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    12 Days of Christmas Nails: Day 12… Mash Up

    25th December 2011
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    Merry Christmas everybody! The day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here and for me it will be over in just over an hour! I had a great time with my family; eating, drinking and Doctor-Who-Watching! I hope you all had a great day and Santa brought you what you wanted. He brought me some very nice things including 8 nail polishes, a new bottle of OPI Nail Envy and some polish thinner – fun and practical all rolled up in a few bottles!
    I decided that for my last Christmas manicure I would just do a mash-up of festive nails and I know how much you guys love glitter so I squeezed in plenty of that. Red glitter never fails to get me in the holiday mood! 
    Top to bottom:
    W7 Blue Lagoon and the snowflake was freehanded with Barry M Silver Foil
    Barry M Raspberry with BYS Gold Finger sponged on to the tip
    Barry M Matt White with the tree freehanded with BYS Flash Dance, outlined with BYS Fern and decorated with Barry M Lilac Foil
    Barry M Red Glitter over an unnamed, unbranded metallic red

    What did you all get for Christmas?!

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    12 Days of Christmas Nails: Day 11… Festive Glitter Fiasco

    22nd December 2011
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    Christmas panic began to set in for me today. I still have so many presents to buy and so little time! 
    I think this mani perfectly represents the manic atmosphere that we can all feel in the air these last few days before the 25th, while still looking quite pretty and festive at the same time!
    I used BYS Astro Gold as a base, then sponged on Barry M Red Glitter and BYS Dazzling.

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    12 Days of Christmas Nails: Day 10… Christmas Crackers

    20th December 2011
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    I can’t believe I almost forgot Christmas Crackers! The best crackers we ever had were a set my Grandmother bought years ago and each one had inside a little whistle which were all different notes and numbered. We had to line up according to the number on our whistle and a elect a ‘conductor’ to attempt to make us play Christmas carols by pointing frantically at the right number from the song sheet! It was a barrel of giggles.

    I used Barry M Matt White as a base. The outlines were done using black acrylic paint and I used George Buttercup Shine for the yellow, La Femme Cherry Red and Barry M Gold Foil for all the detailing.

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    12 Days of Christmas Nails: Day 9… Christmas Pudding

    19th December 2011
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    The meal is the part I’m most looking forward to this Christmas. I can’t wait to sit around the table with my family and fill myself with the traditional Christmas spread! We won’t actually be having Christmas pudding, instead favouring Apple Crumble and custard. So to make up for that – I’ll be wearing them on my nails!
    My base colour is Avon’s Deluxe Chocolate and I used Sally Hansen Insta Dry Whirlwind white for the icing. The leaves are BYS Fern and the berries are La Femme Cherry Red (4th day running!).
    I used a top coat of NYC CLassy Glassy to finish.

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    12 Days of Christmas Nails: Day 8… All of the Lights

    16th December 2011
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    Credit for today’s Christmas nails design goes to Joya at Blanket Print Nails who posted a great and simple tutorial to get the holiday lights look on your fingertips. You can find the tutorial here!
    Even though mine look more like bunting than holiday lights, I love the way they turned out. The snowy gradient is gorgeous too – I think I need to do more sponging!

    I used Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream as a base and sponged Wet n Wild White on to the tips to make a little gradient.
    For the lights, I used black acrylic paint, BYS Fern, La Femme Cherry Red, George Buttercup Shine and No7 Poolside Blue.



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    12 Days of Christmas Nails: Day 7… Sweet Talkin, Sugar Coated Candy Cane

    14th December 2011
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    It’s starting to feel very Christmassy around here. I’ve had my first glimpse of snow yesterday and our house is completely decked out with lights and decorations! 
    As I type this, I’m watching 101 Dalmatians which I think qualifies as a Christmas movie because there’s snow everywhere. It takes me back to being about 6 years old although I have a completely new appreciation for it now I’m old enough to know that Hugh Laurie and Mark Williams (Horace and Jasper) are British comedy legends!
    Today’s nails were inspired by Christmas Candy Canes and they look quite tasty if I say so myself!

    I used Barry M Matt White as a base and used a striping brush to freehand the stripes with La Femme Cherry Red.



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    12 Days of Christmas Nails: Day 6… Can’t Catch Me

    13th December 2011
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    In theory, this should have been the most simple manicure from the ’12 Days’ series but it gave me an absolute nightmare! The BYS polish I used as the base colour is quite thick so took longer to dry than I’m used to and I kept denting it or attempting to stamp too soon and smudging the whole thing #woeisme. I got there in the end though!

    Stamping Plate: BM222
    Base Colour: BYS – Fern
    Stamp Colour: Barry M – Gold Foil
    Top Coat of NYC

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