Day 8 : Snowday again

Branches and snowday. Sponging-technique as the base. On the top #131 Sand Turtle by Wild and Crazy, mostly green-and-blue glitter.

For branches I used an old eye-liner brush. I think it works better than nail art brushes for the lines that must be thinner on one end and thicker on the other - and the distance between two ends is so short. This would be a nice design to wear on ringfinger if other nails are painted with one color. Branches on every nail might be too much (?).

On the left there konad-snowflakes with #59. Hardly detectable aren't they? I just don't know how to get it on with Konads. The Princess Polishes don't seem to show up on bases I'd like to place them to. And I don't have any Special Polishes (the round ones) anymore. My baby tossed the black on the floor and the neck of the bottle broke :( I have cute plates but I can't get a decent look with them. I admire all the beautiful konadicures I see. I'll practise with the wheels and try to come up with a pretty Konad-look for you before December ends.

Tomorrow something for Audrey ;)
Have a happy day !

Nail Art Contests this month

Contests open on YouTube!

For Pink & Silver nails:



For New Year's Nails UNTIL end of the month.
Blog at http://nail-design.se/


For Glamorous French Manicures UNTIL December 12th


Don't forget the Cities of The World UNTIL December 11th

Great themes for participating or just enjoying others' entries :)

Day 7 : Red, green and gold

Classics for today.

On YouTube I've compiled a playlist of beautiful Christmas & winter nail art from many fellow-YouTubers. Consists of tutorials and slideshows:



As usual, to subscribe the channel featured on the video hit the YouTube-logo on the down right.
I'll be adding more videos to this playlist all the time :)

Day 6 : Independence Day / Itsenäisyyspäivä

Thumbs up for Finland's Independence Day (since 1917). Above an older pic and my favorite blue #W78 Super Duper Blue by Wild and Crazy with one coat.

On my thumb is the Finnish flag. Since I'm making Christmas designs for everyday I made this rounded edge for other tips with dot rows. The base color is OMG by China Glaze and the blue is the same as in the first pic by Wild and Crazy. The blue looks more intense here - and in real it is this intense. Lovely royal blue.

Every Independence Day the top celebrities and of course war veterans get invited to our President's mansion ("castle") to celebrate. Millions of people gather around tv to see it live and it is one of the most watched tv-programmes every year. Then media writes about it for a week with glorious pictures from beautiful dresses (and people's behaviour after drinking the infamous punch). Our family's tradition is to burn white-and-blue candles on the window ledge, eat only Finnish food and snacks and chocolate for the day - and of course me and the girls dress up posh too :)

Have a relaxingSunday ! Tomorrow a shift from silver to gold...

Day 5 : Angelic with blue and silver

Angel in my pocket

I am a tiny angel
I'm smaller than your thumb:
I live in people pockets
That's where I have my fun.
I don't suppose you've seen me,
I'm too tiny to detect:
Though I'm with you all the time,
I doubt we've ever met.

Before I was an Angel...
I was a fairy in a flower:
God, Himself, hand-picked me,
And gave me Angel power.

Now God has many Angels
That He trains in Angel pools:
We become His eyes, and ears, and hands
We become His special tools.

And because God is so busy,
With way too much to do;
He said that my assignment
Is to keep close watch on you.
When He tucked me in your Pocket
He blessed you with Angel care;
Then told me to never leave you,
And I vowed always to be there.

--- Copyright © 1999 Virginia Ellis ----
http://www.poetrybyginny.com/

Not the easiest things to capture on camera - but such are angels :)

Day 4 : X-mas green berries

Good day! This is my weekend mani, ideal for short nails also. I was inspired by the idea of red and green, obviously, and thought about making big green balls on either nail with glitterrrr. But as you know, I adore dots, and I'll be using gold glitter soon on other designs... so dot dot dot it is again :)

Before adding green it was a complete lady bug look. I wanted to add more lady (and less bug) in the look so I sketched a poinsettia on the ring finger. It looks more posh in real 'cos the base is shimmering and the green is glistening (can't catch it indoors on camera). Here's the bug stuff:


Shimmering green nail art polish by Nail Star, #19 Beautiful Berry by Sally Hansen, black by Kiss and then a dotting tool and a wanna-be dotting tool (a cover for make-up brush) for larger dots. And missing from the pic is white by Migi Nail Art (for the ring finger).

The look is easy to do with adding a big black dot and then a small green dot inside of it. Differend finishes of laquers bring dimension to it.

My biggest inspiration for using dots is a YouTuber happybutterfly08 . Check out her channel for pretty but easy-to-make nail tutorials.

Have a happy start for your weekend !
Tomorrow more angelic theme...

Day 3 : Snowflakes with white and silver

Here are 3 takes on snowflakes with three differend finishes: white creme, white shimmer and holographic. The first one is painted with Migi Nail Art Pen and I added some craft glitter on the wet paint with a stick. The middle one is shimmering white base with #265 by LCN, the tip is with metallic silver nail art polish by Nail Star (from eBay) lined with silver glitter polish by Kiss (the one I always love to use...). The rhinestone is color accurate, beautiful light blue. The one on the right is painted with OMG by China Glaze and snowflakes are dotted with Migi Nail Art Pen.

I thought I'd like the shimmery one the most when I started to paint them... And on real nails, under differend lighting the shimmer is quite stunning. But now I think the first one is the best base when they are side by side. Maybe I should dot snowflakes on the creme base with OMG - that would be quite pretty don't you think? On these fakies I could practise konading too. Maybe over the weekend I will.

Oh and here is a relaxing free online game of snowflakes for your kids - or yourself. I admit I like to play with it too and admire all the beautiful art others have made:
http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/

See you soon! Tomorrow a whole manicure again :)