#ManiMonday | Festive Nails #4

Hello again, it's C with another #ManiMonday! 

Hope you all are having a happy holiday! For the week of Christmas I decided to go all out and do a personal favorite festive nail. I did this a few years ago because I saw Lauren Conrad post a Christmas light nail tutorial and I thought that looks fab!! However her tutorial involves thread, which I wasn't interested in using because it would be a disaster. I decided to just use Sharpie to draw the line and then because I was missing a good green polish for the green lights, I decided on using more sharpies to complete the look! Thus the easy Cristina method was created!

#ManiMonday | Festive Nails #3

#ManiMondayThatAlmostDidNotHappen

Sorry for the post being so late! I got called into work early and was then asked to be kept on call - not complaining though because #cashmonies and I glove my job!
Okay, nail time!

So today's post is written by me, Cristina, instead of Sabrina because I just got the Ciatè Candy Cane House from my work Secret Santa. Obviously I HAD to paint my nails with one of the four beautiful and SCENTED glitter polishes right away!
I was checking out swatches on Google and not many people have tried these puppies out, so I just Googled some Christmas glitter polish ideas and a similar look came up (that look also had specks of red glitter). Shortly after I looked down at my PJ pants and I saw that they had a similar color scheme! Thus the idea was a-go!

Oscar-worthy nails

Hello! It's that wonderful time of the year again - Oscar night! Hollywood glamour comes out in full force one night each year to celebrate films. That being said, it's no surprise the fashion is always fierce.  For the past few years, I have taken to dressing up a bit, curling my hair and popping on some bold lippy to bring some of that red carpet style to my living room. This year, I thought I would take an extra step and bring some style to my nails. After studying the trends of this season's previous awards shows (Golden Globes, Grammys, etc.) and drooling over Rachel Zoe's fitting room Instagram pics, metallics and sparkle are obviously key players for tonight's award show. Keeping that in mind, I selected two polishes to translate the look onto my nails.

New year, new nails

Gold glitter, and lots of it, the phrase that defines New Year's Eve in my book is one that translates easily to my wardrobe and accessories. For the end of 2013, nothing felt more appropriate than a mani doused in gold glitter. 
For the base, I chose OPI for Sephora's What's a Tire, Jack, but any glossy black polish will do. I painted three coats to get the perfect coverage and texture I wanted. After it fully dried, I added the gold, a polish I bought for 20p at Claire's in London (have not seen it in the States, but any fine glitter polish will yield similar results).