Let It Snow Challenge | Day 19 | Half Moons

The Let It Snow challenge is almost over. I'm a little sad. This has been super fun! Day 19 is Half Moons. I've never done half moons before so this was rather interesting. I know that most people use circle stickers to get the perfect half moon shape. I don't have any circle stickers so I just hand painted my half moons and I added a little extra to them. Hope you like!

Polishes Used:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Razz-Berry

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear-Berry Juicy

LA Girl Metal-Pink Steel

Hard Candy-Glamour Girl

China Glaze-Fairy Dust (which you cant really see, Its over the accent)

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Tools Used:

Dotting Tools

Nail Art Brush

To see the other half moon designs check out the links below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 18 | Tribal | With Tutorial

Today's Let It Snow challenge post is tribal. This was my first attempt at tribal nail art and I went a little simple. I also did a tutorial on how I did this tribal art. I will add what polishes I used at the end of the post. Hope you like.

Start of with a base coat to protect your nails.

Paint your base color and let that dry.

With a gold polish (or color of your choice) and a nail art brush, make two lines down the center of your nail and fill that in.

Take a black striping polish or black acrylic paint and a striping brush and make diagonal line down the center of your gold stripe.

Using a dotting tool or a toothpick, make a dot in between each triangle you just created.

Again, with your black striping polish or acrylic paint and striping brush, make a black line on either side of the gold polish.

Clean up if needed and apply a top coat and your finished!

 Polishes Used:

Fingerpaints- You Yacht To Know Better

Pure Ice- Get Low

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Black acrylic paint

Tools Used:

Nail art brush

Dotting Tool

If you decide to create this design feel free to share it with me on my Facebook Page.

See what others did for their tribal design by following the links below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 17 | Igloos

Wow, 17 days into the Let It Snow Challenge. This has definitely been an experience. This is my second challenge I've done, however, the first was a complete fail. I was still learning things and was going through a lot and making excuses for why each post wasn't making being posted. I was in a funk. Well that funk is well over and I'm proud to say that I've made it this far into the challenge. This will not be my last, as this has been so much fun and I already cant wait for the next one.

With that being said, lets get on to Day 17 with Igloos. When I saw this I said to myself. How does one paint igloos on their nails. So I did just that. I painted an igloo on my nails. Hope you like.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine- French White Creme

Sinful Colors- Sugar Rush

Acrylic Paints used:

White 

Black

Bimini Blue

Tools Used:

Nail Art Brushes

I've also switched from a white backdrop to a black backdrop for taking my pictures. I think it made a difference on how the pictures turn out. What do you think compared to other recent pictures of mine? Can you see a difference?

I cant wait to see what others have done for igloos in this challenge, and you can view those by using the links below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 16 | Dots

Todays post is Day 16 of the Let It Snow Challenge. The theme was Dots. I'm super happy with how these turned out. Hope you like them.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine: French White Creme

Wet N Wild Wild Shine: Teal Slowly and See

Wet n Wild Wild Shine: Listening to Blue Reed

New York Color (NYC): Boat Basin

No Top Coat

Tools Used:

Dotting Tools

You may have noticed I did NOT use a top coat. I luckily took pictures before top coat. I let these dry for over an hour, put top coat and of course they smeared. Anyone have any suggestion on not getting the smear. 

Check out what others did by using the links below.

2014 Mega Giveaway!

 Its finally here. The 2014 Mega Giveaway hosted by The Nail Files By Lynda is now open for your entries. I'm so excited to be a part of this. You can see my prize right here.

My prize Includes:

China Glaze-Red Satin

Wet N Wild Wild Shine-Bijou Blue

Wet N Wild Color Icon-Diamond in the Rough

Pure Ice-Drive Me Crazy

Pure Ice-Showstopper

5 Pack of Dotting Tools

Package of 8 containers of glitter

10 pack of stripping tape

This prize is for US fans only, However there are a few that are international. There are so many people contributing to this giveaway. This giveaway starts today (January 20th) and runs through February 10th.

To see all of the people contributing and rules for this giveaway, please visit the link right below.
Lynda's Random Ramblings

You can enter below but make sure you have visited the link right above here for other prizes and rules.

 Good Luck!

