My Favorite Ornament

ShadowElson Haziran 06, 2021

December seems to be flying by at rocket speed and I'm realizing that I don't have much time to execute a lot of the ideas that have been floating in my head. This is one such idea that I'm happy to have found the time to create. It was in one way or another inspired by a number of talented ladies, so I thank Beaching Nails for the idea of using nail studs for ornaments, Drama Queen Nails for the idea that studs can be painted with polish and Eeek! Nail Polish! for the idea of stamping onto rhinestones. Sheesh! Feels like I'm making some sort of acceptance speech here, but truly I learn so much from seeing everyone's manicures that even though my manicure doesn't resemble theirs, I did get the idea from their beautiful art. And now without further adieu, my ornament manicure...

For this manicure, I started out with a base of OPI My Favorite Ornament from the Mariah Carey Holiday collection. Don't you just love when the polish name fits the art theme? My nail art is often inspired by the lacquer name, although in this case it was a happy accident that I only discovered after the manicure was complete. I'll show you full swatches of it, along with the rest of the Mariah Carey collection soon...

Just in case you are curious as to what exactly went into making this manicure, I listed the source of the stud, the polish used to paint the paint it and the plate name/number used for stamping. All silver stamping was done using Pure Ice Silver Mercedes and the gold stamping done using Maybelline Bold Gold. The pine branches are hand painted using acrylic paints...

I picked nail studs from a few different wheels. The ones on the left and top are from the BornPrettyStore and the one bottom right is from Winstonia. Each of them has a fun array of various stud choices...