24 Days of Christmas Nails - Day 9: Red/Green

Hey Ladies,

I'm SUPER excited to participate in '24 Days of Christmas Nails' with both Sabine from My Polish Stash and Shannara from Nails and Stuff so don't forget to check out their nails as well!

This idea was started by Paint that Nail so props to her. ^_^

As a side note - my nails were getting SO frail I couldn't stand it any longer so I cut them down... yes now I have 5 year old hands ;o\ but they needed to be cut!

Here is my 'Red/Green' design:

In natural light

In natural light

In sunlight

Indoor lighting

So, I decided to just use all greens and reds with nothing too crazy, I added tips later because I got bored. Starting today I'm on vacation so I SHOULD (in theory) have more time to spend time on this challenge. The colors I used are from my pinky nail to my thumb, China Glaze 'Glittering Garland', Sephora by OPI 'Sample Sale', ULTA 'Jaded' with China Glaze 'White Cap' on top, China Glaze 'Ruby Pumps, and Zoya 'Gemma'.

Don't forget to check out Sabine's design from My Polish Stash and Shannara's design from Nails and Stuff !!!

♥ Cheers,
Bridget

ULTA Professional 'For Bitten'

Hello Readers,

I really like to go back and forth between light and dark shades so here I have swatched a dark shade. ULTA Professional's 'For Bitten' has a black base LOADED with a plum-purple glitter. It's interesting because in the bottle you almost see a green/gold glitter but it doesn't show up on the nail at all. None the less, it's loaded with glitter and shines like mad in natural/artificial light.

In sunlight

In sunlight with flash

In shade with natural light

Sunlight

Artificial light

Artificial light

I used two coats and then 1 coat of Essie's 'good to go' top coat. Don't forget to wrap the tips to prolong your manicure! Do you guys like dark colors? If you don't normally wear dark shades I'd try this, it's dark but fun and full of life!

♥ Cheers,
Bridget