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What colour are your nails for this festive week?

72 replies

Ruprekt · 24/12/2013 15:16

Mine are Shellac navy sparkles. They look lovely. SmileSmile

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FracturedViewOfLife · 24/12/2013 17:50

Grey bah humbug

thehouseoflego · 24/12/2013 17:54

'Venus Was Her Name' by Jessica in Gel.

Very pretty it is too!

MerryFuckingChristmas · 24/12/2013 17:58

Grey with a black overcoat of sparkle on the ring fingers

meditrina · 24/12/2013 18:01

Ruprekt all except little fingers are red with gold twiddly bits. Little fingers are green and gold.

OneMoreThenNoMore · 24/12/2013 18:07

I had a gel polish done yesterday; I went for deep purple (looks almost navy) with a layer of glitter over the top. Xmas Smile

WowOoo · 24/12/2013 18:11

Love some of the colour mixes here. I am clearly boring as I've stuck to one colour.
I've got a dark bluey green Essie one on.

My 6 year old son told me that my lovely steel grey one, also Essie wasn't much fun! I wanted cherry red but son was with me when I bought the Essie ones in Boots.

It's not a usual colour choice for me. So I'll be giving it to my niece when I see her soon.

gaggiagirl · 24/12/2013 18:12

I do nail art.

Don't judge me.

Im going to do Christmas puddings on mine once DD is in bed.

AndIFeedEmGunpowder · 24/12/2013 18:20

I've got a sort of wintery cool pink. I had red last week so fancied a change.

Love the idea of Christmas puddings! Gaggia do you do them yourself? How on earth do you do your dominant hand?!

tethersend · 24/12/2013 20:15

I have (chipped) red- I want this:

But have no idea how to do it or what to use.

So I'm going to do plain black tonight and hope for the best...

What colour are your nails for this festive week?
FracturedViewOfLife · 24/12/2013 20:20

That is easy to do with stickers like these (these aren't quite the right shape but you can definitely get them.) Just place them further down than the tip.

tethersend · 24/12/2013 20:27

Yy, but I want gold ones like the picture- although not sure if you can see the pic very well?

The nails are matt black and the inverted Vs are gold... Any links or tips appreciated Smile

tethersend · 24/12/2013 20:28

Oh wait, I get you- you mask off the area with the French manicure thingies

Do you know which polishes would achieve that effect?

INeedSomeHelp · 24/12/2013 20:29

Mine are a deep plum colour as a base. Then both ring fingers are covered in silver glitter. My middle fingers have three small crystals down at the cuticle. And my second fingers have silver glitter patterns painted on to look like fireworks. Subtle!

FracturedViewOfLife · 24/12/2013 20:33

Use Barry M matte (or another brand, there are lots of mattes around at the moment) black first, apply tip, then paint up to the tip guide in gold. That gold looks a bit like Essie - good as gold which you can't get anymore. Then remove the tip guide.

FracturedViewOfLife · 24/12/2013 20:37

Sorry cross post. For the gold maybe Up close and personal - OPI?

Ladyglamalot · 24/12/2013 20:40

Big apple red by Nails inc with a gold glitter also by Nails inc on top.

SomewhereBeyondTheSea · 24/12/2013 20:41

Nails Inc 'Chelsea Square' - a kind of orangey-pink glitter, very dense so your nails look as though you've dipped them in a tub of glitter! Bought it last Xmas and decided to wheel it out again as it's so fa-bu-lous compared to my usual conservative taste.
Before that I was wearing one of the Maybelline Tapestry glitter series - they look like tinsel! Differently-sized bits of glitter, great effect.

OneLittleLady · 24/12/2013 20:45

A deep green No7 polish which I forget the name of with Barry M gold strand polish over the top. Very sparkly

bzoo · 24/12/2013 20:49

Just naked! I can't wear polish it chips within seconds!

TheOneAndOnlyAlpha · 24/12/2013 20:51

No7 Damson Dream. It's a bit metallic and sparkly.

spookyskeleton · 24/12/2013 20:53

I had gel done yesterday. she layered a couple of different shades of reds so it is a dark red and I have put a snowman sticker and 2 snowflake stickers on my 2 ring fingers. Looks fab even if I do say so myself Grin

TheFirstToel · 24/12/2013 20:56

Butter London fairy cake toenails only. It's very christmassy and glam.

MissScatterbrain · 24/12/2013 20:56

Barry M wine red with Barry M tinseltown on top.

umiaisha · 24/12/2013 20:57

Navy gels, not very festive but goes with everything!

SantanaLopez · 24/12/2013 21:00

Green and sparkly.