OPI Gwen Stefani Holiday Collection

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At first, I wasn't sure if I should share these because I am still expecting one to arrive. I ordered Comet in the Sky online because I cannot find it in stores anywhere! Regardless, I am anxious to share these with you! I've had them for a while now and have already worn them a few times. I have First Class Desires and Christmas Gone Plaid on the blog today! First Class Desires is a deep eggplant with gold shimmer and Christmas Gone Plaid is a beautiful darker green creme. 

Christmas Nail Art: Christmas Tree, Candy Cane, and Gingerbread

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I created some festive Christmas nail art to correspond with my post about Old Factory candles in the Happy Holidays Collection, and I wanted to share more photos and details about them!

Old Factory Candles and Matching Nail Art (Givaway!)

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Many of you probably don't know this about me, but I love candles. I really enjoy the lovely scents and the flame gives a beautiful ambiance to the room. I really feel like they help me relax and feel at home! I had the opportunity to try out Old Factory Candles in the Happy Holidays Trio: Christmas Tree, Candy Cane, and Gingerbread. I have corresponding nail art to tie it all in!

Work Wear Wednesdays: Holiday Edition Tutorial

Late night post, but it is still Wednesday for me! I have been really worn thin with all the holiday activities! I love it all, but it just takes it out of me. I still have a ton of things I want to do this Christmas season, and I hope I can get to them all. One of which is to show you more holiday nail designs! Today's Work Wear Wednesdays post is a holiday design and a little more advanced than I have shown, but I think all of you should give it a go!

Nail Art: Christmas Glitter

Christmas is less than a week away! That thought stresses me out more than excites me. Once you become an adult, Christmas becomes stressful. Trying to figure out who's relatives' house you are going and how many gatherings you are going to attempt to make it to are what most of my stress is over. We decided to do secret Santas on both sides of the family this year, which makes it significantly easier to shop for gifts. I am excited for Christmas, but I need to make sure I have everything finished! Since I like to distract myself from stress by doing my nails, I am here today with more Christmas nails! My friend Abby agreed to do #bestietwinnails with me. Check out that hash tag on instagram! It is so fun! All it is is creating matching manis with a friend. I thought it was a great idea!

 

Polishes we used were:
Red- OPI: Quarter of a Cent-Cherry
Gold Glitter- butter LONDON: Tart With A Heart
Green- A England: St George
Glitter- OPI: Pirouette My Whistle

The A England we used for the tree is my favorite polish in my whole collection. That is saying something! I just love the holographic, rich foresty green. It is so rich and perfect. A England is just my favorite brand. Anyway, we started with red on our pointer and pinky fingers and gold on all others. It took about three layers to get full coverage on the gold. Then we added the tree, framing it with painters tape and creating the lines across with striping tape. Abby picked up some rhinestones from Sally's Beauty Supply, which were perfect for a tree topper! Then we used striping tape on the thumb and added a layer of red. Lastly, we added a glitter gradient to the red nails. It is a bit more design than I am used to, but I love it! It was really creative and was definitely a collaboration between the two of us! I love how glittery this is, but at the same time it doesn't look too crazy or out there. I hope you enjoy this as well!

Nail Art: Christmas Tree Nails

I cannot believe there are only ten days left until Christmas! I have been really busy lately with the holidays and work, but I have been wanting to work on more Christmas nail art ideas. I have seen a lot of Christmas tree nails lately and wanted to recreate my own. I decided to keep it simple with a dark green and add a dotted Christmas tree. I used butter LONDON British Racing Green for the dark green and a gold, silver and champagne colored polish. I also fished out a star glitter from one of my glitter polishes with stars. Take a look:

Pretty simple, but very Christmas-y! I used three different sized dotting tools for this. I started with the largest and worked my way to the smallest. I used the pointy end of a cuticle pusher stick to place the star after I fished it out. What do you think? I am planning more holiday nail art, so let me know if you have any requests! I am hoping to some matching nails with a friend soon, so I'll have that to share with you sometime next week! Thanks for reading!