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Let It Snow Challenge | Day 15 | Winter Hats, Mittens and Scarfs

Day 15 of the Let it Snow Challenge theme is Winter Hats, Mittens and Scarfs. I sat on this idea for a while and was going to try and incorporate all 3 into my nail art. Nope, didn't happen. I chose to go with mittens. This turned out horrible. I have one that looks sort of like a mitten and the other looks like an oven mitt. Oh well, that's the point of a challenge. Right? I challenged myself to something I hadn't done, and failed. Which means this will be a try again mani. Well hope you like it more than I do.

I forgot to mention that as soon as I top coated it smeared in areas. The one time I don't use my acrylic paints and this happens. 

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine: Who is Ultra Violet

Wet N Wild Megalast: On a Trip

Wet N Wild Megalast: Tahitian Pearl

Pure Ice: Black Out

Sinful Colors: Stardust

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Tools Used:

Nail Art Brushes

I will at some point be redoing this mani. It has great potential.

To see what others did, use the links below.

Black and Silver Glitter Gradient with Pure Ice

I decided to try one of the things on my Upcoming 2014 list, which you can find at the top of my blog. I went with Glitter Gradient. I love how simple this was and I think it turned out great.

 

I used Pure Ice polishes in Black Out and Dazzle Me.

What do you think of my first try at a glitter gradient? Let me know in the comments below and if you decide to try it go ahead and show me what you did on my facebook page.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 14 | Stripes

Day 14 of the Let It Snow Challenge was actually inspired by a mani I had seen on Instagram by user @peaceloveandpolish. It didn't turn out the way I had expected and I think the reason for that is at the time of me doing these, my nails were longer than hers. With that being said, here they are. Hope you like.

Polishes Used:

Above the Curve- Arrivederci

Topped with Glossy Glam

Acrylics Used:

White

Bright Magenta

Tools Used:

Nail Art Brushes

Use the links below to see other stripes

Finger Paints A Pair Affair Collection Swatches

Today I have the Finger Paints A Pair Affair Collection for you. There are 6 polishes to this collection and they are gorgeous. I actually won these in an Instagram giveaway.

First up we have Bare No Secrets which is a nude shimmer. This is by far my favorite nude polish as of now.

The second polish we have is Sarong So Right which is an orange shimmer. This one was a bit on the thick side.

Next up we have Sage It Ain't So. This one is a green shimmer. I absolutely love this shade of green.

This polish is You Yacht To Know Better which is a blue shimmer. Such a gorgeous color.

A Grape Catch is a purple shimmer which almost looks metallic, However its not quite as dark as it shows here but its very close.

The last polish in this collection is Our Tips Are Tealed, which is a teal shimmer. This is probably my favorite of the bunch.

Overall I really like this collection. I love all the colors and the shimmer to each of them make them pop. The only complaint I would have is 3 out of the 6 of these came with wonky brushes making application a bit hard. Which of these are your favorite. Tell me in the comments below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 13 | Snow Leopard

Today's Let It Snow Challenge theme is Snow Leopards. I was stumped on this one from the beginning because I didn't want to do just leopard print. So I added just a little something to it. Hope you like.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild- French White Creme

China Glaze- Fairy Dust

Pure Ice- Silver Mercedes

Topped with Glossy Glam by Rica

Acrylics Used:

White

Black

Bimini Blue

Tools Used:

Dotting Tools

Nail Art Brushes

You can see other snow leopards for this challenge by using the links below

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 12 | Snowman

Today is the start of the second half of the Let it Snow Challenge. Day 12's theme is Snowman. I I had a hard time choosing what blue I wanted to use as my base under the glitter. So I took to my nail wheels. I think I painted about 7 different blues before choosing. Find out below what blue I choose. Hope you like them as much as I do.

I think these may be my favorite of the challenge so far. I love them!

Polishes Used:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Pacific Blue

Hard Candy- Candy Coated

Topped with Glossy Glam by Rica

Acrylic Paints Used:

Black

White

Flag Red

Jack O Lantern

Tools Used:

Dotting Tools

Nail Art Brushes

Check out the other Snowman designs by using the links below.

Let It Snow Challenge | Day 11 | Snowflakes

I have officially made it halfway through this challenge and I couldnt be happier. Today is Day 11 with the theme of snowflakes. Hope you enjoy!

Accent snowflake was hand painted.

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors-Cinderella

Sinful Colors- After Party

Wet N Wild- French White Creme

Topped with Glossy Glam By Rica

Acrylic Paints:

White

Tools Used:

Gals Stamping Plate-GA41

Nail Art Brushes

Make-up Sponge

Check out other snowflake designs by using the links below.