December nail art challenge

I decided to take part in the December nail art challenge hosted by rose_nailpolish and nailsby_bridget on Instagram and it was so much fun.

Dec 1^st - snowman

As I live in the southern hemisphere December is the first month of summer so this felt a bit wrong to me but I put a summer twist on this and I think it’s cute although the snowman doesn’t look as melted as I wanted him to.

Polishes used:

• Chip preventer – OPI chip skip
• Base coat - OPI nail envy
• Top coat - Rimmel London finishing touch
• White - chi chi salon formula - single white female
• Orange - Rimmel London lasting finish- 053 apricot punch
• Light blue - Sally Hansen satin glam - 06 teal tulle
• Black - Sally Hansen xtreme wear - 370 black out
• Gold glitter - OPI - all sparkly and gold

Dec 5^th – Christmas trees

So I was given this gold flaky polish by a friend clearing out there nail polish and I thought it was about time I used it, and next thing out know it’s the base to this design. I did 2 coats for the base but if I was wearing it on its own I would use 3 coats.

I then did a tree and lights on my fingers to match the theme then decided that since cats love x-mas trees so much, why not have a cat on my thumb?

Polishes used:

• Silver - glam manicare
• Chip preventer – OPI chip skip
• Base coat - OPI nail envy
• Top coat -Rimmel London finishing touch
• Gold glitter- sinful colors all about you
• Dark green - Rimmel London salon pro - 361 acid house
• Black - - Sally Hansen xtreme wear – 370

Dec 10^th – candy canes

I found this theme a little uninspiring as there are only so many way to do a candy cane design. So I searched candy cane nails on pintrest and saw some people had done it with a glitter background rather than just white, with that in mind I borrowed an essie polish off my sister and created this look

Polishes used:

Chip preventer – OPI chip skip

Base coat - OPI nail envy

Top coat -Rimmel London finishing touch

White - chi chi salon formula - single white female

Dark red - OPI bastille my heart

Silver glitter - essie beyond cozy

Dec 15^th – presents

This is another theme that I found hard for the same reason, there are only so many ways to do a presents design. I’ve seen this wrapping design done before on pintrest (actual websight http://www.nailmypolish.com/christmas-nail-art/) and decided to do it myself then added some present to my pointer and pinkie to make it a little more interesting.

Polishes used:

Chip preventer – OPI chip skip

Base coat - OPI nail envy

Top coat -Rimmel London finishing touch

Black nail art pen - sally hansen nail art pen Black/noir

Red – leiyu nail art turbo colour 02

Dec 20^th - Santa

This design I was excited about. I had the idea that I wanted to do Santa and his reindeer and his sleigh, so I looked on you tube for hints on how to do this, I used cutepolishs video Nail Art for Christmas: The Ultimate Guide! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLv7zxea1lI&index=90&list=PLrgbGXYISHNh-zIZQCfvm751wE3bfkm2X and Jenny Claire Foxs video Christmas Nail Art! Easy Reindeer Design! | MissJenFABULOUS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT27sjmi4NEYRBIRf-fmgow

Polishes used:
Chip preventer – OPI chip skip
Base coat - OPI nail envy
Top coat -Rimmel London finishing touch
Red - Natio nail colour - scarlet
White - chi chi salon formula - single white female
Tan - Rimmel London 60 seconds - 500 caramel cupcake
Light green - max factor glossfinity - 63 vivacious lime
Black nail art pen - Sally Hansen nail art pen Black/noir

Dec 25^th - anything

I decided after all this time we are in nail polish my nails needed a break so for this theme anything I decided to do nails with only one coat of Base coat - OPI nail envy to just give my nails a rest form all this.

I know this isn’t nail art and it’s the December nail art challenge but I’m looking out for my nails and I’ve got a design in mind for the 31^st so all will work out OK.

Dec 31^st – glitter

Ok so I knew what I wanted to do for this design. I saw this nail art design on Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/566609196849297668/) of Tinkerbelle on the moon and I thought that I was the cutest and most pretty nail design I’ve seen in a long time and really wanted to do a recreation. However I am not the best at the details so I went with a fairy over the moon, not specifically Tinkerbelle.

So how does this fit with the theme? You may ask. Well the black I used was midnight in NY, which has fine glitter pieces in it that you can’t really see in the photo. So I know it’s not the traditional glitter new year mani, but I think this is adorably cute and I really love it.

Polishes used:

Base coat - OPI nail envy
Top coat -Rimmel London finishing touch
White nail striper - LA colors art deco
Black with glitter- Sally Hansen complete salon manicure - 670 midnight in NY
Black nail art pen - Sally Hansen nail art pen Black/noir

So that was my December nail art challenge. I would like to say thanks again to rose_nailpolish and nailsby_bridget who run this. It was a fun challenge and a great way to get into the festive spirit.