Snow way....? Are you kidding me?

Hello lovely readers! First of all I want to welcome all of the new readers to the blog! It is GREAT to have you and I hope you find something you enjoy and will stick around! Today, I want to address something I am going through... TOO MANY HOLIDAY POLISHES BEING RELEASED!!! LOL! I want to buy them all up! On top of those, there are all of the limited edition Black Friday polishes coming this weekend. I cannot keep up. Unfortunately I will not be able to buy any of them. The ones I have already purchased back in October and November are it for me. You see, this week my son, who is really talented, was invited to join the International Youth Dual Team for wrestling. This is a BIG DEAL!!! It is also very expensive! So, I cannot buy any polishes for myself this holiday season. I am buying for my gift exchanges, a special someone, and that is it. So, I went to my stash to look for some polishes I could use for a holiday type mani that was not too Christmas-y (since it is so early) and this is what I did, and what I used.

Here is what I used for this mani, with of course HK Girl Topcoat by Glisten and Glow:

 

They are I Love Nail Polish "Up to Snow Good" (how can you go wrong with a seasonal look with a polish that has THAT name, right?), Sparitual "Energy", and The Little Pure Ice loose white glitter pot I found at Wal-Mart a couple months back.

 

All I did was use the Sparitual Energy for my base color, which I love. It was not very opaque, so it took me two coats. I then painted the Up to Snow Good by I Love Nail Polish on my accent nail and thumb (which went on super easy for a glitter topper), and then top coated the other nails and dipped them one at a time into the pot. Once I pulled them out I shook off very gently the extra glitter and top coated over the rest. So, we have snowy looking nails.

 

Here is one with flash:

 

Without Flash:

 

As you can see, I still have loose glitter all over my hands. I thought I had cleaned it up pretty well, but then I rubbed my arm which had it all down the side of it, and it was back all over my hands again... LOL!

 

I hope you enjoyed this little mani for the holiday season. Let me know what you think of the polish and or the method.

 

In the mean time how about this giveaway (if you have not already entered):

 

THE SUPER MEGA HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY

 

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!!!! 

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!!!

 

Patience is a virtue... or is it?

Do you have patience when it comes to polish and nail art? I somewhat do when it comes to doing nail art. When it comes to waiting on shipping for an order (unless it's a pre-order) I want what I order ASAP. I have held off on ordering from Born Pretty Store for this exact reason until the first of this month. I broke down and ordered a bunch of nail art supplies and a phone cover, which without my coupons and discounts would have cost me over $25. I ended up paying $16.94. So, I couldn't resist. It is not the 22nd, and I still don't have my package. So, Since I have no patience, I did a nail art design that required a TON of patience... LOL.

Here is what I did and how I did it.

Step 1: Choose a base color and then a glitter polish that has a decent size circle, square, or hexagonal shaped glitter inside. Make sure the two polishes compliment each other. (For this how to I chose Zoya Blu and OPI Polka.com)

Step 2: Have a piece of wax paper or a glass plate handy that you can place some of the glitter polish onto.

Step 3: Paint your nail the base color.

Step 4: Paint some of the glitter onto the wax paper or plate as shown in the picture below. Just paint a small spot. The polish dries up quickly when you paint it that thin, so you will need to paint more spots as you move on. Since the coats are thin, you don't waste much polish.

 

Step 5: HAVE A TON OF PATIENCE AND A STEADY HAND!!! Using a toothpick or orange stick place glitters on your accent finger covering your entire nail in a pattern you desire. Since Polka.com has pink, teal, and purple glitters, I did pink alternated with random purple and teal.

 

Step 6: On the other nails, create a French tip look using two rows of the glitters.

 

Finished product no flash:

 

 

Finished product with flash:

 

I found the faster I went and the less I focused on the glitters, the easier it seemed. Now, I think I will wait for my larger glitters from Born Pretty Store! LOL! What do you think? Will you try this method?

 

Leave me comments below! I love reading them and I will always try to reply! Also don't forget to follow me on Facebook and with GFC and Bloglovin. I am also on Instagram @covered_by_color.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

 

GO-Juss Colors by Llarowe!

Let's face it readers, there are sometimes those indie polishes we try, and want to cry when we put it on because it is so pretty! HAHA! Seriously though, I don't really cry, but when I first tried on my very first Colors by Llarowe, I was staring at my nails for hours! It was so pretty!!! My very first was True Colors, along with Burnt Sugar, which I swapped because brown and my skin tone just clash BAD. No matter how many times I try brown... even though it looks beautiful in swatches and in the bottle, it looks horrible on my nails. Anyhow, True Colors is so gosh derned pretty. I decided to swatch it and a couple other CbL polishes for you today since yesterday was another pre order day over at Llarowe. Please, excuse my awful cuticles though and my short nails. My hands have dried right up this last week. The weather has been so dry. BLAH!

So. True Colors. It was not available at todays pre-sale. It is a retired shade, but I have seen it for sale on swap and sale boards around the nail community on Facebook. If Purplish pinks are your thing, I highly recommend it. I used two coats on the swatches below. I also had a few bald spots with the first coat, but those were fixed with the second coat. I also used Seche Vite base coat and HK Girl by Glisten and Glow as my top coat.

Without Flash:

 

With Flash:

 

 

 Next up we have Dirty Diana. This is a gorgeous pink color. I walked around in my fancy rich lady accent all day saying Go-juss dah-ling all day when wearing this one. Not to mention singing the Dirty Diana song when no one was looking or listening! :P Since I had no sunshine the few days I swatched these, I had to use my LED lamp. This is two very thin coats on top of Seche base coat with a coat of HK Girl top coat by Glisten and Glow. The shine and holo of this polish is beautiful!

 

Without flash:

With flash:

Finally we have Smooth Criminal. This polish also gave me a few bald spot on the first coat, but the second coat fixed those right up and everything smoothed right out. This is a purple holo polish that I sang the song Smooth Criminal the whole time I was applying the polish. This is two coats on top of Seche base coat with a coat of HK Girl top coat.

 

With Flash:

 

 

Without flash:

 

 

What did you think? Did you get to order any of these goodies at the Llarowe preorder yesterday? I know that she will be opening up to regular orders again in the near future. When she does, I hope you are able to score some of Leah Ann's beauties. You can order HERE on the Llarowe website. You can also order HK Girl from the Llarowe website, or HERE at Glisten and Glow.

Let me know what you scored from the pre-order, and please comment down below and follow me on Facebook and via GFC and Bloglovin ... both located in the right hand column of the page over there ----->

-Jennifer