9 Dec 2013

The 12 Days of Xmas Challenge Day 5 - Bells

Hello everyone! Today I have my fifth mani for the 12 Days of Xmas Challenge and the theme for today is Bells. I have to admit that this was the prompt that I was looking forward to the least - I just couldn't get inspired! In the end I decided to stretch the prompt as much as possible and went for a pair of little elf suits with bells on!

 I started by painting three nails with Barry M Gelly Passion Fruit and the two accent nails in French White. I added the green jackets using Sinful Colors Exotic Green (quickly becoming my "go to" Xmas green!), the collars with Passion Fruit outlined with LA Colors Black Velvet. The belts were also painted with Black Velvet and for the gold buckles and bells (and dots on the other nails) I used Collection 2000 Hot Looks Shimmy Shake.




This isn't my favourite mani ever, but I'm glad I found a way out of the traditional bells that I thought I was going to have to paint!

I'm much happier with our next theme, and I will be back with a Decorations themed mani for you in a couple of days.

I will also be kicking off my round up posts of 2013 and filling you in on some of the exciting things that I have planned for 2014, so stay tuned, and check out all the other fabulous XMas manis by following the links below :)
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14 comments:

  1. Dawn9 Dec 2013, 15:31:00

    Awh I love this mani its very cute and makes a nice change from the traditional bells well done! :)

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    1. Unknown9 Dec 2013, 17:47:00

      I don't know why I was so against painting the traditional ones, but was soooooo happy to find another option! :)

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  2. Unknown9 Dec 2013, 15:52:00

    Ahhh that's adorable! Thinking outside the box-fab. Loving the little elves =D

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    1. Unknown9 Dec 2013, 17:48:00

      Thanks! My daughter has been demanding to watch "Elf" on DVD at every available opportunity for the last 2 weeks so I think I was probably influenced!!!

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  3. gin shivers9 Dec 2013, 16:29:00

    sssooooooooo cute <3

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  4. Amelia9 Dec 2013, 18:45:00

    loving these so much, especially his dangly bells! xx

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  5. Unknown9 Dec 2013, 23:03:00

    Hehe these are so cute!

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  6. Lustrous Lacquer10 Dec 2013, 03:22:00

    What a creative take on todays prompt. And those elves are really cute/

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    1. Unknown10 Dec 2013, 10:58:00

      Thanks! Anything to get out of trying to paint traditional bells!!!

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  7. Galorious10 Dec 2013, 10:52:00

    wow! i love it! barry m passionfruit looks amazing!

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    1. Unknown10 Dec 2013, 10:59:00

      Thank you! Its such an awesome colour - a proper red, but creamy and not too overpowering :)

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