Happy New Year!!!!

Glitter! Sparkles! Frosts! Champagne – Sliver – Gold!!!

If there was any holiday more appropriate for this, I don’t know what it is.

However, I’ve opted for the beautifully muted Color Club “Sheer Disguise” blue.
Top Coat of Essie Luxe Effects “Shine of The Times” (THANK YOU Liza! I am in LOVE with this top coat!! it’s like an iridescent flake-filled jelly = fun!)

My nails reflect the kind of celebrating I plan on doing this evening to bring in this new year: Calmly chilling with a nice sparkle. Winking smile

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

All the best to you and yours! Be safe out there!

Crayola…..–ish

Dec28 by Cheryl Cheryl

My nails wanted to make a statement. Wanted to be “heard”.

So I pulled out bold and bright primary & a couple secondary colors in the loudest temperature I owned. And let them scream.

For some odd reason the blue base in the purple is so strong it’s difficult to differentiate it from the blue in the pictures. If I can get a clear picture to show PURPLE instead of blue, I will post asap!

It’s basic…… Crayola.

blurry but captured the color

Sinful Colors:
“Pull Over” “Let’s Talk” [“Green” by Color Club] “Ruby Ruby” & “Midnight Blue”

Beautiful Girl

Dec27 by Cheryl Cheryl

Felt like a princess with a little crown after this manicure.

Maybe my expectations are too high now because I am not at all enamored with the formulation of this polish. It’s a pretty color, but it’s thin, and slightly streaky. You will most definitely have to use a minimum of two coats for any remote coverage and opacity. I will still use it again… because like I said, it’s a pretty color. Plus, I feel like a beautiful girl with it on.

Sinful Colors “Beautiful Girl”
gold acrylic paint dots

Over Christmas

Dec26 by Cheryl Cheryl

I loved the Christmas polish adventures…. but being happy that it’s over, I don’t really want to see anymore red and green polish for at least a couple of weeks!!

so I ventured as far away from Christmas as I could when I painted my nails this time.

…but just some little freehand dotted flowers.

China Glaze “White On White” – acrylic paint dot flowers

As many others have reviewed “White On White”…. they are all right. It’s a very pretty and creamy white polish…. once you get enough coats of polish on. It’s a streaky polish, but I only had to use 2 coats to achieve these results. I had initially planned on purchasing OPI Alpine Snow… and actually, next time I will. #NoDiss

Santa’s Belt

Dec23 by Cheryl Cheryl

OurPaintedWorld!!! <—(click for link to blog)

Cutest. design. ever.
As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to try it.

So, I used my favorite… OPI “I’m Not Really A Waitress”… striped OPI “Black Onyx” across and made a “Glitter Hologram” buckle….

Voila! Santa’s belt.

I absolutely love this design. So fun! Really may work for any time of the year – if you’re a diva…. it’s all in the context. Because it’s almost December 25th, we’ll just say this is holiday nail art. Winking smile

a notebook

Dec21 by Cheryl Cheryl

I was looking in the office supply section at Target and I saw this notebook.

couldn’t help myself.
worked with colors I already had instead of searching for these specific colors. Smile

Essie “Turquoise And Caicos”
light green & white nail art stripers

O Christmas Tree

Dec20 by Cheryl Cheryl

I haven’t put up nary a decoration in my place. No tree, stockings, lights…. nada.

Had to decorate somewhere, so…. you already know where that decoration landed…lol

Christmas tree, star, ornaments, and tree skirt….. only things missing here are the presents.
(feel free to give me gifts. I will gladly accept them) 😉

OPI “Jade Is The New Black” – base

Mistletoe

Dec19 by Cheryl Cheryl

I’m still trying to get into the holiday season spirit.

I’m going to start holding my fingernails above my head…. and see what happens. lol

Sinful Colors “Out of This World”
metallic red & metallic green acrylic paints

Candy Canes!!!

Dec17 by Cheryl Cheryl

I did it. Smile

Now I can truly say Happy Holidays….. and mean it.

Shamica requested a candy cane design. And now I’m happy she did. I feel like my fingernails will taste like Christmas candy.

Sinful Colors “Ruby Ruby”, white, glitter red & glitter green nail stripers

Dre’s Holiday pick

Dec16 by Cheryl Cheryl

Yep, ‘tis the season. All things sparkly and shiny… red and green…. and gold. 🙂

Seems to me that the best folks to ask for nail polish suggestions are men! I was talking to my brother André as I was pondering over what color/design to adorn my nails… he sarcastically replied “that should be hard”…smh. I had to explain how difficult it is to choose when there are so many options. Then I asked for his suggestion…… Twinkle Lights with Black tips… (no he did NOT know the name of the polish. hahahahaha)

the result was quite nice! I would have been more surprised, but he actually has good taste. so……..

China Glaze “Twinkle Lights“ as a topcoat over “Passion” was the bow on the “holiday feel”. Like candy sprinkles on a sugar cookie in the shape of a Christmas Tree. The glitter was sparser than I would have liked, so I ended up using three coats. Nonetheless still festive. The topcoat alone would be adorable for little kiddie nails during the holiday.

Deviating from the widely held belief: This “Twinkle Lights” glitter is NOT of the devil. lol

I decided to use acrylic paint for the tips instead of polish because there would have been SIX layers of polish on the tips of my nails….. NO SIR!

China Glaze “Passion” w/ “Twinkle Lights” and black acrylic paint tips