Christmas Leopard is on the hunt...

...For presents! 

I'm short on time today, lots of xmas stuff to get done.

BUT I did paint my nails, please see below!

OPI Skull and Glossbones, SH Black Out, Sinful Color Envy,

Butter London Come to Bed Red.

OPI's S&G is my favorite white alternative. it's not as stark as white, and personally white polish ALWAYS CHIPS on my nails. just don't like it :/

I used my smallest dotting tool for the black parts, and a medium sized one (about ball point pen sized) for the colored dots. yay!

I want to mention that i was inspired by this mani from Victoriac. Thanks for the inspiration! :D

Well, I hope you enjoyed this one! I'm feeling even more festive than before, but I can't wait to do some new years nails!!! can you say glitter bomb?!!

Poinsettia Power!

well it's the most wonderful time of the year, also the busiest, sleepiest and broke-iest. i haven't had much time for fun nail art lately, but tonight, i decided to drop everything and paint my little nails. (they really are little. the hot dry heat has made most of them crack.)

Barry M Gold Foil, Butter London Come to Bed Red, Essie Going Incognito, Essence Mellow Yellow

Ever since i did the rose tips a few months back i really wanted to try them as poinsettias. and it turned out great [good enough]! i feel so festive! [now that part is true]

I used my smallest angled nail art brush for the petals and leaves. 

and a small dotting tool for the yellow dots of course.

i did not practice these, but oddly enough the first one i did came out the best, my index finger.

for the thin lines that separate the petals i added green and red together, and used a long striping brush.

i hope you were inspired to try some christmas/holiday nail art of your own.

thanks for reading!

Candy Cane Time!

I'm doing my best to be a part of the Purple Crumpet  Fairy Challenge... that's a mouthful. it's called 31 days of Christmas. There is a list you follow, and you post new nail art every day, or corresponding art to whatever day it is. which is what i'm doing, and i've already missed 6 days! :O

today is candy cane day and here's what i did. i was totally and completely inspired by these, from chloe's nails.

I used SH Lavender Cloud, and Julep Brooklyn, and scotch tape cut into strips. also i used tweezers to take the tape off, and it was SO much easier than using your other hands finger nails (too dangerous!)

BTW, side note, that Julep polish dries ever so slightly  matte, you'd be surprised! 

Thanks for reading!

Yeah I know it's Christmastime - lyrics

Because i can't find these lyrics on the internet anywhere, here they are. or here's what i hear at least.

"yeah, i know, its christmastime." by andrew dost (anathallo)

yeah, i know, its christmastime.

and i don't care, because, i don't ever get anything i want.

just loads of vidya games, all kind of stuff and bikes and toys i know i'll only play with once.

of course i'm kidding. i love this freaking day. in fact the whole month leading up to it is great.

the snow the skating rink, the christmas tree, hot chocolate oh baby baby baby i can't wait.

cause it's christmas time, and we're gonna celebrate.

on december 25th, yeah you better mark the date.

it's not often we're together, so lets enjoy every moment.

we'll laugh and talk and sing and maybe even dance to billy joel.

we'll walk for way too long, hold hands and gloves and not care that we're cold.

christmas is my favorite time of year. christmas is my favorite time of year.

and i know that it will be the best one that we've ever had. christmas is my favorite time of year.

snow, snow, snow, snow, SNOW!

happy snow morning. I can't tell but i think its still snowing. and i'm still not going to work. seems to be the best time to "BLOG" as they say, when you're playing cutsies from work.

I was expecting a pitiful dusting like we got today, but i'm surprised it's made the roads bad. i guess since it has been cold here the past week the ground was frozen or something... But i would have really liked about 5 inches of snow, maybe a foot!! is that too much to ask north carolina? you did it when i was young, so do it again!

i was thinking, i should make it a tradition to leave up my christmas stuff until the first snow after christmas. because then i can pretend i'm having a white christmas. good idea right? or at least take a picture of the tree with open windows showing snow outside, use it for next years card? maybe? nah? to deceitful? ha! i laugh in the face of deceit!

yeah so anyways......

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oh yeah let me mention, since this day is "historic",  it's Obama day. thanks to the snow i'm home watching. WHOA, it's like a blizzard outside right now. the flakes are too small though. um, yeah, so obama on TV. i didn't vote for him, but i hope he does something right for america. or at least doesn't mess anything up too bad.