Holly French Manicure

Another Festive French today, again I am annoyed by how yellow my nails look in the pictures, they really don't look that bad in person so I'm annoyed that I look like a 40 a day smoker in every picture I take of them!  Other than that I am pleased with how they turned out, on to the pictures...

 

 

The colouring of my nails in real life is much more like the index finger in this shot than the other three.  I like how gel like and glossy the pink has turned out.

 

 

 

 

I used Bunny Nails plates in HD07 for the holly stamp, the polishes were Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine in Blood Orange ad Watermelon, perfect for festive stamping.

 

Christmas French Manicure

Today I've done something I haven't done in AGES, a french manicure.  My nails are usually pretty stained from having polish on all the time so the sheer nude colours needed to do a french manicure don't tend to look good with the staining shining through.  I have been very good recently though and worn a base coat and tried to avoid very stain inducing polishes in the hope I could try out a Christmas themed french and here are the results:

 

How cute are the joyful little snowmen?!  As you can see my nails are still not totally stain free so there is a bit of colour difference near the tips, I don't think it looks quite so obvious in real life though, damn you macro setting on the camera! ;)

I did a regular french polish and then just added some more of my Christmas stickers over the top to create a snowy scene.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out, despite my rather sloppy tip painting.

I like the placement of the index finger stars better on my right hand which is the one which I don't always photograph, the spacing is slightly neater, I think.

Overall, I am so pleased with how this turned out, of all my Christmas manicures so far this one looks most like it did in my head and I am keen to try something similar again this month if I have the time.