Candy Stripes

I know everyone is in full swing

with the holidays and their Christmas mani's 

but I just couldn't help but squeeze this last

gem in before I go all ho - ho - holiday!

CANDY STRIPES!

 

 

I'm such a sucker for pretty girlie shades, 

and I've been a huge light pink kick in particular. 

So I started with a light pink base color,

China Glaze in Dance Baby

Once dried, 

I cut several pieces of nail art striping tape

placing them onto the nail in a horizontal stripe pattern. 

Using the following 3 shades,

Barry M. in Mint Green

Orly in Purple Crush

Color Club in Disco Dress

and a sponge, 

I sponged the colors onto the whole nail, over the tape.

Then removed the tape, applied a top coat and vola!

 

YUMMY! 

It reminds me of

something Katy Perry would wear, and SO I'm loving it in all this

sea of Red & Green!

   

Candy Corn Crackle

Today I've got another

simple but very festive mani, 

Candy Corn Crackle!

 I started with a White base, using Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Then I did a sponge gradient of Orange & Yellow 1/3 way down 

the nail to create me candy corn. 

I used a cosmetic sponge with Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear in

Sun Kissed and Mellow Yellow.

Once the gradient was dry, I applied a single layer of 

Barry M.'s Instant Nail Effects crackle polish in Black.

I topped it off with 1 coat of Gelous top coat, 

followed by Out The Door top coat, 

because the crackle really does soak up alot of top coat. 

I could probably even have used a 2nd coat.

 I know most are over the crackle look, 

but I still really love my crackles and I loved the thought of using some for Halloween!

Aquatic Seaweed?

No name for this mani, all I know is that I'm totally digging it. 

It has a very aquatic feel to it.

I started off with a coat of POP Beauty polish in Mint Magic

Then I sponged lightly some 
Orly in - Luxe & Barry M. in -Cyan Blue

Then, using NYX Advanced Salon formula polish in - Sepia

and Cheeky jumbo stamping plate B,

I chose the pattern circled below, because it of reminded me of seaweed 

 

 These plates rock, & I'm quickly accumulating several of them.

The images are larger, so if you've got wider nail beds, 

these are perfect!

I picked this one up on Amazon.com

for $11.99 + shipping