12 Dec 2013

Crumpet's Nail Tarts Xmas Challenge Day 3 - Winter Colours

Hello everyone! Today is my last day of freedom before my daughter is finishes school for Xmas. I love having her home but at this time of year there's always an element of waiting for the levels of excitement to reach the point where a meltdown is inevitable (but having Santa as a back up is a big help!) ;)

The theme for today is Winter Colours and I have gone for a simple glitter gradient. The base is two coats of Sinful Colors Exotic Green, topped with a single coat of Color Club Fly With Me (I thought it lacked a little depth on its own, so layering it over the darker green gave it a bit more substance!). I then added a glitter gradient with China Glaze Electrify (which added the red and gold all in one go!) and finished with Seche Vite.






This is a colour combination that you can only get away with at this time of year, and even then I'm probably pushing my luck at least a little! But I got to use my beloved Electrify so I'll live with it :)

The next prompt in this Xmas challenge is for a mani celebrating "Christmas traditions". I think the hardest thing is going to be finding one that hasn't been covered in one of the other prompts!

Don't forget to check out all the other gorgeous Xmas colours by following the links below :)

8 comments:

  1. I really like this, it looks stunning!

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    1. Thank you! I wasn't sure how it would turn out with the green, but I think it works :)

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    1. Its awesome! And you get two colours for the effort of applying one! :)

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  3. I blatantly stole this - but gave you heaps of credit!!!! Bee-u-ti-ful!
    http://glam-madam.blogspot.co.nz/2013/12/electrify-ingly-jealously-green.html

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  4. What a festive look!!! I bet these got lots of compliments!

    Bailey
    aka Bailey

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    1. They actually did, which surprised me as I was not at all sure about the colours together! I didn't enjoy removing all that glitter though... :/

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