Nail Art: Textured Peppermint Winter Nails!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have some wintery/Christmassy nail art to share with you! I was really in the mood to use some textured polishes but I wasn't sure which colors or art to do with them. I am actually a huge fan of textured polishes and the PixieDust line is what got me started on Zoya polishes. My first textured polish was Zoya Tomoko and I haven't looked back since! I also really love the OPI Liquid Sands so I pulled out OPI Solitaire and Zoya Oswin for this peppermint/candy cane look. I have some more pictures to share with you and a short step by step on how I completed this mani! 

I started by applying my favorite base coat to protect my natural nails - I use LynBDesigns B-Stronger. Once that was dry, I painted two coats of OPI Solitaire on my thumb, ring finger, and pinkie. I went back with Zoya Oswin after my base color had dried and added the two tiny dots with my smallest dotting tool. I did topcoat with LynBDesigns B-Shiny but only one coat to preserve the texture of the polishes. I mostly added the topcoat to prolong wear. Starting on my middle finger, I used a thin striping brush to add OPI Solitare closest to my cuticle and at an angle. I cleaned off my striping brush and did the same thing with Zoya Oswin. I repeated back and forth, cleaning my brush between each color until I reached the tip of my nail. Once the lines were dry, I went back with the same striping brush and cleaned up my lines a little and intensified each of the colors. I allowed my design to dry and topcoated, again only using one layer of topcoat to preserve the texture of the polishes. And that's it! Super easy and very few tools required for this look. 

Macro of my middle finger 

Macro showing the designs on my middle finger and ring finger

That's it for this nail art look, what do you think? What's your favorite winter/Christmassy design to do?

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Swatch And Review: 'Twas The Night Trio by LynBDesigns!'

'Twas The Night Trio 

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have some new polishes from LynBDesigns to share with you! She's releasing a winter trio called 'Twas The Night with names drawn from the book - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. Each polish is aptly named for what it represents from the book and is perfect for winter and Christmas! Let's jump right in to the swatches!

New Fallen Snow is a gorgeous white polish filled with iridescent white flakies, flashes of purple micro flakies and scattered holo. It perfectly fits the name she has given it as it looks like a fresh blanket of snow in the morning sun. The formula was a bit thick on this one since its filled with so many flakies, but it applies nicely and self levels well. My swatch shows 3 coats plus B-Shiny topcoat. My macro shot really showcases the delicate and gorgeous nature of this beauty!

New Fallen Snow in direct artificial lighting

Fresh Fallen Snow in indirect artificial lighting

New Fallen Snow Macro

Long Winters Nap is a steely blue scattered holo polish with iridescent flakies running throughout. This one is named for the portion of the book where the father says "mama in her kerchief and I in my cap, had just settled down for a long winter's nap." Being a mother of two boys, I am always game for a long nap, especially since the weather has turned colder! The formula is flawless on Long Winter's Nap and my swatch shows 2 coats plus B-Shiny topcoat.

Long Winter's Nap in direct artificial lighting

Long Winter's Nap in indirect artificial lighting

Macro of Long Winter's Nap 

Tarnished With Ashes And Soot is a dusty, deep purple scattered holo with iridescent micro flakies throughout. This color is so unique and the flakies really step it up to the next level! Named for the portion of the book that describes Santa's appearance after coming down the chimney, the finish of this polish definitely reminds me of a recently extinguished fire in the fireplace that's covered in ashes and soot. I have nothing bad to say about the formula, it was smooth and easy to apply. My swatch shows 2 coats plus B-Shiny topcoat.

Tarnished With Ashes And Soot in direct artificial lighting 

Tarnished With Ashes And Soot in indirect artificial lighting 

Macro of Tarnished with Ashes And Soot

That wraps up the swatches of the 'Twas The Night Trio from LynBDesigns - so now you're probably wondering how you can get them! This trio launches on Wednesday, November 25th at 7pm EST at www.etsy.lynbdesigns.com and even better news - she's going to be having a sale for Black Friday that starts on Wednesday as well! The code is TURKEYDAY and it will get you 50% off. I don't know about you guys, but I'm definitely going to be doing some shopping. You can also follow LynBDesigns on Instagram for more information on upcoming releases and sales.

Which one is your favorite? Did you read 'Twas The Night Before Christmas as a child?

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