A couple days ago, Allie told me she was considering dropping it, so I suggested we'd just continue Blogmas in my blog (so, yes, you can expect a guest appearance here too), only I was hella busy on that day so we skipped one.
Now, I'm still very busy with school this week, so bear with me if some posts come with a little delay. In fact, it took me over two days to finish these nails (because I'd only do them when I could find some spare time).
I clearly eff'd up my nails already... sigh
So, I was planning a Christmas-y look since last week, but I couldn't find the time to do my nails. When your academic duties give you a high five... in the face... with a chair.
I started this look on Monday or so at my Bee's place. In fact, I don't even own a lot of the stuff I used. I forgot to take a picture of the red nail polish I used and, quite frankly, I can't remember which one it was. I remember it was a big, squarish bottle with white letters spelling "XXL". I just picked the red that felt like Christmas the most. Other than that, I used two different base coats, a golden nail polish, clear nail polish, red and green glitter, and an all-in-one top coat.
First, I coated all my nails with KIKO's strengthener base coat, because as you can see my nails are super short because they suck; and followed that by their BB base coat.
Then, I painted my thumbs and ring fingers in CORAL's #13 and the rest in my friend's red (which could easily be replaced by mine).
While my index finger was still wet, I dip it in the red glitter and cleaned off the extra.
jfc so much clean up to do
Last night, my friend Ru was at a coffee shop working for school and I went to meet her (so she'd have some company, you know), and so I finally had some time to continue doing my nails, so that's when I did my thumbs.
Look at all the stuff you can easily replace!
I cut 4 stripes for each thumb, because since my nails are pretty much squared anyway, I might as well make them look like presents. So, I put two of those stripes horizontally, and other two vertically, coated my thumb with Golden Rose's WOW clear polish, and once again dipped it in the red glitter. Then, I cleaned up with the brush and took the stripes off; and repeated the process on the other thumb.
Meanwhile, I made stickers for my ring fingers: a Christmas crown and a Christmas tree.
Find the paper cut! (I'm a disaster.)
Basically, I put a coat of top coat on a little plastic bag (like freezing bags, but smaller), let it dry, and used the dotting tool to draw the crown and the pine tree with Golden Rose's WOW clear polish; and put green glitter on them. I let it dry for a bit and cleaned up with the brush.
Once that dried off, I used the dotting tool to draw small dots and a bow on the crown, and the balls and wood on the tree, with my red polish. Then, I picked the same golden as before and drew a couple stripes and a star (which was later erased because my nail is so short).
I put another layer of Essence's all-in-one top coat and let dry.
I didn't put them on until this morning before school. They took so long to dry I went home before I could put them on my nails.
To stick them to my nails, I simply coated them with the clear nail Polish, took the stickers off the plastic bag with my tweezers, and placed them on my nails.
I finished off with another layer of all-in-one top coat to seal my designs.
Did you like this look? Would you like some other Christmas-y designs? Let me know down below ♥
Peace! *
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