Holiday Manicure Ideas - 7 and Giveaway Winner

Good morning Sunshines! Can you believe there's only 11 days until Christmas? I've been super busy shopping, decorating the house and attempting to study for finals. I say attempting because I haven't been very motivated. Since I only have 3 finals this year compared to the usual 6, I'm not as stressed out about it. But I have a feeling the closer they get, the more stressed out I'll be. I plan to study all week but we'll see how that goes :)

Today I wanted to share another gift wrap inspired mani. I'm not sure why I'm preoccupied with gift wrap this year. This is day 2, as you can probably tell from the tip wear. The blue is Sally Hansen Laser and stamped with China Glaze Emotion. I also did another Christmas mani, but I was rushing and it was a complete fail. I'm saving it to show off during my parade of nail failures.

I also wanted to announce the winner of the CSN & Holiday Giveaway. There was a total of 63 entries and the number selected by random.org was 36, which is Morgan of Pass the Polish Please!. I've emailed Morgan and she has 2 days to reply. Thanks so much to everyone that participated. I will be having another giveaway very soon!

Milani Gems Gradient

Today I created a glitter gradient using the Happy Birthday dupe Milani Gems. You have to be extra careful with this one because it goes on thick. Use 1/4th of what you think you'll need.

To create the gradient, I gently dabbed the brush onto the nail. For the base I used WnW Black and China Glaze Devotion for the tip. Super fast and super easy!

(Out of focus shot to show the glittery goodness)

Thanks for stopping by! If you haven't already please enter my giveaway, there's only 2 days remaining.

Barielle Elle's Spell Swatch

Are you ready for another flakie? I know I am. I'm loving Elle's Spell from the Holiday Hustle Collection. I had to drive out of the way to pick her up but it was totally worth it. It's a gorgeous red flakie in a red base. Since I've been wearing a lot of Holiday mani's, I decided to switch things up a bit and layer it over purple. It really brought out the intensity of the flakes and sorta reminds me of OPI Merry Midnight, but much brighter.

Layered over Hard Candy Purple (sorry i don't have the name, it was on the package)

Isn't it beautiful! I purchased this polish from ULTA for $6. Woo hoo, what a steal!Thanks for stopping by :)

Holiday Manicure Ideas - 6

A quick post to share my snowflake manicure. Products used: Wet n' Wild White and Color Club Snowflake as a base. Then stamped with Konad Blue Pearl and China Glaze Devotion.

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Holiday Manicure Ideas - 5

I remember when I was a little girl in class and we would make red paper stockings with silver glitter. I tried to capture the same effect on my nails. To start I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Racin' Red (it's more red in real life) and Wet n' Wild White. I topped it off with Kiss silver glitter.

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Holiday Manicure Ideas - 4

Hello dear Readers! I hope you're having a great weekend so far. Today I wanted to share more Holiday nails. I know black and white are not your traditional Holiday colors, but I think it's still pretty festive.


Carol of the Bells is one of my favorite Christmas songs and inspired this mani. For stamping I used China Glaze Hi-Tek & Color Club Where's the Soiree. I filled in the bells with China Glaze 5 Golden Rings, then topped it off with a couple of rhinestones and Milani Jewel Fx Gold glitter.

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Holiday Manicure Ideas - 3

Another gift wrap inspired mani. For the base I used Seafoam Green nail foil, stamping Konad Wine Red, and to fill in the space Nicole Deeply in Love.

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