Last night, I started alternating Snow Me White (Sinful Colors) and Velvet Bow (China Glaze) to get that candy cane-y red-and-white striped look. I went to bed, worked the whole day, and spent most of my evening in the kitchen, making different desserts I've been craving. And, while preparing these amazing meringues with candy cane, I accidentally gave myself a (real) chocolate french tip. Had I actually tried to achieve this look, it wouldn't have been as perfect!!
After cleaning up (both the kitchen, and myself), it was time to finalize this sugary mani. Since stamping worked so well for one of the last challenges, I thought it'd be quick and easy. Oh boy, was I wrong... Maybe it was the polish (I used the same as the above), maybe I wasn't getting the technique right, it just didn't happen for me. I used Bunny Nails Holiday edition plates HD08 and HD10. My candy canes didn't come out that neat, and my gingerbread man is missing a leg. Hubby must've eaten it! ;-)
Time to spice it up, 'cause nothing worked as I'd planned! Bring on the BLING! (yeah, I tend to go back to old challenges...). Pinky fingers received a coat of O Canada! (Julep). Middle fingers were topped with Love Always, Candy Cain (Pretty & Polished), fishing for some of the big glitters. Thumbs closed the bling-y portrait with Ring In The Red (China Glaze).The glitters cheered me up a bit. Not enough to make me like the results, though...
Hopefully I'll be more satisfied with the next ones.
Can't wait to see the sweet concoctions everybody else came up with! :-D
xoxo
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aaww thts so bad .. i do used HD 08 and 10 for this theme and they came out perfectly.. anyway i like real chocolate tip..Yum :)
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly how I sounded. Yum! You can imagine that there was no acetone involved in removal... ;)
DeleteHa..ha..ha... loved how you said, 'Hubby must have eaten it'. I know how irritating it is when it doesn't stamp well. I had issues with my gingerbread man too. till I changed polishes and took antoher 8 attempts to get it on :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't have it in me for another eight attempts last night. Although I did try with a few different polishes. Can't wait for my new stamping polishes to get here and the real fun to begin! ;)
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