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Julep New Year’s Mystery Box Swatches

Well as you can see I just couldn’t wait to try out the new polishes that I got in my Julep mystery box.  I thought I would just try out one or two today, but I ended up swatching all five of them!  I’m really pleased with this box…...

Julep New Year’s Mystery Box 2012

Julep had a New Year’s mystery box for sale this month for $19.99 and it was advertised as $100-500 worth of products, so I decided to take my chances and buy it. Below is a quick pic of what came in my box. It did contain over $100 worth...

Gelish Good Gossip layered over Bella's Vampire

Gelish Layering: Bella’s Vampire and Good Gossip

One of the great things about gel polish is that you can create new shades by layering two different colors.  Today I was playing around and layered Good Gossip over top of Bella’s Vampire and the result was stunning!  My light box totally drowned out the sparkles in Good...

Winter Snowman Nail Art

Winter Snowman Nail Art

I decided to add some art to my Gelish Up In The Blue manicure.  The color seemed perfect for a sky, so I added some snow and a snowman!  I sponged OPI Apline Snow (fitting name) onto the tips and added different sized dots using a dotting tool.  Then...

Gelish Up In The Blue Swatch

Gelish Up In The Blue

This is Gelish’s Up In The Blue – a soft, creamy cornflower blue. I really like this color, but it took 3 coats to get full opacity. I might try to do some stamping on top in the next day or two if I have the time.

Candy Cane and Christmas Tree Nail Art

Candy Cane and Christmas Tree Nail Art

This is just a simple Christmas manicure that I created with tape.  I painted 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow on each nail and then added stripes for the candy canes using nail art tape and OPI Affair in Red Square.  I made the Christmas tree with tape as...