Friday, December 4, 2015

Christmas 2015 Simples: OPI Snowflakes Wrapping Paper Inspired Nail Art + Tutorial

Ho ho ho,

Tis the season and all that jazz! For the last several years I haven't been able to do nearly as many nail art looks for Christmas as I have wanted to.  It's been pretty disappointing because I'm such a fan of this holiday, and of all the many many plates I own  Christmas is probably the one theme I own the most type of plates from across my entire collection.  I'm a bit helplessly drawn to these plates.  So this year I decided even if I can't do a bunch of my mega complex manis I'm definitely going to fit in more Christmas nail art magic this year.  One way is by doing what I call simples and for the first time I wanted to create a holiday playlist on my Youtube channel to go along with the art.

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Mani-louge
Basecoat/Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote / Poshe Ultra Fast Drying Topcoat
Gradient: OPI What's Your Point-Settia & Red Fingers and Mistletoes
Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas White (#1)
Stamping Plate: Loja BBF 27

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OPI's What's Your Point-settia is gorgeous! Creamy and super glossy and opaque in 2 coats.  For the longest time I only loved Big Apple Red as my go to red polish, but I seriously have to re-evaluate that stance after trying this one.  This is from the 2014 Holiday Collection btw.

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The gradient with Red Fingers and Mistletoes is very subtle.  Pretty much dies away except for the shimmer.  I love blushing gradients.  I coined that term a long time ago to describe gradients exactly like this - where there is a kiss of color difference starting toward the cuticles and then just fading away.

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Macro below shows off the glow of Red Fingers better....

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So yeah even though this was pretty simple nail art I really love how it turned out! Sometimes simple is best :)

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So there we have it first Christmas mani of the season! What do you think? Not expecting a ton of accolades since for me this is pretty simple and almost atypical of my standard nail art these days lol. Though sometimes I really do think classic is gorgeous too!  I actually found these polishes at my local Target on display not sure if they were aware they were last seasons polishes, but I love them anyway.  Thanks for reading and I'll see you next post!

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