X'Mas Mani 10 - Santa & Rudolf

Hey everyone!

Haven't been posting much since it was family time during the new year hols! ^^

This is the last 2 on the 12 Days of X'Mas Manis Challenge list!
Since Christmas is looooooonnnnnngggggg over...I thought I'd combine these 2! =)

 This is a vertical view of santa =)

I got the idea for the reindeers from The Nailasaurus Reindeer X'Mas Mani...I think a lot of people did! XD

That's it for the 12 Days of X'Mas Mani Challenge!

I had so much fun doing it! XD

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 09 - A Christmas Story

Hi All! XD 

If you were checking the 12 Days of X'Mas checklist you'd know that the next mani on the list is 'A Christmas Story'!

I didn't really know what it meant by 'A Christmas Story' and when I goggled it, this popped out...

I haven't watch this movie before so I had no idea what to paint for this mani =(

So I just mixed and matched colours! =)

Green Crackle over Bright Yellow!! XD

I absolutely LOVE this combo!! 

The lighting was so nice here! =)

Close up on my thumb! 

I wish my thumb nail would grow faster! >< 

Christmas is a long word...=(

The next mani is the last for Christmas...or is it...>=D

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 08 - A Christmas Carol

In my previous post, I mentioned that I had already painted 

'Dickens Christmas Carol' themed nails.

HERE THEY ARE! ^^

I got the inspiration from the 2009 Disney's A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey!

I think the Ghost of Christmas Future is wrong though..=(

Looks more like Assassin Creed to me ><

I tried my best. Nothing else to be done. =)

Cheers!

& Happy Holidays!

X'Mas Mani 07 - Snow Love

I know I've been slow with updates...><"

I was having a Boys Over Flowers marathon! =P

Anywayz...my friend Huey Shan...do you guys remember her?

She was in my first post!

Yeah! This girl! XD

She had a X'Mas Eve wedding to attend and asked me to paint her nails for her! ^^

After a bit of googling we decided on snowflakes and snowmen! =)

She took this photo while I was painting her nails! 

Great composition! =)

Finished product! 

Snowflakes and...

Snowmen!! 

My hand shook when I was painting the thumb so it ended up being a vampire snowman! =P

I had fun painting the snowmen for her so I picked snowmen for the next design! ^^

Ignore my awful cuticles please >< 

I've been looking for a good brand of cuticle oil...

This photo was taken under my reading lamp...

I'll upload a better photo tomorrow...

I just really wanted to make it for Christmas XD

Snow people in love =) 

Didn't really know how to draw a female snow person though =S

Till the next design!


Merry Christmas All! 

Cheers!


P/S: Here's the clearer photo I was talking about earlier! =)

This was taken in sunlight!


Oh! Here's a close up on the middle finger design! =)

Can someone recommend a good brand of cuticle oil?
Uber need it as you can see ><


Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 06 - The Grinch

Ok Ok! Back to X'Mas Manis!

If you checked my 12 Days of X'Mas Mani's Checklist 

then you'd know that the next mani is...

THE GRINCH!

I didn't want to leave any nails blank so I incorporated some of the Jim Carrey's How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie!

There's Cindy Lou Who, The Grinch of course, the x'mas lights Betty Lou Who was hanging on her house and the x'mas tree from when the Grinch was trying to steal it from Cindy's house! ^^

I also tried out Jane from Nailside's Abstract Tree design! XD

Do check her blog out! She's got really cool designs and tutorials! ^^

Here's a closer look at the design!

Cindy Lou's ribbon smudged =(

Here's a closer look at The Grinch!

Please ignore my horrendous cuticle...=(

The Grinch came out pretty well! 

I think this is the most intricate design I've done so far! =)

Quite proud of myself at the moment! ^^

See you at the next mani!

Cheers!

P/S: Should I list the colours that I've used after each mani? What do you think?

X'Mas Mani 05 - Merry Christmas Jack

FINALLY!! 

Nightmare Before Christmas X'Mas Mani!!

After I finished the mani I was staring at my nails thinking,

"Hmmmmm....they don't look like Jack AT ALL" 

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Guess my square-ish nails can't bring out the round-ness of Jacks head! =P

I got the inspiration from a post from tumblr...

Jack Skellington cupcakes? They look like cookies too...=S

They looked really cute!!! =D

Whatever it may be! I have no regrets! =)

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 04 - Sparkling Poinsettias

I know I was supposed to paint Nightmare before Christmas themed nails but I have to attend a relatives wedding tonight and skulls don't actually scream congratulations...=(

So instead of Jack Skellington, I opted for another X'Mas Mani!

Christmas Flowers! or Poinsettias!

I actually looked through a lot of photos of the actually flower and A LOT of tutorials to do the design! 

but i ended up experimenting with the design while I was painting the flowers so...

So all the flowers are different designs as you can see...
I'm quite disappointed with the colour combo but I did my best with them!!

Right hand has a posing problem


From the designs on my right hand you can tell which design I like best! ^^


One more X'Mas mani DOWN! 


What do you think about this mani though? TELL ME! ><


Cheers! 


See you in halloween town >=)

X'Mas Mani 03 - Hot X'Tree

I got invites to Hot Magazine's Christmas party held at Porto Romano!

As you can see from my previous posts that I like to paint my nails according to the event so....

Christmas Tree!!! 

with a side of ornaments and candy canes =D

I got the idea from the poster!

The tree was so cute I couldn't resist!! 

Well this also counts as one of the 12 Days of X'Mas Manis! 

Crossing it off the list! 

Christmas Tree

Till the next design! 

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 02 - Sweet Candy Canes

Welcome back to X'Mas Manis!

This time I decided on candy canes!

I wish I had one now...

As you can see I did some water marbling for this design!

This is the second time I've attempted water marbling 

and am quite proud of myself right now =)

I got the idea after a friend of mine posted 

a tutorial by cutepolish on my facebook!

I thought candy canes were the perfect excuse to do it 

but it didn't come out as I wanted but still AWESOME! XD

I painted a coat of OPI's Alpine Snow on all my nails beforehand.

I used Sally Hansen's Emerald Green and Elianto's Chili Red to do the marbling.

For the other nails, I painted a coat of Sasatine's G683 for the x'mas glitter! 

Then I painted the stripes using the same colours for the marbling!

I had to do the marbling a few times before I got a pattern I liked! 

Marbling is hard...I guess that means I need more practice! =P

What design shall I attempt next?

Keep following and find out!

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 01 - Snowflakes & GIfts

I did this mani before I found the challenge!
It fits perfectly for 2 of the manis! =)

Sorry it's so dark >< 

I drew white snowflakes on my thumb and fourth finger nail

and golden ribbons on the rest! =)

Colours Used:

Red - Elianto Chili Red 

White - OPI Alpine Snow

Glitter - Sasatine G683

Gold glitter - Etude house BR304

There'll be another post at 12.01AM tomorrow!

Look out for it!

Cheers!