Cold Hands..?... Warm Mittens!

Hello again lovely readers! I have had a BUSY week! Had a great Thanksgiving holiday with the family! I stuffed myself with turkey and all the fixins, BUT...We got some GREAT and exciting news this week. So, I told you about my son who wrestles and his exciting win a couple of weeks ago, and his wrestling successes and last week we got contacted by the coach for the International Youth Dual Team! My son has been invited to join the team! He will be representing the state of Oklahoma on the team! I am so excited for him. The only hitch is raising enough funds for all of his travel. So, I will be adding a link on the right side of the page for my son's Fundrazr page where you can donate, or anyone can donate if you feel you can. :) I also have a Pinterest board with a bunch of my stash up for sale to raise the funds. http://www.pinterest.com/coveredbycolor/pretties4sale/ If you see something that interests you, you can email me at anxi0tee at live dot com or send me a PM on Facebook, or leave me a comment on the CbC Facebook page.

Now, on to the mittens! Since today it was 66 here in Oklahoma, and we are expecting some severe winter weather, I got to thinking about my mittens and scarves. I have a new love for scarves lately. I now have four, and not even sure why I need so many when I have one neck! :P But why do I need 700 bottles of polish when I have only 20 nails? HAHAHA!

For this mani I used two new holiday polishes. Here is my supplies below.

 

 

The polishes are Sinful Colors Holiday Rebel, China Glaze Just Be-Claws, HK Girl Top coat by Glisten and Glow, and Pure Ice Loose fine glitter (I found these at Wal-Mart). I also Used China Glaze Pelican Gray for the base color and Sinful Colors Snow me White for the base of my accent nail.

 

To begin, I painted my base colors of my nails. I then used a small paint brush and painted the red mittens (China Glaze Just Be-Claws) on all but my accent nail. I added the Sinful Colors Holiday Rebel on top of the Snow me White on the accent nail. I waited for everything to dry and on a piece of wax paper mixed the fine white loose glitter with a drop of HK Girl. I then painted the white fluffy trim of the mittens on. The texture of these is a little 3D this way. You could use a white glittery polish to get the same look but without the fluffy 3D look.

 

 

Here is a close up of  Holiday Rebel (please excuse my very awful looking cuticles this close up):

 

 

What do you think of these lil cute warm mittens? How about Holiday Rebel? It is super pretty for the holidays and it put me in a festive mood for sure!

 

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the ongoing giveaway if you haven't already!

 

 

 

This giveaway is so big that there are 3 separate Rafflecopters and 50 prizes totaling up to a whopping $1233 approximate value!

Starts now! And goes until December 26th at 12AM

http://happyinholospolish.blogspot.com/2013/11/super-mega-holiday-giveaway-50-prizes.html

Remember fill out as many options as possible for more chances to win!!!! 

 

~Jennifer

 

 

In the mood for.....a GIVEAWAY and Candy Canes?

Hello lovely readers! Today, since I am in the spirit of giving and the holiday season is upon us, I am going to share a quick and easy holiday mani with you and a giveaway!!! For this mani, I used the polishes below:

They are KB Shimmer Candy Cane Crush, Zoya Gei Gei, China Glaze Just Be-Claws, a white striper, and a thin paint brush. You could use any pink or red polishes and you could also substitute any of the colors to get the same look.

First I painted the pink Zoya Gei Gei on each of my nails as a base color. I then used Candy Cane crush on my ring finger and thumb as an accent.

On each of my other fingers, I painted lines/stripes in varying thickness to mock candy cane stripes. I didn't make them straight across and gave them kind of the twisted warped look of a candy cane stripe.

Here are my results:

 

 

With flash:

 

Without flash:

 

What do you think? Will you try this look for the holidays? Do you love candy canes? I do!!!

 

Now onto the giveaway!!!

 

 

THE SUPER MEGA HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY

This give away is so big that there are 3 separate Raffle-copters and 50 prizes totaling up to a whopping $1233 approximate value!

Starts now! And goes until December 26th at 12AM

You can find the list of prizes, sponsors, and the rafflecopters at Happy in Holos:

http://happyinholospolish.blogspot.com/2013/11/super-mega-holiday-giveaway-50-prizes.html

Remember fill out as many options as possible for more chances to win!!!!

 

GOOD LUCK READERS!!!