Gothic Gala Lacquers: Joyeux Noel Trio

So for this holiday season, I really really wanted a trio of the perfect Christmas Green, Red, and Silver, but I wanted microglitter holo bombs...and I knew just who to ask!  Samantha at Gothic Gala Lacquers was more than happy to oblige and came up with this perfect trio for me, which I have named the Joyeux Noel Trio!

The trio consists of a red holographic microglitter called Pere Noel:

A rich green holographic microglitter, Le Sapin De Noel:

And an absolutely perfect silver holographic microglitter called La Fete de Rois:

All of them are opaque in 2-3 coats and dry semi-textured, so I added a thick layer of Ain't Nobody Got Time For That by Digital Nails, which also really helped bring out the holo, too!  And I thought the trio was perfect for a candycane mani ^_^

And, you know, I made a matching dragon egg - I don't need reasons, because dragon eggs are freakin' cool, especially when using microglitter polishes.

I cannot express enough how happy I am with this trio!!  She really nailed it - all three are just perfect :D  

Now, since this is a custom trio, it is not available in her shop for purchase.  However, you *can* WIN a set of these polishes by joining the Gothic Gala Lacquers Fan Group on Facebook!  All you have to do is create a Christmas/Winter themed mani using two Gothic Gala Lacquer polishes, and you can submit up to 3 manis.  The contest is open until December 21st, so there are still 4 days left!!

You can also order a custom polish directly from the Gothic Gala Lacquers website and have her craft something AMAZING for you!!  

What do you think of this trio?  And what do you think of her spiffy new bottles??  Bigger size AND much easier to store ;)  Let me know in the comments! <3

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Nothing to disclose - polishes purchased by me.

Twin Dragon Nails - with Narmai Piggieluv!

Happiest of Sunday's to you all!  Today I've got a super duper, very special, and very AWESOME post for you!!

A week or so ago I contacted Narmai Piggieluv about doing a twin nail design - of a dragon!  To my absolute delight, she agreed! ^_^  This was our reference image that she suggested:

Here is a sketch Narmai found - NOT an image I own

And...here is a collage of our designs together!

When she revealed her design to me, I was absolutely blown away!!  She has always had such an incredible talent for fitting all that detail onto such tiny canvases - and let's face it, that is one darn adorable dragon!!!  I want to take it home ^_^

I decided to do a zoomed-in version for my design, because I'm not so good with putting in detail THAT tiny, and it also didn't help that my cat took off with my teeny tiny paintbrush that I use for teeny tiny details :(  I also decided not to put too much detail into color, because I really liked the grayscale look.  The only color I added was a light blue to the wings, light touches of it to the scales on the neck, and to the face.  For the background color I used "Auriga" by Different Dimension.  Here are a few more photos of my design:

Of course I posed with one of my dragon eggs! ^_^

Doing this twin design was a big deal for me, not just because it was a fun design, but because it was with Narmai.  Gonna gush here for a minute - Narmai's actually the one that got me into freehand nail art to begin with, and it ironically all started with an old dragon design of hers that she showed me last year ahead of everyone else simply because she was excited, and saw that I was excited to see what she'd be posting the next day.  That was really cool, to me, that she shared her art with me before everyone else :)  She also gave me some tips on using acrylic, and assured me regular topcoat would NOT smudge the paint :P  I owe so much of what I do with my art to Narmai giving me that nudge!!  I don't think she'll ever understand how much I really appreciate her as an artist, and as a friend ^_^  So his was most definitely a huge honor for me <3

Hope you all enjoyed our art!!!  What do you think of our dragons? :D