Nail Design: Christmas Skittle

The first day of winter has come and gone and now Christmas is less than 24 hours away! I sketched out a lot of ideas for Christmas nails, but I couldn't decided which to choose. So I decided to combine them into a skittle mani! Aside from a simple Santa suit on my toes last year, this is my first real Christmas design. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I especially love my peppermint nails, which I wasn't sure about right away. Please excuse some of my mess-ups... I need a thinner, smaller brush for detailing.

I'm also not a big fan of the color gold, but I am loving my Zoya polish in "Ziv." It's a gorgeous warm golden color with specks of deeper hues of gold/bronze. I might have to do something on all my nails with it here soon. 

Nail Design: Holiday Waterfall

The magic of Christmas is lingering in the air yet again, which means it's time to try my hand at Christmas/winter themed designs. I've been wanting to pair gold and red for months now, so my color combo birthed from that. I got the idea from the beautiful waterfall designs I always see on The Nailasaurus. I used the tutorial that she has posted. My thinnest brush was still a little too thick, but the idea is the same. At first I didn't like it, but it's grown on me now.

Ignore the tip wear you see below. I wore the red/gold mani for a few days before deciding to do a design over it. I recently switched my top coat from Out the Door to HK Girl, which I am loving! I go days without a single chip, just tip wear.

Anyway, enjoy my first holiday design!