tip of your nail down towards the cuticle. Repeat, but the second time around, only go half as far down as you did the first time to make sure the glitter is more dense at the very tip of your nail.

    Oh Christmas Tree
    This base colour is piCture pOlish Whimsy and I created the tree by painting on a long triangle, adding the star on top and finally decorating it with tinsel.

    Fair Isle Snowflake
    Coewless Polish: Fair Isle Snowflake Picture Tutorial

    Christmas Puddings
    The Nailasaurus via iVillage: Christmas Pudding Tutorial

    Freehand Roses (again!)
    The Nailasaurus: Freehanded Rose Tutorial

    And that’s all folks! Let me know which is your favourite design. At the moment I’m falling hard for the cute little gingerbread man and the L♥VE nail. I think I’ll have to work in the Cirque Helios as an accent nail and try some of the freehanded designs in gel polish! Oh heck, we all know I’ll end up doing a skittle manicure because I just won’t be able to choose!
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    Christmas, Glitter, Stamping, Uncategorised

    My First Christmas Nail Art of 2013

    I know that today is Thanksgiving but I don’t have any thanksgiving themed nail art for you. Being that I don’t celebrate it here in the UK and I’m painfully jealous of everyone feasting on turkey dinners today, I thought I’d kick of some Christmas festivities to remind me that I have a delicious roast dinner coming to my dining table soon enough!

    This year I really feel like everything’s been done when it comes to Christmas nail art but I’m determined to come up with something at least semi-original before the 25th. If you want to see the Christmas designs I’ve done in the past, you can flick through the archives here!

    Christmas Nail Art with Essie Jag-U-Are

    Christmas Nail Art with Essie Jag-U-Are

    For starters I used Essie Jag-U-Are (which is the metallic red) and stamped on a fair isle design from Nailz Craze Plate NC03 using BK Matt White. The snowflakes on my thumb are from MoYou London Kitty Plate 09 and the crazy cute decal on my middle finger is from She Sells Seashells. It’s a deer but I think it can pass as a reindeer!

    The milky white polish with the green and red glitter is Sonnetarium Peppermint Kiss over one coat of Barry M White. The green and gold mix on my pinkie is W7 Cosmic Green over one coat of Ulta3 Mermaid Green.

    Finally, I topped it all off with two coats of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

    Christmas Nail Art with Essie Jag-U-Are

    Christmas Nail Art with Essie Jag-U-Are

    Christmas Nail Art with Essie Jag-U-Are
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