Octopus Party Nail Lacquer's Holiday Duo

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Fresh out of the Black Friday weekend and onto Cyber Monday, I've got a *gorgeous* duo by Octopus Party Nail Lacquer to show you today!!  Let's get right to the swatches!!

"Fir Elise"

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Fir Elise is a gorgeous deep hunter green, opaque in 2 coats.  Really quite a stunner!!  You know how I love my greens <3

"Ring My Belle"

Direct Sunlight

Ring My Belle is a stunning sterling silver holographic, opaque in 2 coats - isn't it just fantastic??

Here's some nail art using the duo:

The duo launched today at 11am EST, and for the first 30 minutes, you can get it for $20 - so RUN, DO NOT WALK, TO THIS SITE:

SHOP

What are you waiting for??  Go go go!!! <3

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Polish provided at blogger discount in exchange for photography and a review.

Challenge Your Nail Art: Freestyle

Well the day has come - the final challenge theme for this round of designs.  It is bittersweet - while this has certainly taken up quite a bit of free time this month, is has been so much fun creating all this art with such am amazing and talented group of women!!

For today's prompt, I decided to go with something a little less crazy, and a little more fun.  I wanted to paint Rockefeller Square, but subtly :)  I have never been there myself, but every time I see beautiful, giant Christmas trees I think of it in all the pictures and movies I've seen Rockefeller in.  So I wanted to paint that, and this is what I came up with:

It's very simple, not too incredibly detailed, because I wanted the feeling more than the features.  I used all of the new winter colors by Model City Polish in variation (background color, color accents, etc).  The rest is acrylic paint.  I'll have a blog post for you tomorrow featuring all the polishes I used in this design :)

Be sure to check out the other beautiful works of art below!!  Have a wonderful day - see you soon <3

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenge Your Nail Art: Glitter

Pretty sure it's safe to say that anything glitter is a huge hit in the nail community :D  I have yet to come across someone who DOESN'T like glitter.  You can imagine, then, the excitement from all the ladies in this nail art group who saw today's theme:

I am surprised the universe hasn't exploded yet from this prompt :P  I was pretty excited for it - so much so that I have *2* designs to show you! In the first design, I used my polish from the Festive Fortification Box and created a twist on the traditional candy cane nail design:

I used nail tape to make the smooth lines - I couldn't freehand that accurately straight to save my life :P  While this design has gorgeous glitter polish, it just was glittery enough for me.  So, I came up with this design:

I used a silver polish for the base coat and topped it with "Guys and Galaxies" by Nicole by O.P.I.  I then used my O.P.I. sheer tints and layered them to make the green color over the glitter (about two coats of the blue tint and two of the yellow tint on top).  I freehanded the red swirls using a red glitter art polish by Salon Perfect.  And there you have it!

The biggest aggravation with glitter polish (aside from trying to remove it) is trying to photograph is AND capture all its sparkle.  The fact is, it just won't happen.  My second mani is soooooooooo sparkly, and I just couldn't convey that through my pictures.  So I guess you'll just have to trust me ;)

Hope you enjoyed this design!  Be sure to check out the other glittery goodness through the links below!  See you soon <3

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenge Your Nail Art: Christmas Trees

Today is the 2nd design for Challenge Your Nail Art and the theme is Christmas Trees!!

Remember the Octopus Party Nail Lacquer/Gothic Gala Lacquers Duo I showed you yesterday?  Well I had come up with a design incorporating the polishes together, and that design was Christmas Trees!!  ^_^  Here it is:

I used "Oh Tannenbaum" for the base and "The Royal Tannenbaums" for the trees.  The stars are tiny loose glitters I received as a freebie from a Sincerely Polish order I placed a few weeks ago :D  These turned out so well, and they sparkle like nobody's business!!  Love it!

Hope you love it, too!  Check out the other beautiful Christmas Tree designs at the inlinkz below :)  See you soon <3

An InLinkz Link-up