Ugly Christmas Sweater Nails

Hey hey hey everyone! Today I've got the busiest, most obnoxious red and green nails to share with you! All in the holiday spirit!



There is SO much going on in this look, I kind couldn't actually wear it out (I usually do wear my looks out, this one was just too much). So let's start with the gorgeous bases. The red is Dreamland Lacquer Out, Damned Clot! and the green is Literary Lacquers Leaves of Grass. Perfect Christmas red and green holos if I do say so myself!



Now lets get to the stamping specifics. Double stamping for the win always, but seriously, too much red and green! Anyway the first layer is KBShimmer Eyes White Open, my go-to stamping white polish. The top layer was Painted Polish Woodland Whimsy. The stamping plate on this was Bundle Monster BM-S215.



Once again this nail started with a layer of KBShimmer Eyes White Open. Then I broke out my Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Universal Loner from the first Creme a la Mode box to stamp the red on top. The image was from an old Winstonia W120 from a bundle I got a long time ago.



So these are bright and obnoxious, but I'm sure Christmas is like that for a lot of people so this is an apt depiction, no?

Anyway, I've got a few more holiday looks I hope to get up before Christmas, so stay tuned!

Final Holiday Nail Looks

Ok so I kind feel like I dropped the ball here on holiday nail art this year! I did partake in a few challenges, and I did a few nails just for me! So I thought I'd share what is left over below! And stay tuned to the end of my post for a collage of all my holiday nails!!!



First up we have some sweater nails!





Not the most traditional colors, but the base is Ever After Polish Jagged Heart and I stamped using a Zoya polish. The plate is one of my new Bundle Monsters - BM S215 to be exact!





The next look features a base of an indie polish I wish not to name. There was a lot of drama involving said brand earlier this year. I had purchased quite a lot from this maker, and while there are still bad feelings all around regarding the brand, I just can't quite part with the polishes I bought using my hard-earned money.

But this is a fun dotticure look you could easily create with similar colors, so I thought I would share anyway!!! The white dots are KBShimmer Eyes White Open and the red dots are B Polished Red-y for the Holodays!









The next look features a gradient using two polishes of the brand I'd rather not name. I topped the gradient with ILNP My Private Rainbow (X) because I thought the flakie holo shards would add a sparkle reminiscent of snow flurries! And then I used an older Bundle Monster plate and my KBShimmer Eyes White Open for the stamping!

So that completes my holiday nail looks. I think I did maybe 9 looks total for the season? I'm just kinda over holiday nails now and have been for awhile! I've gotten so many new pretties in my mailbox over the last two weeks, I can't wait to play with them all! But for your viewing pleasure, here is a collage of all my holiday looks in one place!!!!



I'm pretty sure I'm taking a few days off from the blog now, but I'll most likely be back Monday with some New Year's Nails to share and then I'll create a post with my favorite polishes of the year and my favorite nail art looks as a fun wrap up!!!

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday break, no matter what you celebrate. All my readers mean the world to me, I am so thankful you stop by from time to time! If you feel so inclined, let me know what your doing with your time off (fingers crossed you all get some this holiday season)!

I'm headed to my in-laws for Christmas, and it might actually snow tomorrow! I'm SOOOO excited, I haven't had a white Christmas in YEARS! And my sister-in-law is visit with her children all the way from Germany so it will be a happy reunion with family! :) My side of the family is headed up to my place for New Years, and that is when we'll celebrate Christmas with my side!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Christmas

Happy Holidays everyone! My postings are a bit sporadic this month, but you can always count on my end of the week Crumpet's Nail Art Challenge posts!



First off I'll talk about the base of this art, because hello, are these not the perfect Christmas glitter combo?!



