Gift nail art

Hi, today is no. 7 whit the theme gift in the Great Christmas Challenge and also the last post in this challenge and it has been fun doing this challenge. I like that it has been some time between each prompt, especially now during Christmas when things are a bit more hectic. So a big thanks to Sara at LovingCosmetic for arranging this!

Since Christmas is over (here in Sweden at least) I wanted to make something wearable and not crazy Christmas like. And you say what, but yea, I learned from Lakobotan that in Russia Christmas is celebrated the 6th of January. Then this isn't as off that one could think. For this nail art I went for gold and black and I like the result. And I like how dark the nail art is (some of you might remember that I like black Christmas stuff. Even though I didn't decorate something this Christmas I have a bunch of black Christmas decorations; I think it look elegant..Mostly of my Christmas gifts actually had black wrapping paper and red metallic string around it) and for some reason I've had such an urge to have mostly black nail art's for weeks now.

I could mention a bit more about the nail art. There is actually a gold glitter funky french gradient under everything. Then I used striping tape making the wrapping string and painted the whole thing black, removed the tape and then I attached yellow flower rhinestones. Cool right?

Polishes used;
Kleancolor - Coffee Addict
Kleancolor - Gold Caviar
Nordic Cap - NP12
Yellow flower rhinestones

Christmas Elf nail art

Hi, hope you all have celebrated the new year properly. I've been visiting my parents and I've had a quiet but fun time off. As you've seen I've been quite off from the blog but I suspect that most of you have been swamped with stuff to do anyhow.

Today I'm showing no.6 in the Christmas Challenge made by LovingCosmetics, which is Christmas Elf. And if I'm going to be honest I wasn't sure what it was, it's not a common element in the Swedish Christmas tradition from what I know. When I googled I realized that they looked like some kind of helper to Santa and that they had green clothing and striped socks in either white/green or white/red and that is pretty much what I got inspired by. I decided to make a gradient with green and red which came out great since the two colors integrated with each other so that the "middle color" turned purple like (Yay!). On top of this I got white stripes and some elf shoes as an accent. I'm actually more stoked about the gradient than the nail art it self, what do you think?

Polishes used:
Claudia - 607
unknown heart shaped bottle (swatch here)
Jordana Pop Art - Contemporary White
Jordana Pop Art - Black Mark

Christmas nail art

Hi, hope you all have had a nice Christmas and are continuing having a nice time off. I'm still having a cold but today I've been able to a really relaxed day and maybe I'll take a nap before dinner ;) Nice ha? So a short and quick post today. I guess most of you anyhow are doing other stuff.

Today I'm showing No. 5 in LovingCosmetic's Christmas Challenge which is Santa Claus. I decided to make something simple and graphical again and went with Santa Claus hat decorated with rhinestones. On the rest of my nails i did "snow", or in other words a white glitter gradient. The "hats" are made with striping tape to get the precision. Hope you like it. :)

Polishes used:
Smitten Polish - Huckleberry Gumdrop
Kleancolor - Metallic Red
Ninja Polish - Love, Laces 'n Lawsuits

Simple Christmas scene nail art

Time flies, doesn't it? It's already time for no. 4 in the Christmas Challenge by LovingCosmetic which I'm participating in. The theme for no. 4 happens to be Christmas Scene and I was first not sure what to do. Then I started looking at different post card illustrations and decided to make something really simple and in blue and white. It's as you can see more winter like than Christmas like, but I liked it this way. Hope you do too.:) This also happens to be blue enough so I'll make a late contribution to Blue Monday.

Polishes used:
Nordic Cap - NP13
Jordana Pop Art - Contemporary White
China Glaze - Hanging In The Balance

Snowman nail art

Now I'm back to business, more or less at least. ;) With my new part time job I must make sure to be efficient to be able to get time for everything I want, like blogging and nail related stuff. I'd also like to thank you all for all the nice comments I've got, yesterday I answered 66 comments which had dropped in here while I was gone. <3

Today I'm showing you the 3rd theme in Loving Cosmetic's Christmas Challenge which is "snowman".
 For this I freehanded a snowman on my ring finger and made an inverted gradient with a polish called "Melted Snowman" from the brand Ninja Polish. I've actually done a similar nail art last year which you can see HERE. For the glitter gradient I had to dab the brush a lot but I think it came out kinda cool. On top I have 2 coats of Seche Vite to make the surface smooth. I also couldn't resist making them matte which you'll see in the end. As you can see I've also actually cut my nails 4-6 mm's yesterday so now I'm rocking much shorter nails but I think the snowman nail art worked anyhow or what do you think? Which one did you like the best, matte or shiny? :)

I just love the subtle shimmer in Melted Snowman combined with the white and black hexes in different size and the string glitter in orange and brown. Christmas and winter like and fun. :D

Polishes used:
Nordic Cap - NP12Nordic Cap - NP24
Nordic Cap - NP13
Ninja Polish - Melted Snowman
Sure Promise (orange)
Jordana Pop Art - Black Mark

Christmas Ornament funky french nail art

As you might have seen I'm joining a Christmas Challenge by LovingCosmetics and the theme between 2/12-8/12 is Christmas decoration. I decided to do a twist of my popular balloon funky french I did some time ago. I pretty much implemented "Christmas colors" and changed the balloons to be the Christmas Ornaments. I really liked the result even though this version has darker colors. Hope you like it too :) (Sorry for the bad pictures, don't know what happened..)

Tried it in matte too, but I think I preferred the shiny version.

Polishes used:
HM Matte Metallic - Silver
Kleancolor - Metallic Red
Kleancolor - Coffee Addict
Jordana Pop Art - Black Mark
Jordana Pop Art - Contemporary White

Needle Dragging Christmas Tree nail art

As I said earlier today I'm joining a Christmas nail art challenge which Sara from Loving Cosmetic has arranged. Sara shows amongt other things amazing nail art and writes her blog in spanish, and the original title for the challenge is El Gran Reto de Navidad Nail Art which would translate into something like; The Great Christmas Nail Art Challenge. I'm not that good in spanish (I understand the basics in written language) but who cares? the language of nail art is universal, right? ;) And when Sara asked if I would join I wanted to join I thought it sounded fun, and especially since this isn't a daily challenge. The first theme which is "Christmas Tree" lasts from the 25/11-1/12 so there's still time if any of you want to join. ;)

The actual nail art I decided to do is something I did last year, which is a Needle Dragging Christmas Tree nail art. Last year's version which I actually think came out greater than this one was in "daylight" so I decided to make this version in "darkness". I've also prepped a tutorial of this which will come out any day. :)

Edit: TUTORIAL HERE.

Polishes used:
Nordic Cap - NP12
HM Nail Polish - Green Street
Claudia - 607 (red)
Sure Promise (yellow)

Sorry about the inlinkz being allover the screen, but I guess my blog is to slim for it. Hope you can live with it. :/

What do you think about this nail art? Is it too early for Christmas nail art or good to be inspired in advance? If it would have been me I would have done the snowman theme as the first challenge theme just to get a soft start but then again I don't mind. :D