Christmas Manicure | bluebrainreviews.com

Bundle Monster came out with a special edition Hawaiian Christmas plate BM-SE1. I love all things Hawaiian, Tiki, Polynesian in theme. I needed to get my hands on it.

The Hawaiian Christmas plate has 7 images on it. I immediately feel in love with the Santa Tiki. But all the images are super cute. I did a test stamp on paper using Konad black and all the images transferred over and were clear. I had absolutely no issues whatsoever.

I wanted to do nontraditional colors for my Christmas manicure and try to give it an island feel. I came up with the idea of putting the Santa Tiki on the beach with palm trees. Once I decided that it was time to pick the nail polish colors.

Here is a list of what I used:
LA Colors – Sassy Sparkly
China Glaze – For Audrey
Konad – Black & White
Rimmel – Hot Coca
Color Club – Earthly Angel
Ulta – Envy
Sally Hansen – Rapid Red
Maybelline – Bold Gold
Sally Hansen – Lighening
Pure Ice – Silver Mercedes

I started off with doing a base coat of For Audrey. I sponged Earthly Angel on the tip of my nail to make a little beach area. Using Envy I painted the palm trees free hand. I then stamped the Santa Tiki in Hot Coca but only the Tiki not the hat. I then filled in the image completely with Hot Coca waited for it to dry and added top coat. The reason for doing this is if I messed up placing the black image over the brown I could take acetone and gently wipe it away without taking off the rest of the polish; basically erasing the mistake. Next used Black for the Tiki, White for the trim and Rapid Red for the hat; I lined it up as best I can and rolled. I practiced doing this method on nail art wheel a couple of times before tying it on my nails. So I was able to get on the first try. Topped it off with Seche Vite.

For the middle finger I used the Christmas tree. I stamped the tree with Eny and the flower with Konad white. With a dotting tool I placed red and yellow dots and used a gold striper to fill in the lines. Topped it off with Seche Vite. Index and pinky finger I added a coat of Sassy Sparkly. It was my intention to do it on my middle finger but totally forgot and once I but the on the Seche Vite I didn’t want to go back and mess with it. Using Konad White I stamped Mele Kalikimaka. For the presents on the pinky I used Silver Mercedes and Bold Gold to stamp the presents. Topped it off with Seche Vite.

I shared my manicure with Bundle Monster via Instagram and was blown away when they shared my manicure on their facebook page. I love their stamping plates so it truly was an honor to make it onto their timeline.

I hope you enjoyed, Mele Kalikimaka everyone!

Here is a Christmas manicure I did before heading to Disney, featuring Mickey Mouse. I used Milani 3D Holographic in Cyber Space. Side note, picked up the set of Milani 3D Holographic polishes on clearance at CVS for 75% off.

I did the Mickey Mouse heads freehand using a black striper. I found it tough to get that round look but I tried my best. Used a red striper to do the hat and dotting tool with white polish to make the trim on the hat.

I decided after wearing the manicure for two days that I wanted to add some snowflakes and some hidden Mickey Mouse heads too. I wasn’t too happy with the way it looked. The idea sounded better in my head.

My original idea for this manicure was the picture I did below. My nails are not long enough to pull off the angled Mickey Mouse head and I couldn’t pull off stamping the Mickey heads in the background cause the main Mickey head would take up most of my nail.