The red is Smitten Polish Buy Me a Boa and Drive Me to Reno, part of the awesome Christmas in Stars Hollow Gilmore Girls collection released earlier this month! This cranberry microglitter beauty is opaque in two coats and is not top coat hungry, only needs one coat for super sparkly shine! :)

The green is Literary Lacquers Leaves of Grass, a beautiful grass green, perfect for Christmas but also any other time of the year too (I see this as a year-round green). This is a linear holo polish with matching microglitter!



For the stamping I broke out one of my Bundle Monster Holiday Plates, BM-S2014, to stamp the images, which are all fun and holiday esque! I used KBShimmer Eyes White Open for the stamping polish, my go-to white!



So what are you rocking on your nails for Christmas, I have one  more holiday themed nails to share with you but I am starting to feel pretty holiday'ed out when it comes to nail art! Time to do some fun NYE party nails!

Make sure you check out all the other wonderful Crumpet Nail Tarts ideas for Christmas in the inlinkz below!


   

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Glitter Topper or Flakie

Happy Friday everyone! I'm here for a quick 40 Great Nail Art Ideas post! This week the prompt was Glitter Topper for Flakie and my particular patter was Houndstooth/Tweed/Plaid. And since I'm Christmas looks all month here at Newsie Nail Novice, I of course broke out some great red and green glitter for this look.



For the base of this look I used a Different Dimension Armstrong, a beautiful gold holo with some bronze flakies throughout. Then I added a layer of Model City Polish Christmas with a Chance of Snow.



Then I broke out my VERY first stamping plate ever, some Konad plate that had a plaid design (sorry I don't remember which one it was) and used KBShimmer Eyes White Open to stamp two plaid designs over the glitter.



This look was a little too much for me. SO much going on. But how perfect is that glitter for the holidays? I'm not much of a glitter person, but for anyone who is, this is a must have!

As usual don't forget to look at all the other ladies' nail art looks with glitter or flakie toppers!


   

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Merry Christmas

So I guess I had to sneak one more Christmas manicure in there and I thought it would be most approriate to share with you today!



This is the Painted Polish Ho-lo Days Trio in all it's sparkly gorgeousness. The Red is Ho-ho holiday, the green is Painted Pines and the champagne is Blinded by Bubbly.

Merry Christmas and Happiest of Holidays to you all. I am honored you visit my blog and just love sharing my nail art with the world! Hope you all have a good break with family and loved ones!

12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Wrap Up

Merry Christmas Eve readers! Today I have a wrap up of my 12 Days of Christmas Challenge! Plus bonus shots at my attempts at nail art last year!



I'm very proud of myself for completing the challenge and sticking to it. Having something to tackle nail art wise after getting home from work, or volunteering at the tree lot, I just really appreciated having the creative outlet. It gave me something to look forward to and something fun to think of how to tackle each challenge that lay in front of me. Believe it or not, it took the stress away from the holidays for me!

I'd have to say my favorite nails were probably my Christmas Skittle and my sweater nails.

Now, for the horrifying look at what I did last year at Christmas.



I wasn't even blogging my nails really at this point, it was more of a take photos of the nails, share them with ladies on Makeup Alley and Instagram. I really started the nail blogging in February of this year. At this point last year, I was just starting to get into indie polishes. I had my first KBShimmers, as you can see above, and was dabbling with some light nail art techniques. The lights I did were courtesy of some gelly roll pens.

And now a recap of all the art I did:

Day 1: Snowflakes


Day 2: Christmas Trees


Day 3: Snowman


Day 4: Santa and Elves


Day 5: Ice Blue and White Colors


Day 6: Any line from the "12 Days" song - Two Turtle Doves


Day 7: Red and Green


Day 8: Christmas decorations


Day 9: Glitter


Day 10: Ugly Sweater Nails


Day 11: Presents


Day 12: Freestyle - Christmas Skittle


Merry Christmas dear readers. I am so thankful you take the time to read my blog and comment from time to time. I cherish you all. Coming up I have a post on some confessions and goals for the new year AND Top polishes and nail art of 2014!!!