Winter Forest

A quick update today as I'm going to watch Skyfall with my family in a bit! I've been so busy this holiday period, going on trips to London and spending time with my family. Since going to uni Christmas has turned into my favourite holiday as it's the only time that me and my two older sisters get to spend together. 

Yesterday I was browsing though Instagram trying to get inspiration for a Christmas design and I came across a great snowy forest scene that 'nailsbyjema' had done. I tried to do my best to recreate it but it didn't really turn out how I wanted it to!

The above picture is shown with a glossy top coat, the picture below is with a glitter topcoat to show snow falling, and the one below that is with the glitter and a matte topcoat. 

As usual I used OPI - Nail Envy as my base, then followed it up with two coats of OPI - Alpine Snow. The detailing was done with acrylic paint and a small detail nail art brush. 

I'm not too happy with these nails so I will probably paint them again tomorrow evening, I'll hopefully get some new nail polishes for Christmas that I can try out!

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Christmas Jumper Nails

With Christmas coming round the corner I thought it would be a perfect time to start on the Christmas nails! These are inspired by a t-shirt and some slippers that I saw at Primark the other when I went shopping. Fair Isle snowflakes are some of my favourite to draw and paint so I knew that I would have some of them in this design.

 

I had so much fun doing these nails, Christmas jumper nails are some of my favourite nails to do as they really get me into the festive mood! As usual, I started this mani off with a base coat of OPI's Nail Envy. I then painted my index, middle and pinky finger with two thin coats of China Glaze - With Love, and my ring finger with two thin coats of OPI - Alpine Snow.

With Love is my all time favourite red nail polish, it's the perfect consistency and is fully opaque in two thin coats which is perfect! If you're searching for red then I highly suggest you try this one out! 

Here's an image of the top and slippers that inspired this look. Unfortunately I was not able to take pictures of my nails against the items as I am currently visiting a friend.

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