Happy St. Patrick's Day Nail Art

Well moving day is here! And I am sitting here in my new empty house with the ATT guy hooking up the cable (he got the internet running lickity split) and since I never shared the St. Patrick's Day nails I did last week before I was in moving chaos, I thought I would share them now!



To create this look I started with a layer of KBShimmer Eyes White Open then brought out four different shades of green holo – Zoya Merida, Dreamland Lacquer Kiss Me I'm a Fish, Dreamland Lacquer He's an Angry Elf and Smitten Polish (now Dreamland) Girl Sprouts.



I did a skittle look with three different nail art techniques.



For the middle finger I did a dotticure featuring all of the beautiful green holos, I love all the different finishes of the polishes, I think they went really well together.



For the index and ring finger I did a smoosh manicure, which I just loved how it turned out and I hope to do be doing quite a few of these in the future. Once again the textures really came out to play on these nails. I also stamped a plaid image on top to complete the look and tie it in with the next nail look.



For the thumb and pinky I took out a plaid stamping image from my MoYou Pro 01 plate and did a gradient holo stamping job. This was a more subtle look but I thought really spoke to the Irish part of the look, since there weren't any shamrocks or anything overtly St. Patrick's Day.



Overall I really liked this look. Green is my absolute favorite color so getting to throw together a medley of different shades really makes me a happy camper.

Anyway, hopefully things will be settled here in the new house in no time. I was able to successfully transfer all my polish with no casualties thankfully enough! I'm in my second trimester now and energy is coming back so I'm looking forward to being in full nesting mode with this new house!

Hopefully the move, and lack of full time work, will get me going on the blog more often again too, thanks for sticking with me while I've been going through this transition this year guys! March is actually my third blogiversary, sorry I didn't do anything momentous to mark the occasion!

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!