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

I might have to ask André next time I can’t decide on a polish choice Smile .

garland

Dec15 by Cheryl Cheryl

It was supposed to be a candy cane. I promise. LOL….. I have no clue why it looked so different in my mind when I was devising it.

After the first nail was finished, I determined it looked like some tinsel-y garland wrapping around a foil tree… which suits the holiday theme just fine.

so there you have it. I’ll try a candy cane theme again in a couple days. and see what it ends up looking like. ha ha

OPI “Designer De Better” (Muppets Collection)

I almost stopped right here. This foil polish is so pretty, so so pretty…

however, I pressed on in my quest to summon some holiday cheerfulness. I attempted CANDY CANES!!!!!… ended up with garland. smh. if it wasn’t an acceptable garland…… that would have been a MESS.

I’m just saying…. it was supposed to be a candy cane design! lol

happy holidays

Shock Value

Dec14 by Cheryl Cheryl

funny that people are paying attention even if you don’t think they are….

my coworker commented that I didn’t do a design on my nails “today”….. but my “new french” manicure (from yesterday) IS a design!!!!!! classic…. but still a design, no doubt….

I had an extremely long day, so, to unwind, I had to stir things up. And “do a design” lol.

this color just caught my eyes. and the new purple paint I got this weekend was waving over there from the side, so I splashed some dots on. I can tell when I really like my nails….. I look at them over and over……. I can’t keep my eyes off these.

Sinful Colors “ Hazard” w/ purple acrylic paint dots

French Newness

Dec12 by Cheryl Cheryl

It’s crazy when you do your nails yourself, you become straight impatient.

Another twist on that classic French.

I couldn’t wait to get off work to go home and try @boutique_nails’s design:

I saw the photo around lunchtime…. which meant I wasn’t going near home for a good 8 hours. smh. I wasn’t even anxious to remove the current design…. but testing out this new one was all I could think of!

FINALLY!!!!! home…. manicured Smile and loving it.