To start with, after a Beauty Secrets base coat, I did two coat of China Glaze For Audrey. On one thumb, I did one vertical line of Finger Paints Bronze Sculpture, and on the other thumb I did two vertical lines of the same color bending toward each other. These were the trunks of the palm trees. Then I used Finger Paints Sketch N Etch to draw in the leaves of the trees and outlined them with Nina Black and a very thin brush. I also used the thin brush and the black to do diagonal lines down the trunks of the trees which would turn into light strings. Under the trees, I painted a couple presents just by doing small squares in one color and then painting a thin ribbon on them. On the rest of her nails, since they were short, I just did the same Christmas Lights pattern that I've outlined in a previous blog, and then did tiny dots of colors down the palm trees as lights as well.
And there you go! A SoCal Christmas!
No, for my own nails, since I'm spending the holiday at home with family, I wanted to do a New Mexico Christmas! Which means chili ristras and adobe buildings and snow!
I also started out with China Glaze For Audrey (isn't it just the perfect color for a blue sky??). Then I used Finger Paints Hip Hip Hue-Ray (you can use any white polish) and a small piece of a make-up sponge. Using tweezers to hold the piece of sponge, I dipped it in the white polish and dabbed it along the tips of my nails to give the impression of snow on the ground.
Then I used Sinful Colors Under 18 and a small flat brush to draw chili ristras on every other nail. I did this starting at the top of the ristra (at the base of the nail) and building downwards with short strokes so that individual chilies could be seen.
I then used the sponge to dab a little more snow along the front base of the buildings, like it had recently built up, as well as a tiny bit on the roofs. (I'm still not sure if I shoulda added the snow to the roofs but oh well). I then decided I wanted falling snow, so using a tiny dotting tool, I made several small white dots and then, after they had mostly dried, I did a coat of my Beauty Secrets top coat, going from tip to base, to drag the tops of the dots a little to make them look like they were falling.
Happy Holidays!
I love both designs! So creative and unique to the people that wear them.
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