Mani Monday: Festive Snowflake Nail Art

Here's a simple winter mani via POPSUGAR to kick off your week.

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Happy Monday!

Essie Mint Candy Apple 
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Mani Monday: Let It Snow

It's officially December, which means us Michiganders can no longer deny that it's time to dust off those snow boots and parkas. But now that the holiday season is in full-swing, we might as well keep our digits up to date with a festive mani. Today I'm sharing a snow-inspired mani from TBD that is sure  to get you in the cold-weather spirit:

TBD used two colors and a top coat. A) TENOVERTEN "Commerce" B) E.L.F. cosmetics “Enchanted”

1. Always use a good base coat of your choice when doing darker colors to keep your nails from getting stained if they’re porous. Add your base polish color.
2. Next, paint on your white snowfall.
3. Add a clear topcoat and that’s it!

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Paint the base coat with any pastel polish. THIS ONE was used for the blue.

And top it off with THIS GLITTERY GOODNESS by Deborah Lippman.

photo & tutorial / via TBD

Mani Monday: Faded Floral

YOU WILL NEED: Nail polish remover, 4 small paint brushes, a plate or something to put your polish drops on, a white nail polish + 3 of your favorite polish colors that look good together.

1. Place a dot of each color on your plate. Also fill your nail polish remover cap with nail polish remover. The colors above are American Apparel “Angeline” and “The Valley + Wet & Wild “Club Havana”.
2. Paint the base of your nails with something light and wait until they dry completely. I used Alpine Snow by O.P.I.
3. Dip one of your small paint brushes in the nail polish remover and use it to dilute the polish drops. You want to add a few drops of polish remover in the nail polish until it starts to look thin and “stain-like”.
4. Then using a dabbing motion, create abstract flower shapes on each nail. Leave room for the other colors too.
5. Use your other brushes to dilute the other colors the same way. Don’t mix your brushes in different colors!
6. Apply the other colors. Create as many abstract flowers as you want. Don’t stress about the shape. Some of the messy flowers ended up being my favorite!
7. Now take a drop of the white paint from your base coat and dilute that using nail polish remover, just like you did with the other polishes.
8. Apply a VERY thin dot of white on the center of each flower. If you diluted it enough, it will slowly spread over the flower when you put the drop down. If not, thin your white polish out a little more. When you put the white drop on top, it gives the flowers a more faded look.
9. Wait for everything to dry and give it a good quick dry top coat.

photo and tutorial via / TBD